Downe Township School District
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220 Main Street Newport, NJ 08345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grades | PreK 3-8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superintendent | Sherri Miller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business administrator | Lisa DiNovi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Enrollment | 225 (as of 2014-15)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty | 18.4 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Student-teacher ratio | 12.2:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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District Factor Group | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | http://www.downeschool.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Downe Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Downe Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 225 students and 18.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I, and J.[3]
Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Bridgeton High School in Bridgeton, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Bridgeton Public Schools.[4][5] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,243 students and 112.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.[6]
School
Downe Township School had an enrollment of 191 students in the 2014-15 school year.[7]
- Sherri Miller, Principal[8]
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[8][9]
- Sherri Miller, Superintendent
- Lisa DiNovi, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
- 1 2 3 4 District information for Downe Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
- ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
- ↑ Western/Southern Cumberland Region Strategic Plan, Cumberland Development Corporation, January 2003. Accessed January 30, 2017. "Students in Bridgeton, Downe and a portion of Lawrence Township attend Bridgeton High School. There are over 10,000 students enrolled in public schools in the study area (Table 26, Enrollment)."
- ↑ Staff. "Bridgeton High School", South Jersey Magazine. Accessed January 30, 2017. "Bridgeton High School provides opportunities for students from Bridgeton, Lawrence Township and Downe Township in Cumberland County to become members of society who are thoughtful, informed, involved and committed to life-long learning."
- ↑ School data for Bridgeton High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
- ↑ School Data for the Downe Township School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
- 1 2 Administration, Downe Township School District. Accessed January 30, 2017.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Cumberland County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
External links
- Downe Township School
- Downe Township School's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the Downe Township School, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 39°17′49″N 75°09′53″W / 39.296942°N 75.164714°W