Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District

Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated
100 Route 560
Layton, NJ 07851
District information
Grades K-6
Superintendent Dr. Jeanne Apryasz
Business administrator Carole Kylish
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 275 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 16.7 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 16.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website http://www.sandystonwalpack.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-6
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$19,40744$18,8912.7%
1Budgetary Cost16,8645113,64923.6%
2Classroom Instruction10,383488,36624.1%
6Support Services2,718462,16125.8%
8Administrative Cost1,933511,46731.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,704371,5529.8%
13Extracurricular Activities261939-33.3%
16Median Teacher Salary54,6121957,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

The Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District is a consolidated public school district that serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade from two communities in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. Students come from Sandyston Township and Walpack Township.[3][4] The school is located in theLayton section of Sandyston Township.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 275 students and 16.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.5:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-highest 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.[5]

Students in seventh through twelfth grade from Sandyston and Walpack Townships for public school attend Kittatinny Regional High School located in Hampton Township, which also serves students who reside in Fredon Township and Stillwater Township.[6] The high school is located on a 96-acre (39 ha) campus in Hampton Township, about seven minutes outside of the county seat of Newton. Kittatinny Regional High School was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1997-98.[7] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,079 students and 97.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.[8]

School

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Sandyston-Walpack School District 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 22, 2015. "Sandyston-Walpack School district spans 50 square miles and encompasses a vast amount of public land including parts of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Stokes State Forest and New Jersey Fish and Game lands."
  4. ↑ About Us, Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School. Accessed December 8, 2014. "The elementary students who live in the townships of Sandyston and Walpack attend here. The students of middle and high school age attend Kittatinny Regional High School located in Hampton Township."
  5. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  6. ↑ Kittatiny Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 3, 2017. "Located in beautiful, rural Sussex County in northwest New Jersey, Kittatinny Regional School District serves the five municipalities of Fredon Township, Hampton Township, Sandyston Township, Stillwater Township and the Township of Walpack. The District is comprised of 125 square miles and has a school population of approximately 1020 students."
  7. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed February 20, 2013.
  8. ↑ School data for Kittatinny High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  9. ↑ School Data for Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  10. ↑ Staff Listing, Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District. Accessed August 3, 2017.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  12. ↑ About Us, Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District. Accessed August 3, 2017.
  13. ↑ Board of Education, Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District. Accessed August 3, 2017.

Coordinates: 41°12′55″N 74°49′13″W / 41.215158°N 74.8202°W / 41.215158; -74.8202

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