Westampton Township Schools

Westampton Township Schools
700 Rancocas Road
Westampton, NJ 08060
District information
Grades PreK-8
Superintendent Virginia Grossman
Business administrator Tracy McGuire
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,384 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 75.6 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 18.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group GH
Website http://www.westamptonschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$14,74910$18,891-21.9%
1Budgetary Cost11,5601114,159-18.4%
2Classroom Instruction7,383118,659-14.7%
6Support Services1,533102,167-29.3%
8Administrative Cost1,15861,547-25.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,417301,612-12.1%
13Extracurricular Activities6519104-37.5%
16Median Teacher Salary57,0251861,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Westampton Township Schools are a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Westampton Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 1,384 students and 75.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 18.3:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.[3]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend the Rancocas Valley Regional High School, a comprehensive regional public high school that is part of the Rancocas Valley Regional High School District, which also serves students from the communities of Eastampton Township, Hainesport Township, Lumberton Township and Mount Holly Township.[4][5][6] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 2,077 students and 110.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 18.9:1.[7] The school is located in Mount Holly Township and is part of the Rancocas Valley Regional High School District.

Schools

The schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10][11]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Westampton Township Public 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. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ Rancocas Valley Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 1, 2016. "The Rancocas Valley Regional High School (RVRHS) District serves five sending districts covering approximately 40 square miles in Burlington County: Eastampton, Hainesport, Lumberton, Mount Holly and Westampton. RVRHS is situated on a picturesque campus in Mount Holly, the county seat."
  5. ↑ Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, April 26, 2015. Accessed June 1, 2016. "RANCOCAS VALLEY REGIONAL - Serves: Eastampton, Hainesport, Lumberton, Mount Holly, Westampton"
  6. ↑ History of the School, Rancocas Valley Regional High School. Accessed June 1, 2016. "The district encompasses approximately 40 square miles (100 km2) and comprises the townships of Eastampton, Hainesport, Lumberton, Mount Holly, and Westampton."
  7. ↑ School data for Rancocas Valley Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  8. ↑ School Data for the Westampton Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ Our Schools, Westampton Township Public Schools. Accessed January 20, 2017.
  10. ↑ 2016-2017 Burlington County Public Schools Directory, Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed January 20, 2017.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Westampton Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  12. ↑ Holly Hills Elementary School, Westampton Township Public Schools. Accessed January 20, 2017.
  13. ↑ Westampton Township Middle School, Westampton Township Public Schools. Accessed January 20, 2017.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  15. ↑ Office of the Superintendent, Westampton Township Schools. Accessed January 20, 2017.
  16. ↑ Business Office, Westampton Township Schools. Accessed January 20, 2017.

Coordinates: 40°00′13″N 74°47′21″W / 40.00362°N 74.789169°W / 40.00362; -74.789169

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