Alexandria Township School District

Alexandria Township School District
557 County Road 513
Pittstown, NJ 08867
District information
Grades Pre-K to 8
Superintendent Dr. Matthew Jennings
Business administrator David E. Pawlowski
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 787 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 55.0 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 14.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group GH
Website www.alexandriaschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,22548$18,8917.1%
1Budgetary Cost16,7375214,15918.2%
2Classroom Instruction9,572478,65910.5%
6Support Services3,451612,16759.3%
8Administrative Cost1,826471,54718.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,695421,6125.1%
13Extracurricular Activities1825010475.0%
16Median Teacher Salary66,1324861,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Alexandria Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Alexandria Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 787 students and 55.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.3:1.[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]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Delaware Valley Regional High School, together with students from Frenchtown, Holland Township, Kingwood Township and Milford. The school is part of the Delaware Valley Regional High School District.[4][5][6] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 899 students and 68.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1.[7]

Schools

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

  • Lester D. Wilson School[10] with 196 students in kindergarten through third grade
    • Sandra Kacedon, Principal
  • Alexandria Middle School[11] with 290 students in grades four through eight
    • Joy Dominic, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][13]

  • Dr. Matthew J. Jennings, Superintendent of Schools[14]
  • David E. Pawlowski, School Business Administrator / Board Secretary[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Alexandria Township 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 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ Delaware Valley Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 6, 2016. "The Delaware Valley Regional High School District can be found in the heart of pastoral and beautiful Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The District serves students in grades nine through twelve who reside in the five municipalities that comprise our region: Alexandria Township, Frenchtown Borough, Holland Township, Kingwood Township, and Milford Borough."
  5. ↑ About Us, Delaware Valley Regional High School District. Accessed June 6, 2016. "The Delaware Valley Regional High School District can be found in the heart of pastoral and beautiful Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The District serves students in grades nine through twelve who reside in the five municipalities that comprise our region: Alexandria Township, Frenchtown Borough, Holland Township, Kingwood Township, and Milford Borough."
  6. ↑ Chief School Administrators/Sending Districts, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Superintendent of Schools. Accessed June 6, 2016.
  7. ↑ School data for Delaware Valley Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  8. ↑ School Data for the Alexandria Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Alexandria Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 9, 2016.
  10. ↑ Lester D. Wilson School, Alexandria Township School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  11. ↑ Alexandria Middle School, Alexandria Township School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  12. ↑ Board of Education, Alexandria Township School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Hunterdon County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  14. ↑ Office of the Superintendent, Alexandria Township School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  15. ↑ Business Office Staff, Alexandria Township School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.

Coordinates: 40°34′16″N 75°00′49″W / 40.571181°N 75.013499°W / 40.571181; -75.013499

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