Berlin Township Public Schools

Berlin Township Public Schools
225 Grove Avenue
West Berlin, NJ 08091
District information
Grades PreK-8
Superintendent Dr. Edythe Austermuhl
Business administrator Megan Stoddart
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 846 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 61.0 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 13.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website http://btwpschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$19,17140$18,8911.5%
1Budgetary Cost12,2221214,159-13.7%
2Classroom Instruction7,48488,659-13.6%
6Support Services2,123282,167-2.0%
8Administrative Cost1,25351,547-19.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,167121,612-27.6%
13Extracurricular Activities5413104-48.1%
16Median Teacher Salary59,7463361,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

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

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 846 students and 61.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades from Berlin Township and Clementon attend Overbrook High School in Pine Hill as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Pine Hill Schools.[4] A representative from Berlin Township serves on the board of education of the Pine Hill Schools.[5]

The Huster Building, formerly used as a kindergarten and now used for administration, is named after Robert R. Huster, a Berlin Township resident who was killed in action on April 8, 1967, during the Vietnam War.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8][9]

Elementary school
  • John F. Kennedy Elementary School[10] for PreK through 3rd grade (341 students)
    • Marilyn Bright, Principal
Middle school
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School[11] for grades 4-8 (293 students)
    • Michael Murphy, Principal

Administration

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

  • Dr. Edythe Austermuhl, Superintendent
  • Megan Stoddart, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Berlin 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 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ School Choice program, Pine Hill Schools. Accessed December 12, 2014. "Pine Hill School District is composed of four schools which include Dr. Albert Bean Elementary School, John Glenn Elementary School, Pine Hill Middle School, and Overbrook High School. Students from both Clementon and Berlin Township School Districts join those residing in Pine Hill to attend Overbrook High School."
  5. ↑ Board of Education Members, Pine Hill Schools. Accessed December 12, 2014.
  6. ↑ Camden County Vietnam KIA Index, American Legion Post 372. Accessed November 17, 2016. "Robert R. Huster was born on May 27, 1946, to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Huster. His home of record is West Berlin, NJ."
  7. ↑ School Data for the Berlin Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ Schools, Berlin Township Public Schools. Accessed January 11, 2017.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Berlin Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ John F. Kennedy Elementary School, Berlin Township Public Schools. Accessed January 11, 2017.
  11. ↑ Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School, Berlin Township Public Schools. Accessed January 11, 2017.
  12. ↑ Board Members, Berlin Township Public Schools. Accessed January 11, 2017.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 39°48′19″N 74°55′53″W / 39.80527°N 74.931445°W / 39.80527; -74.931445

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