Chester School District

Chester School District
Address
415 Route 24
Chester, NJ 07930
United States
Coordinates 40°46′41″N 74°40′01″W / 40.778103°N 74.666955°W / 40.778103; -74.666955Coordinates: 40°46′41″N 74°40′01″W / 40.778103°N 74.666955°W / 40.778103; -74.666955
District information
Grades PreK-8
Superintendent Dr. Christina VanWoert
Business administrator Melissa Simmons
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,834 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 109.5 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 16.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group J
Website http://www.chester-nj.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$19,58274$18,8913.7%
1Budgetary Cost14,7835714,1594.4%
2Classroom Instruction8,836528,6592.0%
6Support Services2,442622,16712.7%
8Administrative Cost1,678541,5478.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,699581,6125.4%
13Extracurricular Activities110551045.8%
16Median Teacher Salary62,7355461,136
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 Chester School District is a fully accredited elementary public school district responsible for the education of students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grades from Chester Borough and Chester Township, two municipalities in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.[3]

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its three schools had an enrollment of 1,834 students and 109.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.7:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the 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.[4]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades in both communities attend West Morris Mendham High School, which serves students from the surrounding Morris County school districts of Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough and Mendham Township. The high school is part of the West Morris Regional High School District, which also serves students from Washington Township, who attend West Morris Central High School[5] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,386 students and 105.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1.[6]

Schools

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

Elementary schools
  • Dickerson Elementary School[10] (grades PreK-2; 344 students)
    • Melissa Fair, Principal[11]
  • Bragg Intermediate School[12] (3-5; 354)
    • Michele Stanton, Principal[13]
Middle school
  • Black River Middle School[14] (6-8; 464)
    • Robert Mullen, Principal[15]

Dickerson and Bragg Schools are located on County Route 510, east of Chester Borough; Black River Middle School is on County Route 513 (North Road), north of Chester Borough.[3]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[16]

  • Dr. Christina VanWoert, Superintendent[17]
  • Melissa Simmons, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Chester 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. 1 2 About Our District, Chester School District. Accessed March 19, 2017. "The school district serves two municipalities, Chester Borough and Chester Township. The Borough of Chester is a 1.6 square mile village centered on a main street lined with specialty shops, old homes, and historic buildings.... The surrounding Chester Township is a 29.3 square mile residential community made up of farms, estates, and attractive housing developments."
  4. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ West Morris Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 4, 2016. "Established in 1958, the West Morris Regional High School District operates two schools, West Morris Central High School and West Morris Mendham High School. The regional district serves the students of five Morris County communities: Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township and Washington Township. Students from Washington Township attend West Morris Central High School, and students from the Chesters and the Mendhams attend West Morris Mendham High School."
  6. ↑ School data for West Morris Mendham High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Chester School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ School Directory, Chester School District. Accessed March 19, 2017.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Chester School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ Dickerson Elementary School, Chester School District. Accessed March 19, 2017.
  11. ↑ About Us, Dickerson School. Accessed March 19, 2017.
  12. ↑ Bragg Intermediate School, Chester School District. Accessed March 19, 2017.
  13. ↑ Contact Information, Bragg School. Accessed March 19, 2017.
  14. ↑ Black River Middle School, Chester School District. Accessed March 19, 2017.
  15. ↑ Contact Information, Black River Middle School. Accessed March 19, 2017.
  16. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  17. ↑ Superintendent's Page, Chester School District. Accessed March 19, 2017.
  18. ↑ Business Office, Chester School District. Accessed March 19, 2017.
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