Delanco Township School District

Delanco Township School District
1301 Burlington Avenue
Delanco, NJ 08075
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Joseph Mersinger
Business administrator James Heiser
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 538 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 30.6 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 17.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website http://www.delanco.com/
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,43821$18,891-7.7%
1Budgetary Cost14,7673214,1594.3%
2Classroom Instruction8,196228,659-5.3%
6Support Services2,588402,16719.4%
8Administrative Cost1,555281,5470.5%
10Operations & Maintenance2,225521,61238.0%
13Extracurricular Activities1182810413.5%
16Median Teacher Salary53,7641861,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

The Delanco Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Delanco 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 538 students and 30.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.6:1.[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]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Riverside High School in Riverside Township as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Riverside School District.[4][5][6][7] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 436 students and 37.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1.[8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the New Jersey Department of Education[9]) are:[10][11][12]

Elementary school
  • Joan Pearson Elementary School[13] for grades K-5 (268 students)
    • Louis Conti, Principal[14]
Middle school
  • Walnut Street Middle School[15] for grades 6-8 (119 students)
    • Joseph Mersinger, Principal[14]

Board of education

The Delanco Board of Education is an elected board with nine members, each serving three-year terms. The board meets on the second Wednesday of each month at the M. Joan Pearson Elementary School. As of 2017, the Board members are:[16]

  • Harry Litwak - President
  • Marisa Karamanoogian - Vice President
  • Rose Gonteski
  • Paul Hamlin
  • Eric Hoffman
  • Phil Jenkins
  • Steven Lohr
  • Cynthia Wagstaff
  • Lynn Whitney

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Delanco 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 10, 2014.
  4. ↑ Riverside Township School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 30, 2017. "The School District educates approximately 1,400 students. The district has a very positive and cooperative send/receive relationship with the Delanco Public Schools. Students from Delanco are educated in their local K-8 District, and then subsequently attend grades 9-12 at Riverside High School."
  5. ↑ High School Sending Districts, Burlington County Library System, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2006. Accessed December 10, 2014.
  6. ↑ Hefler, Jan. "Relations Improve Between Riverside And Delanco Boards", The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 5, 1990. Accessed December 10, 2014. "The two boards were not always on such friendly terms. In October, the Riverside board hired Jane Butler as superintendent of schools without any suggestions from the Delanco board and without any advance notice. Butler, who will become superintendent effective July 1, will oversee the school system, which includes Riverside High School. Delanco sends 100 students to Riverside High."
  7. ↑ Coppock, Kristen. "Delanco schools look to eliminate staff", Burlington County Times, March 24, 2010. Accessed December 10, 2014. "Students in grades nine to 12 attend Riverside High School under a sending agreement."
  8. ↑ School data for Riverside High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  9. ↑ School Data for the Delanco Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 23, 2017.
  10. ↑ Our Schools, Delanco Township School District. Accessed January 23, 2017.
  11. ↑ 2016-2017 Burlington County Public Schools Directory, Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed January 23, 2017.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  13. ↑ 2016-2017 Student Handbook, M. Joan Pearson Elementary School], Delanco Township School District. Accessed January 23, 2017.
  14. 1 2 Staff Directory, Delanco Township Public Schools. Accessed August 31, 2018.
  15. ↑ 2016-2017 Student Handbook, Walnut Street Middle School], Delanco Township School District. Accessed January 23, 2017.
  16. ↑ Members of the Board of Education, Delanco Township Public Schools. Accessed June 20, 2013.

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