Fredon Township School District

Fredon Township School
459 Route 94
Newton, NJ 07860
District information
Grades K-6
Superintendent Sean Dolan
Business administrator Kristy McFarlane
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 534 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 23.4 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 22.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group GH
Website http://www.fredon.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-6
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,20326$18,891-8.9%
1Budgetary Cost14,2013013,6494.0%
2Classroom Instruction7,827128,366-6.4%
6Support Services2,653432,16122.8%
8Administrative Cost1,984571,46735.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,545291,552-0.5%
13Extracurricular Activities1694139333.3%
16Median Teacher Salary52,0071157,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

Fredon Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade from Fredon Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 534 students and 23.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 22.8:1.[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 seventh through twelfth grade for public school attend Kittatinny Regional High School located in Hampton Township, which serves students who reside in Fredon Township, Hampton Township, Sandyston Township, Stillwater Township and Walpack Township.[4] The high school is located on a 96-acre (39 ha) campus in Hampton Township, about seven minutes outside of the county seat of Newton. As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,079 students and 97.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.[5] Kittatinny Regional High School was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1997-98.[6]

In the wake of protests by parents about the exposure of students to electromagnetic fields and threats by the district to close the school, PSE&G agreed in 2011 to contribute $950,000 towards a construction project that would relocate a playground situated near high voltage lines that pass by the school.[7]

Awards and recognition

Fredon School was awarded the National Blue Ribbon Award for Academic Excellence in November 2001, the highest level of recognition granted to an American school.[6]

Schools

Fredon Township School had an enrollment of 250 students as of the 2014-15 school year.[8]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]

  • Sean Dolan, Superintendent
  • Kristy McFarlane, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Fredon 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 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ Kittatiny Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 28, 2016. "Located in beautiful, rural Sussex County in northwest New Jersey, Kittatinny Regional School District serves the five municipalities of Fredon Township, Hampton Township, Sandyston Township, Stillwater Township and the Township of Walpack. The District is comprised of 125 square miles and has a school population of approximately 1100 students."
  5. ↑ School data for Kittatinny High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Accessed March 23, 2011.
  7. ↑ Moszczynski, Joe. "Sussex County school plans to move playground from high-voltage lines", The Star-Ledger, January 30, 2011. Accessed December 7, 2014. "After nearly a year’s delay, construction is expected to start this spring to reconfigure the grounds at the Fredon School in an effort to keep students away from high-voltage power lines."
  8. ↑ School data for Fredon Township School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 12, 2016.
  9. ↑ About the Board of Education, Fredon Township School. Accessed May 12, 2016.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

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