Hardyston Township School District

Hardyston Township School District
Address
183 Wheatsworth Road
Hamburg, NJ 07419
United States
Coordinates 41°08′23″N 74°35′31″W / 41.139613°N 74.591906°W / 41.139613; -74.591906Coordinates: 41°08′23″N 74°35′31″W / 41.139613°N 74.591906°W / 41.139613; -74.591906
District information
Grades PreK-8
Superintendent Michael Ryder
Business administrator James Sekelsky
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 738 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Faculty 62.1 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 11.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website http://www.htps.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,67233$18,891-11.7%
1Budgetary Cost12,8002114,159-9.6%
2Classroom Instruction7,971288,659-7.9%
6Support Services1,552132,167-28.4%
8Administrative Cost1,497321,547-3.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,660561,6123.0%
13Extracurricular Activities1216710416.3%
16Median Teacher Salary60,2173461,136
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 Hardyston Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Hardyston Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2015-16 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 738 students and 62.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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 though twelfth grades, students attend Wallkill Valley Regional High School which consists of Franklin Borough, Hamburg Borough and Ogdensburg Borough, and is part of the Wallkill Valley Regional High School District.[4][5] As of the 2015-16 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 673 students and 57.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2015-16 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8]

Elementary school
  • Hardyston Township School[9] (grades PreK-5, 420 students)
    • Jennifer Cimaglia, Principal
Middle school
  • Hardyston Middle School[10] (grades 6-8, 316 students)
    • Robert Demeter, Vice Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[11][12]

  • Michael Ryder, Superintendent
  • James Sekelsky, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Hardyston Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  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 February 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ Home page, Wallkill Valley Regional High School. Accessed October 28, 2017. "We proudly serve the districts of: Franklin | Hamburg | Hardyston | Ogdensburg"
  5. ↑ Jennings, Rob. "Wallkill Valley grad named superintendent/principal", New Jersey Herald, August 26, 2015. Accessed October 28, 2017. "Wallkill Valley Regional High School enrolls students from Hamburg, Hardyston, Ogdensburg and Franklin."
  6. ↑ School data for Wallkill Valley Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  7. ↑ School Data for Hardyston Township Public School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Hardyston Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ Hardyston Township School, Hardyston Township School District. Accessed October 28, 2017.
  10. ↑ Hardyston Middle School, Hardyston Township School District. Accessed October 28, 2017.
  11. ↑ 2017-2018 Student Handbook, Hardyston Township School District. Accessed October 28, 2017.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
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