Hope Township School District

Hope Township School District
Address
320 Johnsonburg Road
Hope Township, New Jersey 07844
United States
Coordinates 40°54′40″N 74°58′04″W / 40.911171°N 74.967796°W / 40.911171; -74.967796Coordinates: 40°54′40″N 74°58′04″W / 40.911171°N 74.967796°W / 40.911171; -74.967796
District information
Grades pre-K to 8
Superintendent Dr. Gary McCartney (interim)
Business administrator Dawn Huff
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 252 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Faculty 16.8 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 15.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Principal Kevin Newman
Website hope-elem.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,77330$18,891-5.9%
1Budgetary Cost14,9153414,1595.3%
2Classroom Instruction7,908168,659-8.7%
6Support Services2,509352,16715.8%
8Administrative Cost1,977681,54727.8%
10Operations & Maintenance2,364561,61246.7%
13Extracurricular Activities1273110422.1%
16Median Teacher Salary56,4402761,136
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 Hope Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Hope Township, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2015-16 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 252 students and 16.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.0:1.[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]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Belvidere High School, together with students from Harmony Township and White Township, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Belvidere School District.[4][5] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 481 students and 43.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2015-16 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[4][8]

  • Hope Township School for pre-Kindergarten to grade 8 (156 students)
    • Kevin Newman, Principal[9]

Administration

Core members of the districts' administration are:[10][11]

  • Dr. Gary McCartney, Interim Superintendent[9]
  • Dawn Huff, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

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