Hopewell Township School District

Hopewell Township School District
122 Sewall Road
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Meghan Price
Business administrator Sharon Archer
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 749 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 38.0 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 19.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website Official website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,6568$18,891-17.1%
1Budgetary Cost12,9901714,159-8.3%
2Classroom Instruction8,567328,659-1.1%
6Support Services1,49082,167-31.2%
8Administrative Cost1,09021,547-29.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,742441,6128.1%
13Extracurricular Activities10225104-1.9%
16Median Teacher Salary65,5364361,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Hopewell Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Hopewell Township and Shiloh, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.

The Shiloh School was closed after the end of the 2006-07 school year, and all students from Shiloh are being sent to the Hopewell Crest School as part of a sending/receiving relationship, accounting for nearly 10% of the Hopewell district's enrollment.[3][4]

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 749 students and 38.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 19.7:1.[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.[5]

Public school students from both communities in ninth through twelfth grades attend Cumberland Regional High School, which also serves students from Deerfield Township, Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township, Stow Creek Township and Upper Deerfield Township.[6][7][8] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,354 students and 87.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.4:1.[9]

School

Hopewell Crest School had an enrollment of 496 students as of the 2014-15 school year.[10]

Administration

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

  • Meghan Price, Superintendent
  • Stephanie Kuntz, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Hopewell 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. ↑ Walsh, Daniel. "Shiloh School to close for good", Press of Atlantic City, November 30, 2006. Accessed September 7, 2014. "Shiloh's school board voted to send all of the borough's students to Hopewell Township next year as part of a one-year interlocal agreement."
  4. ↑ Taniguchi, Lauren T. "Shiloh seeks voice on Hopewell Board of Education", South Jersey Times, February 15, 2011. Accessed September 7, 2014. "Shiloh students in kindergarten through eighth grade have attended Hopewell Crest School since Shiloh School was closed in 2006. Hopewell Crest's combined student population of approximately 530 students, at the board's estimate on Monday, currently includes 49 students from Shiloh."
  5. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ Cumberland Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 5, 2016. "The Cumberland Regional School District, located in Western Cumberland County, provides students with a comprehensive learning environment in a nurturing and personalized setting. The district serves students in grades 9-12 who reside in the municipalities of Deerfield, Fairfield, Greenwich & Stow Creek, Hopewell & Shiloh, and Upper Deerfield."
  7. ↑ Shott, Meghan. "Cumberland Regional High School", South Jersey magazine. Accessed June 5, 2016. "Cumberland Regional High School, located in the northwest part of Cumberland County, serves students from Deerfield Township, Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Shiloh Borough, Stow Creek Township and Upper Deerfield Township."
  8. ↑ Constituent Districts, Cumberland Regional High School. Accessed June 5, 2016.
  9. ↑ School data for Cumberland Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  10. ↑ School Data for the Hopewell Crest School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  11. ↑ Board of Education, Hopewell Township Board of Education. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Cumberland County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 39°27′19″N 75°15′42″W / 39.455287°N 75.261734°W / 39.455287; -75.261734

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