Lopatcong Township School District

Lopatcong Township School District
321 Stonehenge Drive
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
District information
Grades PreK-8
Superintendent Rainie Roncoroni
Business administrator Donna Tolley
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,255 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 70.6 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 17.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website www.lopatcongschool.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$14,3407$18,891-24.1%
1Budgetary Cost11,9191514,159-15.8%
2Classroom Instruction7,736218,659-10.7%
6Support Services1,28542,167-40.7%
8Administrative Cost1,323171,547-14.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,515421,612-6.0%
13Extracurricular Activities5211104-50.0%
16Median Teacher Salary63,9406061,136
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 Lopatcong Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Lopatcong Township, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 1,255 students and 70.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.8:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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 Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Phillipsburg School District. The high school also serves students from four other sending communities: Alpha, Bloomsbury (in Hunterdon County), Greenwich Township and Pohatcong Township.[4][5][6][7] The site of the new Phillipsburg High School, which began construction in January 2014, is in Lopatcong's borders. The three-story, 330,000-square-foot (31,000 m2) building, with more than double the floor space of the existing high school and a capacity to accommodate more than 2,100 students, was completed for the 2016-17 school year and was dedicated in September 2016 at ceremonies attended by Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie.[8][9] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,631 students and 117.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9:1.[10]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[11]) are:[12][13]

Elementary school
  • Lopatcong Elementary School (PreK-4; 447 students)
    • Noelle Kondikoff, Principal[14]
Middle school
  • Lopatcong Middle School (5-8; 384 students)
    • Jeanene Dutt, Principal[14]

Before the Middle School opened in 2003, students would attend the Elementary School through eighth grade.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14][15]

  • Rainie Roncoroni, Superintendent
  • Donna Tolley, Business Administrator

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Lopatcong 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 March 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ 2014 Official Directory, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed March 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ Phillipsburg High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 1, 2016. "At the secondary level, the district serves not only students from the town of Phillipsburg which makes up 37.6% of the high school population, but also students from the surrounding boroughs of Alpha and Bloomsbury, as well as the townships of Greenwich, Lopatcong, and Pohatcong."
  6. ↑ About PSD, Phillipsburg School District. Accessed June 1, 2016. "The district serves students from the Town of Phillipsburg and five sending communities at the secondary level: Alpha, Bloomsbury, Greenwich, Lopatcong and Pohatcong Townships."
  7. ↑ Municipal Guide to Public School Districts, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed June 1, 2016.
  8. ↑ Peters, Sarah. "New Phillipsburg High School beginning to take shape in Lopatcong Township", The Express-Times, July 7, 2014. Accessed March 29, 2015. "The new Phillipsburg High School is starting to take shape atop a steep hillside off Belvidere Road in Lopatcong Township.... Five school board members and at least four administrators embarked on the tour of the property scheduled to open during the 2016-2017 academic year."
  9. ↑ Novak, Steve. "Christie: New Phillipsburg High School most modern in N.J.", The Express-Times, September 21, 2016. Accessed January 17, 2017. "The 330,000-square-foot high school finally opened for classes this month, and Gov. Chris Christie -- who on Wednesday was the guest of honor at a ceremony marking the $127.5 million project's completion -- thanked the assembled staff, students and other dignitaries for their patience.... The building on a hilltop in Lopatcong Township is designed for 2,172 students in grades 9 to 12, with 50 general classrooms, 12 science labs, 4 computer labs, media center and arts and vocational facilities."
  10. ↑ School data for Phillipsburg High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  11. ↑ Data for the Lopatcong Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  12. ↑ Warren County Department of Education Public School Directory 2016-2017, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed January 17, 2017.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Lopatcong Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  14. 1 2 3 2016-2017 Parent's Handbook, Lopatcong Township School District. Accessed January 17, 2017.
  15. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Warren County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 40°42′04″N 75°08′55″W / 40.701098°N 75.148493°W / 40.701098; -75.148493

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