Lumberton Township School District

Lumberton Township School District
Administration Offices
Lumberton, NJ 08048
District information
Grades pre-K to 8
Superintendent Joseph Langowski
Business administrator Thomas Fanuka
Schools 4
Students and staff
Enrollment 2,177 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 114.0 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 19.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website www.lumberton.k12.nj.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$21,30381$18,89112.8%
1Budgetary Cost13,3043114,159-6.0%
2Classroom Instruction7,865268,659-9.2%
6Support Services1,964342,167-9.4%
8Administrative Cost1,743651,54712.7%
10Operations & Maintenance1,624521,6120.7%
13Extracurricular Activities107531042.9%
16Median Teacher Salary65,4506861,136
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 Lumberton Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. With an average addition of 80-100 students per year, Lumberton has been one of the most rapidly growing school districts in South Jersey.[3] The first public school in Lumberton was established in 1918 with four classrooms.[4]

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its four schools had an enrollment of 2,177 students and 114.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 19.1:1.[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.[5]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend the Rancocas Valley Regional High School, a comprehensive regional public high school serving students from five communities encompassing approximately 40 square miles (100 km2) comprising the communities of Eastampton Township, Hainesport Township, Lumberton Township, Mount Holly Township and Westampton Township.[6][7][8] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 2,077 students and 110.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 18.9:1.[9] The school is located in Mount Holly Township and is part of the Rancocas Valley Regional High School District.

Awards and recognition

For the 2005-06 school year, the Lumberton Township School District was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "Payday" Consumer, Family, and Life Skills program at Lumberton Middle School.[10]

Lumberton Middle School was recognized as a New Jersey Star School.

Schools

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

Elementary schools
  • Florence L. Walther School[14] with 291 students in pre-Kindergarten to first grade
    • Coletta Black, Principal
  • Ashbrook Elementary School[15] with 297 students in grades 2 and 3
    • Michael Livengood, Interim Principal
  • Bobby's Run School[16] with 333 students in grades 4 and 5
    • Tracy Hofstrom, Principal
Middle school
  • Lumberton Middle School[17] with 549 students in grades 6-8
    • Peter Defeo, Principal
    • Meredith Morley, Vice-Principal and Athletic Director

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:.[18][19]

  • Joseph Langowski, Superintendent
  • Thomas Fanuka, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Lumberton Township Board Of Education, 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. ↑ Harbach, Louise. "Fast-growing Lumberton District Looks At High-school Alternatives It Could Withdraw From The Rancocas Valley Regional High School District.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 19, 1998. Accessed August 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ History, Lumberton Schools. Accessed January 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
  6. ↑ Rancocas Valley Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 1, 2016. "The Rancocas Valley Regional High School (RVRHS) District serves five sending districts covering approximately 40 square miles in Burlington County: Eastampton, Hainesport, Lumberton, Mount Holly and Westampton. RVRHS is situated on a picturesque campus in Mount Holly, the county seat."
  7. ↑ Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, April 26, 2015. Accessed June 1, 2016. "RANCOCAS VALLEY REGIONAL - Serves: Eastampton, Hainesport, Lumberton, Mount Holly, Westampton"
  8. ↑ History of the School, Rancocas Valley Regional High School. Accessed June 1, 2016. "The district encompasses approximately 40 square miles (100 km2) and comprises the townships of Eastampton, Hainesport, Lumberton, Mount Holly, and Westampton."
  9. ↑ School data for Rancocas Valley Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  10. ↑ New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06, accessed October 23, 2006
  11. ↑ School Data for the Lumberton Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  12. ↑ 2016-2017 Burlington County Public Schools Directory, Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed January 20, 2017.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Lumberton Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  14. ↑ Florence L. Walther School, Lumberton Township School District. Accessed January 20, 2017.
  15. ↑ Ashbrook Elementary School, Lumberton Township School District. Accessed January 20, 2017.
  16. ↑ Bobby's Run School, Lumberton Township School District. Accessed January 20, 2017.
  17. ↑ Lumberton Middle School, Lumberton Township School District. Accessed January 20, 2017.
  18. ↑ Administration, Lumberton Township Schools. Accessed January 20, 2017.
  19. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

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