Montague Township School District

Montague Township School District
475 Route 206
Montague, NJ 07827
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Robert Walker
Business administrator Tina M. Palecek
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 349 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 28.9 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 12.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group B
Website http://montagueschool.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K–8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$22,93457$18,89121.4%
1Budgetary Cost16,9655014,15919.8%
2Classroom Instruction10,508548,65921.4%
6Support Services2,640432,16721.8%
8Administrative Cost1,971671,54727.4%
10Operations & Maintenance1,802391,61211.8%
13Extracurricular Activities156104-85.6%
16Median Teacher Salary57,4153261,136
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 Montague Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Montague Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.[3]

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 349 students and 28.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[1]

Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades cross state lines to attend middle school and (had crossed to attend) high school in nearby Port Jervis, New York or could enroll at Sussex County Technical School, which accepts students on a selective basis, and to the middle school charter program in Sparta Township.[4] Starting in September 2014, Montague Township's high school students began attending High Point Regional High School, in a shift from Port Jervis that will take four years to complete.[5] High Point also serves students from Branchville Borough, Frankford Township, Lafayette Township, Sussex Borough and Wantage Township (where the school is located).[6][7] As of the 2015-16 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 981 students and 91.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[8]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest 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.[9]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[10]) are:

Elementary schools
  • Montague Elementary School (with 218 students in grades K-6)
    • Janice L. Hodge, Principal[11]
    • Christopher Gregory, Assistant Principal[11]

Administration

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

  • Robert Walker, Superintendent
  • John W. Waycie, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Montague 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. ↑ Montagie Township School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 14, 2017. "Montague Township is located in the Delaware Highlands Region of New Jersey. High Point State Park and Stokes State Forest provide the scenery to this rural Sussex County community. Montague Township School District is a Pre-K through grade 8 school in Sussex County. Montague students attend High Point Regional High School for grades 9 through 12. Sussex County Technical School and parent choice school are also options for students."
  4. ↑ Enrollment Options for the 2016-17 School Year and Beyond, Montague Township School District, July 28, 2016. Accessed January 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ Montague Township School District 2015 District Narrative, New Jersey School Report Card. Accessed June 7, 2016. "In September 2014, the district began to transition incoming ninth grade students from the Port Jervis City School District in Port Jervis New York into High Point Regional School District in Jew Jersey. The transition of high school students into High Point Regional School District will be complete by 2017."
  6. ↑ High Point Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 8, 2016. "High Point Regional High School is a comprehensive high school serving the diversified needs of the three surrounding K through 8 school districts of Lafayette, Frankford, Montague, and Sussex-Wantage."
  7. ↑ "2016-17 School Profile", High Point Regional High School. Accessed March 18, 2018. "Located 63 miles northwest of Manhattan in bucolic Sussex, County NJ, High Point serves students from six municipalities: Branchville, Lafayette, Frankford, Montague, Sussex, and Wantage."
  8. ↑ School data for High Point Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  10. ↑ School Data for the Montague Township School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 Administration, Montague Township School District. Accessed January 4, 2017.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

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