Morris Plains Schools

Morris Plains Schools
500 Speedwell Avenue
Morris Plains, NJ 07950
District information
Grades pre-K to 8
Superintendent Mark Maire
Business administrator Amy Barkman
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 845 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 59.1 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 14.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website www.morrisplainsschooldistrict.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,84038$18,891-0.3%
1Budgetary Cost14,5423414,1592.7%
2Classroom Instruction8,176248,659-5.6%
6Support Services2,415392,16711.4%
8Administrative Cost1,898581,54722.7%
10Operations & Maintenance1,859521,61215.3%
13Extracurricular Activities1774710470.2%
16Median Teacher Salary57,8742361,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Morris Plains Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that educates students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Morris Plains, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 845 students and 59.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.3:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Morristown High School, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Morris School District which also serves the communities of Morristown and Morris Township (for grades K-12).[4] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,678 students and 124.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.5:1.[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7]

  • Mountain Way School[8] for grades K-2 (204 students)
  • Morris Plains Borough School[9] for grades 3-8 (409 students)

Administration

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

  • Mark Maire, Superintendent of Schools
  • Amy Barkman, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Morris Plains 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 February 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ Morristown High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 19, 2017. "Comprised of 1,848 ethnically diverse students speaking more than 20 different languages, the educational program serves the students entrusted to the school by its communities: Morristown, Morris Township and Morris Plains."
  5. ↑ School data for Morristown High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ School Data for the Morris Plains Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  7. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Morris Plains Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  8. ↑ Mountain Way School, Morris Plains Schools. Accessed July 19, 2017.
  9. ↑ Morris Plains Borough School, Morris Plains Schools. Accessed July 19, 2017.
  10. ↑ District Administration, Morris Plains Schools. Accessed July 19, 2017.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

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