Pohatcong Township School District

Pohatcong Township School District
240 Route 519
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
District information
Grades PreK-8
Superintendent Diane Mandry
Business administrator Tim Mantz
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 454 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 28.6 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 15.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website http://www.pohatcong.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,60624$18,891-6.8%
1Budgetary Cost14,1182514,159-0.3%
2Classroom Instruction9,033338,6594.3%
6Support Services1,866192,167-13.9%
8Administrative Cost1,487221,547-3.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,698301,6125.3%
13Extracurricular Activities3311104-68.3%
16Median Teacher Salary57,6353461,136
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 Pohatcong Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Pohatcong Township, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014–15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 454 students and 28.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.9:1.[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 by common socioeconomic characteristics.[3]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg, which serves students from the Town of 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 Lopatcong Township.[4][5][6] 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.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10]

  • Pohatcong Township Elementary School for Pre-K to grade 8 (321 students)
    • Keith Kullman, Principal[11]

Administration

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

  • Diane Mandry, Superintendent
  • Tim Mantz, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Pohatcong 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 December 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ 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."
  5. ↑ 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."
  6. ↑ Municipal Guide to Public School Districts, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed June 1, 2016.
  7. ↑ School data for Phillipsburg High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  8. ↑ School Data for the Pohatcong Township Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ Warren County Department of Education Public School Directory 2016-2017, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed January 17, 2017.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Pohatcong Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. 1 2 Administration, Pohatcong Township School District. Accessed January 15, 2017.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Warren County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

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