Readington Township Public Schools

Readington Township Public Schools
Address
52 Readington Road
Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889
United States
Coordinates 40°35′15″N 74°45′27″W / 40.587616°N 74.75747°W / 40.587616; -74.75747Coordinates: 40°35′15″N 74°45′27″W / 40.587616°N 74.75747°W / 40.587616; -74.75747
District information
Grades Pre-K to 8
Superintendent Dr. Barbara Sargent
Business administrator Thomas Venanzi (interim)
Schools 4
Students and staff
Enrollment 2,734 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 167.8 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 16.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website www.readington.k12.nj.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,75569$18,891-0.7%
1Budgetary Cost15,0036314,1596.0%
2Classroom Instruction9,058628,6594.6%
6Support Services2,598722,16719.9%
8Administrative Cost1,591491,5472.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,442341,612-10.5%
13Extracurricular Activities1998010491.3%
16Median Teacher Salary61,0404261,136
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 Readington Township Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Readington Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 2,734 students and 167.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.3:1.[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 the Hunterdon Central High School, part of the Hunterdon Central Regional High School District, which serves students in central Hunterdon County from Delaware Township, East Amwell Township, Flemington Borough, Raritan Township and Readington Township.[4][5] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 3,043 students and 236.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8][9]

Elementary schools
  • Three Bridges School[10] (PreK-3; 334 students)
    • Kristen Higgins, Principal
  • Whitehouse School[11] (K-3; 343)
    • Dr. Ann T. DeRosa, Principal
  • Holland Brook School[12] (4-5; 379)
    • Paul Nigro, Principal
Middle school
  • Readington Middle School[13] (6-8; 688)
    • Sharon Moffat, Principal
    • Dr. Jonathan Moss, Assistant Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[8][14]

  • Dr. Barbara Sargent, Superintendent
  • Thomas Venanzi, Interim Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Dr. Barbara Sargent assumed the superintendent's position effective July 1, 2011.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Readington 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 January 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ Hunterdon Central Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 11, 2017. "Located in beautiful, historic Hunterdon County in central New Jersey, Hunterdon Central Regional High School serves the five municipalities of Delaware Township, East Amwell Township, Flemington Borough, Raritan Township and Readington Township. The District is comprised of 152.5 square miles and has a population of approximately 51,468 residents."
  5. ↑ About HC, Hunterdon Central Regional High School. Accessed June 6, 2016. "Located in beautiful, historic Hunterdon County in central New Jersey, Hunterdon Central Regional High School serves the five municipalities of Delaware Township, East Amwell Township, Flemington Borough, Raritan Township and Readington Township."
  6. ↑ School data for Hunterdon Central Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Readington Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  8. 1 2 Contact Information, Readington Township Public Schools. Accessed January 2, 2017.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Readington Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ Three Bridges School, Readington Township Public Schools. Accessed January 2, 2017.
  11. ↑ Whitehouse School, Readington Township Public Schools. Accessed January 2, 2017.
  12. ↑ Holland Brook School, Readington Township Public Schools. Accessed January 2, 2017.
  13. ↑ Readington Middle School, Readington Township Public Schools. Accessed January 2, 2017.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Hunterdon County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  15. ↑ O'Brien, Walter. "Readington school district names new superintendent", Asbury Park Press, May 4, 2011. Accessed May 12, 2011. "After an eight month search, the Readington Township Board of Education at its Tuesday May 3 meeting appointed Dr. Barbara Sargent of Hillsborough as superintendent of schools starting on July 1 for a period of three years, extendable by mutual consent of Sargent and the board, according to board president Joanne Sekella."
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