Shamong Township School District

Shamong Township School District
295 Indian Mills Road
Shamong, NJ 08088
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Christine Vespe
Business administrator Laura Archer
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,232 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 67.5 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 18.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group GH
Website http://www.ims.k12.nj.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,58331$18,891-12.2%
1Budgetary Cost13,4253514,159-5.2%
2Classroom Instruction8,325348,659-3.9%
6Support Services1,913302,167-11.7%
8Administrative Cost1,580461,5472.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,470381,612-8.8%
13Extracurricular Activities1377310431.7%
16Median Teacher Salary59,5622861,136
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 Shamong Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Shamong Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 1,232 students and 67.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 18.3:1.[1]

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

Public school students in Shamong Township in ninth through twelfth grades attend Seneca High School located in Tabernacle Township, which also serves students from Southampton Township, Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township.[4] The school is part of the Lenape Regional High School District, which also serves students from Evesham Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township and Mount Laurel Township.[5][6] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,199 students and 110.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10][11]

Elementary school
  • Indian Mills Elementary School[12] for grades K-4 (389 students)
    • Nicole Moore, Principal[13]
Middle school
  • Indian Mills Memorial Middle School[14] for grades 5-8 (409 students)
    • Timothy Carroll, Principal[13]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13][15]

  • Christine Vespe, Superintendent
  • Laura Archer, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Shamong 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 November 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ Seneca High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 2, 2016. "ATTENDANCE AREA: Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle and Woodland Townships"
  5. ↑ Lenape Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 5, 2017. "The Lenape Regional High School District (LRHSD) serves the eight municipalities of Evesham, Medford, Mount Laurel, Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle and Woodland Townships and Medford Lakes Borough. Encompassing an area of 350 square miles the Lenape District is the largest school district in Burlington County."
  6. ↑ Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, April 26, 2015. Accessed May 28, 2016. "LENAPE REGIONAL Serves: Evesham, Medford, Medford Lakes, Mount Laurel, Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle, Woodland"
  7. ↑ School data for Seneca High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  8. ↑ School Data for the Shamong Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ District Information, Shamong Township Schools. Accessed January 26, 2017.
  10. ↑ 2016-2017 Burlington County Public Schools Directory, Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed January 26, 2017.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Shamong Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  12. ↑ Indian Mills Elementary School, Shamong Township School District. Accessed January 26, 2017.
  13. 1 2 3 Contact Us, Shamong Township School District. Accessed January 26, 2017.
  14. ↑ Indian Mills Memorial Middle School, Shamong Township School District. Accessed January 26, 2017.
  15. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 39°49′05″N 74°45′46″W / 39.817965°N 74.762777°W / 39.817965; -74.762777

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