Upper Township School District

Upper Township School District
525 Perry Road
Petersburg, NJ 08270
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Vincent J. Palmieri Jr.
Business administrator Laurie Ryan
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 2,071 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 117.5 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 17.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website http://www.upperschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,11540$18,891-9.4%
1Budgetary Cost14,7485414,1594.2%
2Classroom Instruction8,847538,6592.2%
6Support Services2,138482,167-1.3%
8Administrative Cost1,717621,54711.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,947731,61220.8%
13Extracurricular Activities6519104-37.5%
16Median Teacher Salary61,0694361,136
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 Upper Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Upper Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. Students from Corbin City, a non-operating district, attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[3][4]

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its three schools had an enrollment of 2,071 students and 117.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.6:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.[5]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades from Upper Township attend Ocean City High School in Ocean City as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Ocean City School District, along with students from Corbin City, Longport and Sea Isle City.[6] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,262 students and 103.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1.[7] About 60% of students in Ocean City High School are from Upper Township.[8]

Schools

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

Elementary schools
  • Upper Township Primary School[11] (grades PreK-2; 480 students)
    • Jamie Gillespie, Principal[12]
  • Upper Township Elementary School[13] (3-5; 454)
    • Andrea Urbano, Principal[12]
Middle school
  • Upper Township Middle School[14] (6-8; 470)
    • Jeff Leek, Principal[12]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][15]

  • Vincent J. Palmieri Jr., Superintendent
  • Laurie Ryan, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Upper 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. ↑ 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed March 31, 2011.
  4. ↑ Higgins, Columb. "$35M Upper Township school budget includes large tuition increase to Ocean City", Upper Township Gazette, March 18, 2015. Accessed March 23, 2015. "The district also anticipates $736,825 in tuition revenue, mostly from the Corbin City School District, which sends its students to Upper Township grade schools."
  5. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 18, 2014.
  6. ↑ Ocean City High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 6, 2017. "Ocean City High School is a comprehensive high school serving the communities of Ocean City, Upper Township, Sea Isle City, Corbin City and Longport, with an enrollment of over 1,250 students."
  7. ↑ School data for Ocean City High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Upper Township school board members frustrated OCHS not accepting School Choice students", The Gazette of Upper Township, March 18, 2015. Accessed January 10, 2017. "Upper Township pays around $10 million in tuition for more than 600 students to attend Ocean City High School. Upper Township students make up around 60 percent of the student body, Palmieri said."
  9. ↑ School Data for the Upper Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Upper Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ Upper Township Primary School, Upper Township School District. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Upper Township School District Administration, Upper Township School District. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  13. ↑ Upper Township Elementary School, Upper Township School District. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  14. ↑ Upper Township Middle School, Upper Township School District. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  15. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Cape May County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

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