Warren Township Schools

Warren Township Schools
Address
213 Mt. Horeb Road
Warren, NJ 07059

United States
Coordinates 40°37′35″N 74°30′05″W / 40.626413°N 74.501258°W / 40.626413; -74.501258Coordinates: 40°37′35″N 74°30′05″W / 40.626413°N 74.501258°W / 40.626413; -74.501258
District information
Grades PreK-8
Superintendent Dr. Matthew Mingle
Business administrator Patricia Leonhardt
Schools 5
Students and staff
Enrollment 2,849 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 207.2 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 13.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website http://www.warrentboe.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$22,37282$18,89118.4%
1Budgetary Cost18,0748214,15927.7%
2Classroom Instruction11,275828,65930.2%
6Support Services3,027782,16739.7%
8Administrative Cost1,538411,547-0.6%
10Operations & Maintenance2,043791,61226.7%
13Extracurricular Activities9041104-13.5%
16Median Teacher Salary68,7677661,136
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 Warren Township Schools are a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Warren Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its five schools had an enrollment of 2,849 students and 207.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.7:1.[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 Watchung Hills Regional High School on Stirling Road next to Woodland School. The school also serves students from Warren as well as the neighboring communities of Watchung, Green Brook (in Somerset County), and Long Hill Township (in Morris County).[4][5] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,286 students and 94.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1.[6]

Awards and recognition

Woodland School was one of nine public schools recognized in 2017 as Blue Ribbon Schools by the United States Department of Education.[7]

Schools

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

Elementary schools
  • Central School[12] (313 students; in grades K-5)
    • Alison Tugya, Principal
  • Mt. Horeb School[13] (269; PreK-5)
    • Scott Cook, Principal
  • Angelo L. Tomaso School[14] (298; K-5)
    • Christine Smith, Principal
  • Woodland School[15] (285; K-5)
    • Jeff Heaney, Principal
Middle school
  • Warren Middle School[16] (674; 6-8)
    • George Villar, Principal
    • Max Achtau, Dean of Students

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[17][18]

  • Dr. Matthew Mingle, Superintendent
  • Patricia Leonhardt, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Warren 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 October 30, 2014.
  4. Watchung Hills Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 4, 2016. "Close to 2150 students from Green Brook, Long Hill, Warren, and Watchung meet high academic standards and broaden their worldviews as they explore and take risks, discover their passions, and find individual pathways to success."
  5. Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed June 4, 2016. "WATCHUNG HILLS ** 9-12 RECEIVES 9-12 FROM GREEN BROOK, WARREN, WATCHUNG, LONGHILL"
  6. School data for Warren Hills Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  7. "Nine New Jersey Public Schools Earn National Blue Ribbon Award from the U.S. Department of Education", New Jersey Department of Education, September 28, 2017. Accessed October 18, 2017.
  8. School Data for the Warren Township Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  9. Schools, Warren Township Schools. Accessed February 28, 2017.
  10. 2016-2017 Somerset County Public School Directory, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed May 19, 2017.
  11. New Jersey School Directory for the Warren Township Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  12. Central School, Warren Township Schools. Accessed February 28, 2017.
  13. Mt. Horeb School, Warren Township Schools. Accessed February 28, 2017.
  14. Angelo L. Tomaso School, Warren Township Schools. Accessed February 28, 2017.
  15. Woodland School, Warren Township Schools. Accessed February 28, 2017.
  16. Warren Middle School, Warren Township Schools. Accessed February 28, 2017.
  17. Board of Education, Warren Township Schools. Accessed February 28, 2017.
  18. New Jersey School Directory for Somerset County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
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