Wharton Borough School District

Wharton Borough School District
137 East Central Avenue
Wharton, NJ 07885
District information
Grades kindergarten-eighth grade
Superintendent Christopher Herdman
Business administrator Sandy Cammarata
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,106 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 75.6 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 14.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website http://www.wbps.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,03020$18,891-15.1%
1Budgetary Cost14,7855814,1594.4%
2Classroom Instruction9,649758,65911.4%
6Support Services2,098452,167-3.2%
8Administrative Cost1,581471,5472.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,342251,612-16.7%
13Extracurricular Activities112591047.7%
16Median Teacher Salary60,5553661,136
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 Wharton Borough School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Wharton, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 1,106 students and 75.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.6:1.[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. 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 ninth through twelfth grades attend Morris Hills High School, located in Rockaway Borough, and which also serves portions of Rockaway Borough and Rockaway Township.[4] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,202 students and 108.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.[5] The high school is part of the Morris Hills Regional High School District, which also includes students from Denville Township, who attend Morris Knolls High School along with students from parts of Rockaway Borough and Rockaway Township.[6][7]

Awards and recognition

Marie V. Duffy School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.[8]

Schools

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

  • Marie V. Duffy Elementary School[11] (488 students in grades K - 5)
    • Pamela S. Blalock - Principal[12]
  • Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School[13] (292 students in grades 6 - 8)
    • Dr. Patrick Ketch - Principal[12]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][14]

  • Christopher Herdman, Superintendent
  • Sandy Cammarata, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Wharton Borough 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 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ Morris Hills High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed Morris Hills High School is a comprehensive, four-year public school located in the heart of Morris County. The school is part of a regional school district that includes our sister school, Morris Knolls High School. There are over 1,300 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The school serves the local communities of Wharton, Rockaway Township, and Rockaway Borough where the school resides."
  5. ↑ School data for Morris Hills High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ Morris Hills Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 11, 2016. "Our schools' success is directly attributed to the support we receive from the residents of Denville, Rockaway Borough, Rockaway Township and Wharton - people who care about their children and who value education."
  7. ↑ Overview, Morris Hills High School. Accessed January 2, 2017. Morris Hills High School, located in Rockaway, New Jersey, serves the residential communities of Rockaway Borough, Rockaway Township, and Wharton."
  8. ↑ McGreevey Celebrates Schools that are "Getting it Right": Schools of Excellence Winners Demonstrate Effectiveness of Governor’s Education Priorities Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine., New Jersey Department of Education press release dated November 211, 2003. Accessed December 15, 2009.
  9. ↑ School Data for the Wharton Borough Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 17, 2016.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Wharton Borough Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ Marie V. Duffy Elementary School, Wharton Borough Public Schools. Accessed January 2, 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 Administration and Office Staff, Wharton Borough School District. Accessed January 2, 2017.
  13. ↑ Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School, Wharton Borough Public Schools. Accessed January 2, 2017.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

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