Blairstown Township School District

Blairstown Township School District
Address
1 Sunset Hill Road Blairstown Township , Warren County , New Jersey , 07825
Coordinates	40°58′56″N74°57′17″W / 40.982224°N 74.954773°W / 40.982224; -74.954773
District information
Grades	PreK-6
Superintendent	Patrick Ketch
Business administrator	Donna Williams
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	432 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Faculty	44.7 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.7:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	www.blairstownelem.net
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-6 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,594 23 $18,891 −12.2% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,174 29 13,649 3.8% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,683 26 8,366 3.8% 6 Support Services 2,835 49 2,161 31.2% 8 Administrative Cost 1,290 10 1,467 −12.1% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,271 12 1,552 −18.1% 13 Extracurricular Activities 58 28 39 48.7% 16 Median Teacher Salary 57,600 30 57,437 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2] *Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

Blairstown Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in Blairstown, in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. ^{[3] [4] [5]} Students from Hardwick Township, a non-operating school district attend Blairstown Elementary School. ^{[6] [7]}

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 432 students and 44.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.7:1. ^[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. ^[8]

Students in seventh through twelfth grades for public school attend the North Warren Regional High School in Blairstown, a public secondary high school, serving students from the townships of Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick, and Knowlton. ^{[9] [10] [11]} As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 658 students and 56.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1. ^[12]

Schools

Blairstown Elementary School served 431 students in grades PreK-6, as of the 2021–22 school year. ^[13]

• Colleen Silvestri, principal ^[14]

Administration

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

• Patrick Ketch, superintendent ^[16]
• Donna Williams, school business administrator and board secretary ^[17]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. ^{[18] [19] [20]}

References

1. District information for Blairstown Elementary Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. 2023–2024 Public School Directory, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024.
4. School Performance Reports for the Blairstown Elementary Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
5. New Jersey School Directory for the Blairstown Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
6. Letter from Commissioner Lucille Davy to the Hardwick Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, June 30, 2009. Accessed December 6, 2014.
7. Novak, Stephen J. "Hardwick Township School District among 13 'nonoperating' districts eliminated Wednesday" Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine , The Express-Times , July 2, 2009. Accessed March 15, 2011. "The Hardwick district had a board of education and a part-time board secretary. But without a school of its own, it paid tuition to send its students to Blairstown Township. They'll continue to go there next school year, when the neighboring district takes control through a state order."
8. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 6, 2014.
9. North Warren Regional High School 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015. "The North Warren Regional School District is home to approximately 950 students from the communities of Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick, and Knowlton."
10. Home Page, North Warren Regional School District. Accessed June 1, 2013. "North Warren Regional is a public secondary school district, serving students in grades 7-12 in the townships of Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick, and Knowlton. The district covers 96.8 square miles bordering the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in scenic Warren County."
11. Esposito, Martha. "Discover Burlington County 2013: Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times , March 14, 2012. Accessed August 1, 2022. "Northern Burlington County Regional - Serves: Chesterfield, Mansfield, North Hanover, Springfield, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst"
12. School data for North Warren Regional School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
13. School Data for the Blairstown Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
14. Principal, Blairstown Township School District. Accessed September 18, 2023.
15. New Jersey School Directory for Warren County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
16. Superintendent, Blairstown Township School District. Accessed September 18, 2023.
17. Business Administrator, Blairstown Township School District. Accessed September 18, 2023.
18. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
19. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Blairstown Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 9, 2024. "he Blairstown Township School District is a Type II district located in the County of Warren, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades K-6.... The Hardwick Township Board of Education (Non-operating district) was merged with Blairstown School District effective June 30, 2009."
20. Board of Education, Blairstown Township School District. Accessed September 18, 2023. "The Blairstown Township Board of Education has 9 elected members and the Business Administrator and Superintendent are non-voting members."

External links

• Blairstown Township School District
• School Performance Reports for the Blairstown Township School District , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Blairstown Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
• North Warren Regional School District
• School Performance Report for North Warren Regional High School , New Jersey Department of Education
• North Warren Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics