Elmer School District

Last updated
Elmer School District
Front Street
Elmer, NJ 08318
District information
GradesK-6
SuperintendentDr. Stephen E. Berkowitz
Business administratorHenry Bermann
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment76 (as of 2007-08) [1]
Faculty6.0 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio12.7
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website http://www.elmer.k12.nj.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-6
average
 %± vs.
average
1Budgetary Cost16,6095312,19536.2%
2Classroom Instruction7,212237,366−2.1%
6Support Services3,004531,83264.0%
8Administrative Cost1,646421,38918.5%
10Operations & Maintenance3,548611,472141.0%
13Extracurricular Activities79364097.5%
16Median Teacher Salary41,034252,691
Data from NJDoE 2009 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=62

The Elmer School District was a community public school district that served students in kindergarten through fourth grade from the Borough of Elmer in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. [3] [4] The district also operated The Learning Center in Elmer School for infants through PreK-4. At a meeting conducted in June 2009, the Elmer Board of Education voted to merge with the Pittsgrove Township School District and would send all of its students as part of the send-receive relationship. [5]

Contents

For fifth through twelfth grades, public school students attended Pittsgrove Township Middle School (5-8) and then Arthur P. Schalick High School (9-12), in Pittsgrove Township, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Pittsgrove Township School District. [6]

As of the 2007–08 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 76 students and 6.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.7. [1]

The district was classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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. [7] Elmer School District is now merged with Pittsgrove Township School District.

School

Elmer School had 76 students as of the 2007–08 school year. [8]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [9]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elmer, New Jersey</span> Borough in Salem County, New Jersey, United States

Elmer is a borough in Salem County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,347, a decrease of 48 (−3.4%) from the 2010 census count of 1,395, which in turn reflected an increase of 11 (+0.8%) from the 1,384 counted in the 2000 census. It is the home of the annual Appel Farm Arts and Music Festival, which celebrated its 23rd year in 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey</span> Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States

Pittsgrove Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,777, a decrease of 616 (−6.6%) from the 2010 census count of 9,393, which in turn reflected an increase of 500 (+5.6%) from the 8,893 counted in the 2000 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Upper Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey</span> Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States

Upper Pittsgrove Township is a township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 3,505, reflecting an increase of 37 (+1.1%) from the 3,468 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 328 (+10.4%) from the 3,140 counted in the 1990 Census.

The Kingsway Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students from five communities in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from East Greenwich Township, South Harrison Township, Swedesboro and Woolwich Township. Students in ninth through twelfth grades from Logan Township who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship in which tuition is paid on a per-pupil basis by the Logan Township School District.

The Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade form five communities in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students from Woodstown and Pilesgrove Township for K-12, along with students from neighboring Alloway Township, Oldmans Township and Upper Pittsgrove Township who attend the district's high school as part of sending/receiving relationships. A majority of public school students in grades 9-12 from Oldmans Township attend Penns Grove High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District, with the balance attending Woodstown High School.

The High Bridge School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from High Bridge, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

The Pennsville School District is a comprehensive community public school district, that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Pennsville Township, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.

Estell Manor School District is a community public school district in Estell Manor, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

Folsom Borough School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Folsom, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.

The Salem City School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Salem City, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.

The Ocean Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Ocean Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.

The Pittsgrove Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Pittsgrove Township and Elmer borough, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.

The Chesilhurst Borough School District is a defunct community public school district that had served students in Kindergarten through sixth grade from Chesilhurst, New Jersey, United States. As of 2009, the district was no longer operating any schools and instead is sending all of its students to the Winslow Township School District as part of a sending/receiving relationship.

The Alloway Township School District is a public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Alloway Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.

The Oldmans Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Oldmans Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.

The Upper Pittsgrove School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Upper Pittsgrove Township, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.

The Greenwich Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Greenwich Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.

The Hampton School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade from Hampton, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

The Lower Alloways Creek Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Lower Alloways Creek Township, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.

The Mannington Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Mannington Township, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.

References

  1. 1 2 District information for the Elmer Borough School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. "Home - Elmer Elementary School". elmer.pittsgrove.net. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  4. "Elmer, New Jersey - Education". www.elmerboroughnj.com. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  5. Dailey, Jennifer. "Elmer BOE OKs merger", The Gloucester County Times , June 18, 2009. Accessed September 8, 2010.
  6. 2005 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, April 2006, p. 19.
  7. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  8. School Data for the Elmer School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 3, 2009.
  9. Salem County School Directory Archived 2006-12-16 at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  10. Elmer School Staff, 2009-2010, Elmer School. Accessed December 3, 2009.

Coordinates: 39°35′34″N75°10′31″W / 39.59281°N 75.175324°W / 39.59281; -75.175324