Folsom Borough School District

Folsom Borough School District
Folsom School, the only school in the district
Address
1357 Mays Landing Road Folsom , Atlantic County , New Jersey , 08037 United States
Coordinates	39°36′23″N74°50′45″W / 39.606359°N 74.845893°W / 39.606359; -74.845893
District information
Grades	Pre-K to 8
Superintendent	Kevin Fricke
Business administrator	Sara Simpson
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	384 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Faculty	41.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.4:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	CD
Website	www.folsomschool.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $14,642 2 $18,891 −22.5% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,624 25 14,159 −3.8% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,972 20 8,659 −7.9% 6 Support Services 2,202 30 2,167 1.6% 8 Administrative Cost 1,600 25 1,547 3.4% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,683 40 1,612 4.4% 13 Extracurricular Activities 159 40 104 52.9% 16 Median Teacher Salary 51,228 3 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2] *Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

Folsom Borough School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Folsom, in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at Folsom Elementary School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first 10 districts statewide to participate in the program. ^{[7] [8]} Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education. ^[9]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 384 students and 41.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4:1. ^[1]

The district is 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. ^[10]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Hammonton High School, in Hammonton as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Hammonton Public Schools, alongside students from Waterford Township, who attend for grades 7-12 as part of an agreement with the Waterford Township School District. ^{[11] [12] [13]} As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,357 students and 92.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.7:1. ^[14]

School

• Folsom School served 376 students in grades PreK-8 as of the 2023–24 school year. ^[15]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[16] [17]}

• Kevin Fricke, superintendent and principal ^[18]
• Sara Simpson, business administrator and board secretary ^[19]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of seven members, sets policy and oversees 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 either two or 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. ^{[20] [21] [22]}

References

1. District information for Folsom Borough 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. Folsom Board of Education District Bylaw 0110 - Identification, Folsom Borough School District. Accessed March 7, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Folsom School District. Composition: The Folsom School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Folsom."
4. Public School Directory 2023–2024, Atlantic County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024.
5. School Performance Reports for the Folsom Borough School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
6. New Jersey School Directory for the Folsom Borough School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
7. School Choice Intro Archived January 3, 2017, at the Wayback Machine , Folsom Elementary School District. Accessed January 2, 2017.
8. Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
9. Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 2, 2017.
10. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2014.
11. Hammonton Public Schools 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 5, 2016. "The Hammonton Public School System serves children from Hammonton, Waterford, and Folsom – as well as over 140 NJ Department of Education Choice students."
12. Schools, Town of Hammonton. Accessed March 7, 2024. "The public school district provides an excellent education in an environment that is conducive to learning. Residents from Waterford attend grades 7 through 12. Residents of Folsom and Collings Lakes attend the Hammonton High School in grades 9 through 12 at a brand-new high school on a 118-acre campus."
13. Puko, Timothy. "Sending Towns Feeling Pinched by Hammonton", The Press of Atlantic City , March 13, 2007. Accessed March 7, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "The two school districts that send students to Hammonton are disputing tuition adjustments that would allow Hammonton School District to avoid a tax hike this year but cause large tax hikes in the sending districts. The school budgets for Hammonton and its sending districts Waterford and Folsom could hang in limbo well past next month's school board elections, and Waterford and Folsom could be left with budget fights and massive cuts, sending district superintendents said."
14. School data for Hammonton High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
15. School Data for the Folsom School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
16. Administration, Folsom Borough School District. Accessed March 7, 2024.
17. New Jersey School Directory for Atlantic County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
18. Superintendent, Folsom Borough School District. Accessed March 7, 2024.
19. Business Administrator, Folsom Borough School District. Accessed March 7, 2024.
20. 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.
21. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Borough of Folsom School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed March 7, 2024. "The Borough of Folsom School District is a Type II District located in the County of Atlantic, State of New Jersey. As a Type II District, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of seven members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that two or three members' terms expire each year. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades Pre-K-8.... Students in grades 9-12 attend Hammonton High School."
22. Board of Education Members, Folsom Borough School District. Accessed March 7, 2024.

External links

• Folsom School website
• School Performance Report for Folsom School , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Folsom School, National Center for Education Statistics
• Hammonton High School