Franklin Township Public Schools (Gloucester County, New Jersey)

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Franklin Township Public Schools
Address
3228 Coles Mill Road
Franklin Township
, Gloucester County , New Jersey , 08322
United States
Coordinates 39°37′11″N75°01′08″W / 39.619665°N 75.018811°W / 39.619665; -75.018811
District information
Grades PreK-6
SuperintendentBrian Betze (interim)
Business administratorTrish Birmingham
Schools3
Students and staff
Enrollment1,338 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Faculty116.2 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio11.5:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website www.franklintwpschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-6
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,40119$18,891−13.2%
1Budgetary Cost12,229913,649−10.4%
2Classroom Instruction7,35578,366−12.1%
6Support Services1,618102,161−25.1%
8Administrative Cost1,350171,467−8.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,668361,5527.5%
13Extracurricular Activities151139−61.5%
16Median Teacher Salary52,0131257,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

The Franklin Township Public Schools are a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Franklin Township, in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [3]

Contents

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,338 students and 116.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1. [1]

Students in public school from Newfield attend the Franklin Township district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship in which Newfield accounts for about 100 of the nearly 1,400 students in the district. [4]

For seventh through twelfth grades, students attend the Delsea Regional School District, which serves students from both Elk Township and Franklin Township. [5] [6] Students from Newfield attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship begun in September 2010 after Newfield ended its prior relationship with the Buena Regional School District. [7] Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [8] ) are Delsea Regional Middle School [9] with 518 students in grades 7-8 and Delsea Regional High School [10] with 1,074 students in grades 9-12. [11] [12] [13]

History

Students from Franklin township had attended Clayton High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Clayton Public Schools, until Delsea Regional High School opened for the 1960–61 school year.. [14] [15]

The New Jersey Department of Education considered a vote by the Franklin Township Board of Education in June 2010 requesting that the district withdraw from the Delsea Regional School District, which would require that the Delsea region be dissolved as about 80% of the regional district's students come from Franklin. With the withdrawal of Franklin Township, two options being considered were to either have Franklin and Elk Townships create a new regional district with Newfield students attending on a send-receive basis, or having Franklin Township establish its own PreK-12 district which would receive students from both Elk Township and Newfield. [16] [17]

The district had been 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. [18]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [19] ) are: [20] [11] [21] [22]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [29]

Board of education

The district's board of education, composed of nine 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 three seats up for election each year held (since 2014) 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. [32] [33] [34]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Township Of Franklin 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. ↑ Township of Franklin Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Franklin Township Public Schools, adopted September 23, 2009. Accessed September 9, 2025. "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 six in the Township of Franklin School District. Composition: The Township of Franklin School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Franklin Township."
  4. ↑ Township of Franklin Public School District 2016 Report Card Narrative [ permanent dead link ], New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 12, 2020. "The Township of Franklin Public School District, covering 56 square miles, is located in the southeast corner of Gloucester County. Our schools have an enrollment of approximately 1425 and service grades K-6 and a Pre-School Disabilities program. The enrollment includes nearly 100 students from the Newfield School District."
  5. ↑ Delsea Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades 7 through 12 in the Delsea Regional High School District. Composition: The Delsea Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Elk Township and Franklin Township."
  6. ↑ Community, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024. "Sending Districts: Aura Elementary School, Franklin Township Schools"
  7. ↑ Romalino, Carly Q. "Newfield's 'no' could hurt other districts", Courier-Post , November 4, 2015. Accessed March 10, 2024. "In 2012, Newfield ended its send-receive agreement with Buena schools in Atlantic County, instead sending its 400 elementary and 120 high school students to districts in neighboring Franklin Township. The send-receive agreement with Franklin Township Public Schools and Delsea Regional School District — which also educated Elk Township high schoolers — was touted as cheaper tuition than Buena."
  8. ↑ School Data for the Delsea Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  9. ↑ Delsea Regional Middle School, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024.
  10. ↑ Delsea High Middle School, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024.
  11. 1 2 2023-24 Gloucester County Office of Education Public School Directory, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  12. ↑ School Performance Reports for the Delsea Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Delsea Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Regional High for Lower County Gets Approval by State", Gloucester County Times , September 19, 1957. Accessed September 9, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "The Regional High School study for Southern Gloucester County, submitted by a study committee, has been approved by the New Jersey State Department of Education, according to Howard Clevenger, of Clayton, Chairman of the Regional School Committee. The plan has also been approved the boards of education of Clayton, Elk and Franklin townships.... 'There is no doubt that near future, Clayton High School will be forced to go half session or at least on an extended schedule.' Thus the pupils from Clayton and Franklin Township will be deprived of the full benefit of a complete school day.... Pupils from Elk Township have been notified they must find other high school accommodations. They now attend Glassboro High School which is overcrowded."
  15. ↑ "Delsea Regional High Will Open Tomorrow To Begin First Year", The Daily Journal , October 3, 1960. Accessed September 9, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Delsea Regional High School will open its doors for the first time at 8:05 tomorrow morning. A staff of 54 teachers will be present to greet pupils from Elk and Franklin Townships."
  16. ↑ Bumpus, Robert L. Report of the Interim Executive County Superintendent of Schools on the Withdrawal of Franklin Township School District from Delsea Regional School District, a Limited Purpose Regional School District [ permanent dead link ], New Jersey Department of Education, March 30, 2012. Accessed September 8, 2013.
  17. ↑ Cooney, Joe. "Vote could end Delsea district; Franklin board seeks K-12 system", Asbury Park Press , July 13, 2012. Accessed December 24, 2014. "Franklin — The township's school board is seeking approval for a referendum that could lead to dissolution of the Delsea Regional School District. Franklin and Elk currently make up the regional district for students in grades 7 to 12. If a vote takes place, residents in those communities would decide on whether to create a new district for both municipalities' students in prekindergarten through 12th grade.... Newfield, which previously sent its kids to Buena Regional schools, now sends its students to Franklin and Delsea."
  18. ↑ District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 1, 2024.
  19. ↑ School Data for the Franklin Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  20. ↑ Schools, Township of Franklin Public Schools. Accessed May 12, 2020.
  21. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Franklin Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  22. ↑ School Performance Reports for the Township of Franklin School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  23. ↑ Mary F. Janvier School, Township of Franklin Public Schools. Accessed March 11, 2024.
  24. ↑ Welcome, Mary F. Janvier School. Accessed March 11, 2024.
  25. ↑ Main Road School, Township of Franklin Public Schools. Accessed March 11, 2024.
  26. ↑ Welcome, Main Road School. Accessed March 11, 2024.
  27. ↑ Caroline L. Reutter School, Township of Franklin Public Schools. Accessed March 11, 2024.
  28. ↑ Principal's Message, Caroline L. Reutter School. Accessed March 11, 2024.
  29. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Gloucester County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  30. ↑ Interim Superintendent's Office, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 9, 2025.
  31. ↑ Business Office, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 9, 2025.
  32. ↑ 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.
  33. ↑ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Franklin Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2024. Accessed September 9, 2025. "The Township of Franklin School District (hereafter referred to as the 'School District') is a Type II district located in the County of Gloucester, 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. These terms are staggered so that three members' terms expire each year. The purpose of the School District is to educate students in grades kindergarten through sixth, as well as having a preschool program for handicapped children, at its three schools. "
  34. ↑ Board of education, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 9, 2025.
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