Franklin Township School District (Hunterdon County, New Jersey)

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Franklin Township School District
Address
226 Quakertown Road
Quakertown
, Hunterdon County , New Jersey , 08868
United States
Coordinates 40°34′01″N74°56′49″W / 40.5669°N 74.9470°W / 40.5669; -74.9470
District information
Grades PreK-8
SuperintendentJennifer Aquino (interim)
Business administratorMark Kramer (interim)
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment272 (as of 2023–24) [1]
Faculty32.2 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio8.5:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website www.ftschool.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$23,61561$18,89125.0%
1Budgetary Cost16,1274514,15913.9%
2Classroom Instruction10,641578,65922.9%
6Support Services1,956222,167−9.7%
8Administrative Cost1,844571,54719.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,686291,6124.6%
16Median Teacher Salary71,8637061,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

The Franklin Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Franklin Township, in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 272 students and 32.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.5:1. [1]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend North Hunterdon High School in Annandale together with students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township. [6] [7] As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,262 students and 115.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1. [8] The school is part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, which also includes students from Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township, who attend Voorhees High School in Lebanon Township. [9] [10]

History

The district commissioned a study with the Union Township School District that considered the possibility of the two communities forming a regional PreK–8 school district, with the possibility of the inclusion of the Bethlehem Township School District as a third member. The analysis by the consultants who performed the feasibility study estimated that savings of $1 million (2023 dollars) could be achieved without negatively impacting the racial distribution in the district's schools. [11]

Franklin Township was one of two districts added to the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program in October 2011, opening up three seats in each grade starting in the 2012-13 school year, a total of 27 student seats, that parents from outside the district could apply to fill. [12] [13] The district ended its participation in the program in May 2023. [14]

The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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. [15]

School

The Franklin Township School served an enrollment of 271 students in grades PreK-8 as of the 2023–24 school year. [16]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [18] [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 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. [21] [22]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Franklin Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2024–2025 Public School Directory, Hunterdon County Department of Education. Accessed July 1, 2025.
  4. ↑ School Performance Reports for the Franklin Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 1, 2025.
  5. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Franklin Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  6. ↑ Sending Districts, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed July 31, 2025. "The North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District accepts students from 12 different municipalities, 11 sending districts. Students living in Bethlehem Township, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township attend North Hunterdon High School. Students living in Califon, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township attend Voorhees High School. Students who attended Clinton Public School (Town of Clinton and Glen Gardner) can choose to attend either North Hunterdon High School or Voorhees High School."
  7. ↑ Information Regarding Choice of District School, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed July 31, 2025. "Below is the list of municipalities and to which high school its students are designated to attend per Policy 5111.1: North Hunterdon High School: Bethlehem Township, Town of Clinton, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Glen Gardner*, Lebanon Borough, and Union Township Voorhees High School: Califon, Town of Clinton*, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, and Tewksbury Township. * Since 2014-2015, all students who attend Clinton Public School (Town of Clinton and Glen Gardner students) can select which high school they want to attend. If you want your child to attend the opposite high school to which your child is designated based on the list above, a parent/guardian must submit a request in writing to the Superintendent of Schools..."
  8. ↑ School data for North Hunterdon High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  9. ↑ About the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed July 31, 2025. "The North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District is comprised of North Hunterdon High School located in Annandale, NJ and Voorhees High School located in Glen Gardner, NJ.... North Hunterdon High School educates students from: Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town/Glen Gardner*, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough, Union Township"
  10. ↑ Voorhees High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 3, 2016. "Voorhees High School has consistently ranked among the top high schools in New Jersey and was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2015. With an enrollment of 1,095 students in grades 9-12, the school serves the communities of Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, and Tewksbury Township."
  11. ↑ Cea, Steven. A Feasibility Study for the Franklin and Union Township School Districts, Franklin Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2025. "The Franklin and Union Boards of Education resolved to study the options available with respect to the education of their PK-8 student population. In doing so, Franklin and Union sought to analyze the following options for the education of their PK-8 students: 1. Formation of a PK-8 regional school district with the Townships of Franklin, Union and Bethlehem; or 2. Formation of a PK-8 regional school district with the Townships of Franklin and Union.... The experts have concluded that the formation of a new PK-8 regional school district would generate savings under either scenario with the three-district regional generating approximately $1 million in savings annually.... In addition, as it is likely that all students would be educated in the same buildings in which they currently are housed in either scenario, regionalization would not change the racial make-up of these schools."
  12. ↑ Staff. "Christie Administration expands educational choice by offering 3,126 interdistrict choice seats in 71 school districts Deadline for parents to submit a letter of intent to apply for 2012-13 school year is November 1", New Jersey Department of Education, October 24, 2011. Accessed July 31, 2025.
  13. ↑ Franklin Township School, Interdistrict Public School Choice Program. Accessed July 31, 2025.
  14. ↑ School Choice, Franklin Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2025. "As of May 2023, the Franklin Township Board of Education has decided to eliminate the School Choice Program. In accordance with state regulations, all students currently enrolled in the school choice program will be allowed to continue their educational career at FTS until completion."
  15. ↑ District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 1, 2024.
  16. ↑ School Data for the Franklin Township School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  17. ↑ Principal, Franklin Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2025.
  18. ↑ Staff Directory, Franklin Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2025.
  19. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Hunterdon County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  20. ↑ Superintendent, Franklin Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2025.
  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Franklin Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 11, 2024. "The District is a Type II District located in the County of Hunterdon, 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-8."
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