Franklin Township School District (Hunterdon County, New Jersey)

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Franklin Township School District
Address
226 Quakertown Road
Quakertown
, Hunterdon , 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
SuperintendentNicholas Diaz
Business administratorLori Tirone
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment283 (as of 2018–19) [1]
Faculty29.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio9.8:1 [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]

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As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 283 students and 29.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.8:1. [1]

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, a total of 27 student seats, that parents from outside the district may apply to fill to fill starting in the 2012-13 school year. [6] [7]

The district is 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. [8]

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. [9] [10] [11] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,584 students and 123.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1. [12] 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. [13] [14] [15]

School

The Franklin Township School served an enrollment of 271 students in grades PreK-8 as of the 2018–19 school year. [16]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [17] [18]

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. [19] [20]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Franklin Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2023-2024 Public School Directory, Hunterdon County Department of Education. Accessed March 1, 2024.
  4. ↑ School Performance Reports for the Franklin Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 14, 2024.
  5. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Franklin Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  6. ↑ 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 October 24, 2011.
  7. ↑ Elsinboro Township School, Interdistrict Public School Choice Program. Accessed October 24, 2011.
  8. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  9. ↑ About the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed February 17, 2015. "North Hunterdon High School educates students from: Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough, Union Township; Voorhees High School educates students from: Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township"
  10. ↑ Information Regarding Choice of District School, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed February 17, 2015. "In the past, parents and students of the North Hunterdon High School sending districts were able to select either North Hunterdon High School or Voorhees High School as their school of choice.... As our student population continued to grow and our two high schools reached, and exceeded, 90% capacity, the option of choosing Voorhees was eliminated in the 2005-2006 school year for the North Hunterdon sending districts (Bethlehem Township, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township – Clinton Town students still have choice as they are classmates at Clinton Public School with Glen Gardner students, who attend Voorhees)."
  11. ↑ About the District North Hunterdoon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed February 17, 2015. "North Hunterdon High School educates students from: Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough, Union Township; Voorhees High School educates students from: Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township"
  12. ↑ School data for North Hunterdon High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  13. ↑ 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."
  14. ↑ Public School Directory 2015-2016, p. 55. Hunterdon County Department of Education. Accessed June 3, 2016.
  15. ↑ About the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, updated November 16, 2015. Accessed June 3, 2016. "North Hunterdon High School educates students from: Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough, Union Township; Voorhees High School educates students from: Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township"
  16. ↑ School Data for the Franklin Township School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  17. 1 2 District Administration, Franklin Township School. Accessed April 23, 2023.
  18. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Hunterdon County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Franklin Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed May 1, 2020. "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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