Mine Hill School District

Mine Hill School District
Address
42 Canfield Avenue Mine Hill Township , Morris County , New Jersey , 07803 United States
Coordinates	40°52′35″N74°36′11″W / 40.876302°N 74.603127°W / 40.876302; -74.603127
District information
Grades	PreK-6
Superintendent	Lee S. Nittel
Business administrator	Carolina Rodriguez
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	371 (as of 2023–24) [1]
Faculty	33.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.2:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	www.minehillcas.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-6 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $15,600 11 $18,891 −17.4% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,469 11 13,649 −8.6% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,095 6 8,366 −15.2% 6 Support Services 2,111 27 2,161 −2.3% 8 Administrative Cost 1,662 33 1,467 13.3% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,537 28 1,552 −1.0% 13 Extracurricular Activities 63 29 39 61.5% 16 Median Teacher Salary 59,353 34 57,437 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 Mine Hill School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Mine Hill Township, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 371 students and 33.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1. ^[1]

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows non-resident students to attend school in the district at no cost to their parents, with tuition covered by the resident district. ^[6] Available slots are announced annually by grade. ^[7]

The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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]

For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students attend the schools of the Dover School District in Dover as part of a sending/receiving relationship. ^[9] The district also serves students from Victory Gardens, which has been fully consolidated into the Dover School District since 2010. ^{[10] [11]} The high school was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon School Award in 2013. ^[12] Schools in the Dover School District attended by Mine Hill students (with 2023–24 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[13] ) are Dover Middle School ^[14] with 483 students in grade 7–8 and Dover High School ^[15] with 1,176 students in grades 9–12. ^[16]

Awards and recognition

During the 1991–92 school year, Canfield Avenue School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. ^[17]

School

Canfield Avenue School had an enrollment of 366 students during the 2023–24 school year. ^[18]

• Adam Zygmunt, principal ^[19]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[20] [21]}

• Lee S. Nittel, superintendent ^[22]
• Carolina Rodriguez, business administrator and board secretary

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 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. ^{[23] [24] [25]}

References

1. District information for Mine Hill 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. Mine Hill Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Mine Hill School District, adopted May 27, 2008. Accessed January 20, 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 Mine Hill Township School District. Composition: The Mine Hill Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Mine Hill Township."
4. School Performance Reports for the Mine Hill School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
5. New Jersey School Directory for the Mine Hill School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
6. List of Choice Districts: Choice Program Profiles for 2025-2026 School Year, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 1, 2025.
7. Mine Hill School District Choice Profile for 2025-26 School Year, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 1, 2025.
8. District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
9. Dover High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 5, 2020. "Dover High School, located 40 miles from New York City, services approximately 900 high school students from the Town of Dover, the Borough of Victory Gardens, and the Township of Mine Hill."
10. Martin, Liz. "Voters have their say on the budgets", Neighbor News, April 28, 2010. Accessed July 11, 2016. "The school board goes from 11 members to 10 after this election as the temporary Board seat assigned to the Victory Gardens representative Danielle Press expired permanently on April 20. Now that Victory Gardens has merged with the Dover school district, there will no longer be a dedicated Victory Gardens seat on the Board. Any resident from either Dover or Victory Gardens will be eligible to run for any available Board seat."
11. "13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated", New Jersey Department of Education press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed January 20, 2025.
12. 2013 National Blue Ribbon Schools; All Public and Private, United States Department of Education. Accessed January 20, 2025.
13. School Data for the Dover School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
14. Dover Middle School, Dover School District. Accessed January 20, 2025.
15. Dover High School, Dover School District. Accessed January 20, 2025.
16. New Jersey School Directory for the Dover School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
17. Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed April 5, 2020.
18. School Data for the Mine Hill Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
19. Canfield Avenue School Principal, Mine Hill School District. Accessed January 20, 2025.
20. Staff Directory, Mine Hill School District. Accessed January 20, 2025.
21. New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
22. Superintendent, Mine Hill School District. Accessed January 20, 2025.
23. 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.
24. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Mine Hill Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2024. Accessed January 20, 2025. "The Mine Hill Township Board of Education (the 'Board' or the 'District') is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an education institution. The Board consists of seven elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A Superintendent of Schools is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District. A School Business Administrator/Board Secretary is also appointed by the Board and oversees the business functions of the District." See "Roster of Officials" on page 11.
25. Board of Education, Mine Hill School District. Accessed January 20, 2025. "The Mine Hill Township School district has a seven member Board of Education. Members of the Board are elected for a three year term and are responsible for conducting the business of the school district within state law and regulations developed by the New Jersey Department of Education."

External links

• Mine Hill School District
• School Performance Reports for the Mine Hill School District , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Mine Hill School District, National Center for Education Statistics