Union Township School District

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Union Township School District
Address
165 Perryville Road
Hampton
, Hunterdon County , New Jersey , 08827
United States
Coordinates 40°37′57″N74°58′10″W / 40.632521°N 74.969428°W / 40.632521; -74.969428
District information
Grades K-8
SuperintendentBarbara Popp (interim)
Business administratorEva Preuett
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment478 (as of 2023–24) [1]
Faculty50.7 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio9.4:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group GH
Website www.uniontwpschool.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$22,72158$18,89120.3%
1Budgetary Cost16,0564714,15913.4%
2Classroom Instruction9,305438,6597.5%
6Support Services2,681542,16723.7%
8Administrative Cost1,846541,54719.3%
10Operations & Maintenance2,058571,61227.7%
13Extracurricular Activities1674210460.6%
16Median Teacher Salary68,5955561,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

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

Contents

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 478 students and 50.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4:1. [1]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, which also serves students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township and Lebanon Borough. [4] [5] 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. [6] 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. [7] [8]

History

Voters approved $14.9 million in referendum funding covering the cost of a new 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) Union Township Elementary School, which opened for the 2006–07 school year, at which time the older building, constructed in 1953, was renamed Union Township Middle School. [9] [10]

The district commissioned a study with the Franklin Township School District that considered the possibility of the two communities forming a regional 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]

The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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. [12]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [13] ) are: [14] [15] [16]

Elementary school
Middle school

Extracurricular activities

Union Township Middle School offers a wide variety of after school activities; student council, drama club, volleyball, baseball, softball, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, cheerleading, cross-country, science club, computer club, as well as art club along with National Junior Honor Society.

Administration

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

Board of administration

The district's board of education, comprised 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 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. [25] [26] [27]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Union 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. ↑ Union Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Union Township School District, adopted March 29, 2004. Accessed July 31, 2025. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through eight in the Union Township School District. Composition: The Union Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Union Township."
  4. ↑ 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."
  5. ↑ 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..."
  6. ↑ School data for North Hunterdon High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  7. ↑ 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"
  8. ↑ 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."
  9. ↑ Jun, Catherine. "Union Twp. voters to decide on $2.9M school bond", The Star-Ledger , March 3, 2005. Accessed "], The Star-Ledger , March 3, 2005. Accessed July 31, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Union Township residents will head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots on a supplementary $2.9 million bond that would cover an increased construction tab on a new K-3 school scheduled for completion by September 2006. Voters previously approved a $12 million bond referendum in March 2002 for the new building and renovations to Union Township Elementary School on Perryville Road. The project has been promised $2.7 million in state aid."
  10. ↑ [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-ledger-union-township-school-di/177862314/ "Schools (continued). "The new 19-classroom, 60,000-square-foot building will be located on Perryville Road, a quarter-mile from the current school, which will then serve grades 4-8....The K-8 school was built in 1953 and has had several classroom additions as enrollment grew."
  11. ↑ Cea, Steven. A Feasibility Study for the Franklin and Union Township School Districts, [[Franklin Township School District (Hunterdon County, New Jersey)|]]. 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. ↑ District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 1, 2024.
  13. ↑ School Data for the Union Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  14. ↑ 2024–2025 Public School Directory, Hunterdon County Department of Education. Accessed July 1, 2025.
  15. ↑ School Performance Reports for the Union Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 1, 2025.
  16. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Union Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  17. ↑ Union Township Elementary School, Union Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2025.
  18. ↑ Principal's Corner, Union Township Elementary School. Accessed July 31, 2025.
  19. ↑ Union Township Middle School, Union Township School District. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  20. ↑ Our Staff, Union Township Middle School. Accessed July 31, 2025.
  21. ↑ Leadership Team, Union Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2025.
  22. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Hunterdon County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  23. ↑ Superintendent's Corner, Union Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2025.
  24. ↑ Business Office Staff, Union Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2025.
  25. ↑ 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.
  26. ↑ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Union Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2024. Accessed July 31, 2025. "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." See "Roster of Officials" on page 12.
  27. ↑ Board Members, Union Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2025.
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