Alpha School District

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Alpha School District
Address
817 North Boulevard
Alpha
, Warren County , 08865
United States
Coordinates 40°39′51″N75°09′51″W / 40.664144°N 75.164305°W / 40.664144; -75.164305
District information
Grades PreK-8
SuperintendentSeth Cohen
Business administratorTimothy Mantz
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment179 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Faculty24.4 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio7.3:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group B
Website www.apsedu.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,4794$18,891−18.1%
1Budgetary Cost14,5322914,1592.6%
2Classroom Instruction9,554448,65910.3%
6Support Services2,188252,1671.0%
8Administrative Cost1,544261,547−0.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,21181,612−24.9%
13Extracurricular Activities3612104−65.4%
16Median Teacher Salary53,4221561,136
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 Alpha School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Alpha, in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [3] [4] [5]

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As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 179 students and 24.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.3:1. [1] In the 2016–17 school year, Alpha had the 42nd smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 194 students. [6]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest 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. [7]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg, which serves students from Alpha as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Phillipsburg School District. [4] The high school also serves students from four other sending communities: Bloomsbury (in Hunterdon County), Greenwich Township, Lopatcong Township and Pohatcong Township. [8] [9] [10] As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 264 students and 22.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1. [11]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [12] ) are: [13]

Administration

Core members of the districts' administration are: [14] [15]

Board of education

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. [14] [17] [18]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Alpha Borough 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. ↑ Alpha Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Alpha School District. Accessed February 25, 2024. "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 eight in the Alpha School District. Composition: The Alpha School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Alpha."
  4. 1 2 Warren County 2023-2024 Public School Directory, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  5. ↑ School Performance Reports for the Alpha Borough School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  6. ↑ Guion, Payton. "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 42. Alpha Borough; Enrollment: 194; Grades: K-8; County: Warren; Town population: 2,369"
  7. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 15, 2014.
  8. ↑ Phillipsburg High School 2016-17 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 21, 2020. "Along with the residents of Phillipsburg, the high school consists of students from the sending districts of Lopatcong, Pohatcong, Alpha, Bloomsbury, and Greenwich Townships."
  9. ↑ Superintendent's Message, Phillipsburg School District. Accessed June 21, 2020. "The district serves students from the Town of Phillipsburg and five sending communities at the secondary level: Alpha, Bloomsbury, Greenwich, Lopatcong and Pohatcong Townships."
  10. ↑ About PSD, Phillipsburg School District. Accessed June 21, 2020. "The district serves students from the Town of Phillipsburg and five sending communities at the secondary level: Alpha, Bloomsbury, Greenwich, Lopatcong and Pohatcong Townships. Phillipsburg is the largest community in Warren County."
  11. ↑ School data for Perth Amboy Magnet School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  12. ↑ School Data for the Alpha School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Alpha School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  14. 1 2 Board Members, Alpha School District. Accessed February 25, 2024.
  15. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Warren County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  16. ↑ From the Chief School Administrator’s Desk, Alpha School District. Accessed February 25, 2024.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Alpha School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed March 27, 2024. "The Alpha Borough School District is a Type II district located in the County of Warren, 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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