Byram Township School District

Byram Township School District
Address
12 Mansfield Drive Stanhope , Sussex County , New Jersey , 07874 United States
Coordinates	40°56′13″N74°42′22″W / 40.936814°N 74.706216°W / 40.936814; -74.706216
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	John Fritzky
Business administrator	Nancy DeRiso
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	837 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Faculty	74.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.3:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	I
Website	www.byramschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,665 32 $18,891 −11.8% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,419 34 14,159 −5.2% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,202 30 8,659 −5.3% 6 Support Services 2,132 47 2,167 −1.6% 8 Administrative Cost 1,504 34 1,547 −2.8% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,454 37 1,612 −9.8% 13 Extracurricular Activities 97 44 104 −6.7% 16 Median Teacher Salary 59,870 31 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2] *Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

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

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 837 students and 74.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1. ^[1]

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. ^[4]

For public school students in ninth through twelfth grades, the township shares Lenape Valley Regional High School, which also serves Netcong in Morris County and the Sussex County community of Stanhope. ^{[5] [6]} As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 667 students and 58.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1. ^[7]

History

Students from Byram Township had attended Sparta High School until 1974, when the Lenape Valley district was created. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[11] ) are: ^{[12] [13] [14] [15]}

Elementary school

• Byram Lakes Elementary School ^[16] with 453 students in grades PreK-4
  • Peter Morris, principal ^[17]

Middle school

• Byram Intermediate School ^[18] with 380 students in grades 5-8
  • Timothy McCorkle, principal ^[17]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[17] [19]}

• John Fritzky, superintendent
• Nancy DeRiso, business administrator and board secretary ^[20]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of seven members who set policy and oversee 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 or 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] [23] [24]}

References

1. District information for Byram Township 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. Byram Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Byram Township School District. Accessed March 8, 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 Byram Township School District. Composition: The Byram Township School District is comprised of all the area within the County of Sussex."
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
5. Lenape Valley Regional High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 12, 2017. "The Lenape Valley Regional High School District (LVR) is a single-school district that receives students from Byram Township and Stanhope Borough in Sussex County and from Netcong Borough in Morris County."
6. About Our School, Lenape Valley Regional High School. Accessed March 8, 2023. "Lenape Valley Regional High School is a four-year regional public high school and school district in New Jersey serving approximately 850 students from two municipalities in Sussex County and one in Morris County. The communities served by the high school are Byram Township and Stanhope Borough in Sussex and Netcong Borough in Morris County. The school is located in Stanhope, New Jersey.'
7. School data for Lenape Valley Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
8. Gansberg, Martin. "Netcong Links Its Problems to I‐80", The New York Times , September 29, 1974. Accessed December 14, 2016. "And taxes have taken a big jump because of the need for joining with adjacent Stanhope in operating a regional high school, Lenape Valley, which opened last week.... The reason for the increase is because Netcong had to join with Stanhope, which is in Sussex County, to construct the regional high school."
9. Staff. "New Jersey Sports Lenape Start Fast", The New York Times , October 26, 1974. Accessed December 14, 2016. "Snyder is the 36‐year‐old head football coach at new Lenape Valley Regional High School, which opened its doors last month to students who formerly attended Sparta High and defunct Netcong High."
10. Carlson, Joe. "Christmas star is subject of planetarium show", New Jersey Herald , November 15, 2013. Accessed December 14, 2016. "The 53-seat planetarium, the only one in Sussex County, has been teaching students about the universe since Netcong, Byram and Stanhope combined to form Lenape Valley Regional High School in 1974."
11. Byram Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
12. Contact Us, Byram Township School District. Accessed March 8, 2024.
13. Public School Directory 2023-2024, Sussex County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024.
14. School Performance Reports for the Byram Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
15. New Jersey School Directory for the Byram Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
16. Byram Lakes Elementary School, Byram Township School District. Accessed March 8, 2024.
17. District Staff Directory, Byram Township School District. Accessed March 8, 2024.
18. Byram Intermediate School, Byram Township School District. Accessed March 8, 2024.
19. New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
20. Business Office, Byram Township School District. Accessed March 8, 2024.
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 Byram Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed March 8, 2024. "Geographically, the District is comprised of the Township of Byram only. The School District’s total area is 22.48 square miles. The elementary students enrolled in the Byram Township School District attend two schools comprising the District. Students for 9th through 12th grade attend the Lenape Valley Regional High School in Stanhope, N.J. An elected seven-member Board of Education (the “Board”) serves as the policy maker for the School District"
23. Byram Township Board of Education District Policy 0141 - Board Member Number and Term, Byram Township School District. Accessed March 8, 2024. "The Board of Education shall consist of seven members. The term of a Board member shall be three years."
24. Board of Education, Byram Township School District. Accessed March 8, 2024.

External links

• Byram Township School District
• School Performance Reports for the Byram Township School District , New Jersey Department of Education
• Byram Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
• Lenape Valley Regional High School