Tewksbury Township Schools

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Tewksbury Township Schools
173 Old Turnpike Road
Califon, NJ 07830
District information
Grades pre-K to 8
Superintendent Monica A. Rowland
Business administrator Karin Laraway
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 707 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 64.2 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 11.01:1
Other information
District Factor Group J
Website www.tewksburyschools.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1A Total Spending $19,529 45 $18,891 3.4%
1 Budgetary Cost 16,041 46 14,159 13.3%
2 Classroom Instruction 9,623 49 8,659 11.1%
6 Support Services 2,631 51 2,167 21.4%
8 Administrative Cost 1,821 45 1,547 17.7%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,574 32 1,612 -2.4%
13 Extracurricular Activities 263 60 104 152.9%
16 Median Teacher Salary 66,430 52 61,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Tewksbury Township Schools is a community public school district which operates two schools serving students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Tewksbury Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 707 students and 64.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.01:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the-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.[3]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Voorhees High School in Lebanon Township (although the mailing address is Glen Gardner), which also serves students from Califon Borough, Glen Gardner Borough, Hampton Borough, High Bridge Borough and Lebanon Township.[4][5] The school is part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, which also serves students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township at North Hunterdon High School.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8]

Elementary school
  • Tewksbury Elementary School[9] for grades K - 4 (351 students)
    • Jim Miller - Principal[10]
Middle school
  • Old Turnpike School[11] for pre-Kindergarten and grades 5 - 8 (356 students)
    • Micheal Rider - Principal[12]

The community's original elementary school, Sawmill, opened in 1951 and was sold in 2003 for $1 million to the Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission.[13]

Administration

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

  • Monica A. Rowland, Superintendent
  • Karin Laraway, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Tewksbury Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ Voorhees High School 2014 Report Card Narratives, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 23, 2015. "Voorhees High School has consistently ranked among the top high schools in New Jersey. With an enrollment of 1,097 students in grades 9-12, the school serves the communities of Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, and Tewksbury Township."
  5. ↑ Public School Directory 2013-2014, p. 60. Hunterdon County Department of Education. Accessed September 22, 2014.
  6. ↑ About the District, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed September 22, 2014. "Our district consists of 12 municipalities: 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"
  7. ↑ School Data for the Tewksbury Township Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 22, 2014.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Tewksbury Township Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 22, 2014.
  9. ↑ Tewksbury Elementary School, Tewksbury Township Schools. Accessed September 22, 2014.
  10. ↑ TES Administration, Tewksbury Township Schools. Accessed September 22, 2014.
  11. ↑ Old Turnpike School, Tewksbury Township Schools. Accessed September 22, 2014.
  12. ↑ OTS Administration, Tewksbury Township Schools. Accessed September 22, 2014.
  13. ↑ Staff. "Tewksbury school board to sell Sawmill School", New Jersey Hills, July 30, 2003. Accessed September 22, 2014. "Under the terms of the negotiated agreement, which school officials are hoping to finalize by the end of August, the Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission would pay $1 million for the circa-1950s school that is located on seven acres."
  14. ↑ Central Office Administration, Tewsbury Township Schools. Accessed September 22, 2014.
  15. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Hunterdon County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 22, 2014.

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