Montague Township School District

Montague Township School District
475 Route 206
Montague, NJ 07827
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Janice L. Hodge
Business administrator John W. Waycie
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 303 (as of 2011–12)[1]
Faculty 30.0 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 10.10:1
Other information
District Factor Group B
Website http://montagueschool.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K–8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$22,93457$18,89121.4%
1Budgetary Cost16,9655014,15919.8%
2Classroom Instruction10,508548,65921.4%
6Support Services2,640432,16721.8%
8Administrative Cost1,971671,54727.4%
10Operations & Maintenance1,802391,61211.8%
13Extracurricular Activities156104-85.6%
16Median Teacher Salary57,4153261,136
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 Montague Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Montague Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011–12 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 303 students and 30.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.10:1.[1]

Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades cross state lines to attend middle school and high school in nearby Port Jervis, New York or may enroll at Sussex County Technical School, which accepts students on a selective basis, and to the middle school charter program in Sparta Township. Starting in September 2014, Montague Township's high school students began attending High Point Regional High School, in a shift from Port Jervis that will take four years.[3] High Point also serves students from Branchville Borough, Frankford Township, Lafayette Township, Sussex Borough and Wantage Township (where the school is located).[4][5] As of the 2013-14 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 999 students and 89.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.[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]

Schools

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

Elementary schools

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Montague Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Montague Township School District 2015 District Narrative, New Jersey School Report Card. Accessed June 7, 2016. "In September 2014, the district began to transition incoming ninth grade students from the Port Jervis City School District in Port Jervis New York into High Point Regional School District in Jew Jersey. The transition of high school students into High Point Regional School District will be complete by 2017."
  4. ↑ High Point Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 8, 2016. "High Point Regional High School is a comprehensive high school serving the diversified needs of the three surrounding K through 8 school districts of Lafayette, Frankford, Montague, and Sussex-Wantage."
  5. ↑ 2015-16 School Profile, High Point Regional High School. Accessed June 8, 2016. "Located 63 miles northwest of Manhattan in bucolic Sussex, County NJ, High Point serves students from six municipalities: Branchville, Lafayette, Frankford, Montague, Sussex, and Wantage."
  6. ↑ School Data for High Point Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 8, 2016.
  7. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  8. ↑ School Data for the Montague Township School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 Administration, Montague Township School District. Accessed March 23, 2015.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 23, 2015.

Coordinates: 41°17′16″N 74°47′31″W / 41.287678°N 74.792018°W / 41.287678; -74.792018

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