Belvidere School District
| Belvidere School District | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Dirk Swaneveld | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Rachelle Tjalma | ||||
| Address: | 809 Oxford Street Belvidere, NJ 07823 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 3 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 891 (as of 2008-09)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 77.5 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 11.5 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | DE | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.belvideresd.org | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $12,283 | 22 | $13,632 | -9.9% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 7,159 | 21 | 8,035 | -10.9% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,445 | 7 | 2,166 | -33.3% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,718 | 39 | 1,379 | 24.6% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,431 | 21 | 1,674 | -14.5% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 530 | 34 | 258 | 105.4% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 48,900 | 8 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 0-1800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=45 |
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The Belvidere School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Belvidere in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.
Students from Harmony Township, Hope Township, and White Township attend Belvidere High School as part of sending/receiving relationships.[3]
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 894 students and 77.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5.[1]
The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at South Harrison Township Elementary School, having been approved on July 14, 2000, to participate in the program.[4] Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.[5]
The district has a nine-member Board of Education, with one additional member from each of the three sending districts.[6]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth 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.[7]
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[edit] Schools
Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:
- Third Street School (Grades K-3; 145 students)
- Oxford Street Elementary School (Grades 4-8; 194 students)
- Belvidere High School (grades 9-12; 552 students). The Belvidere High School County Seaters athletic teams play in the Raritan Division of the Skyland Conference. Students from Harmony Township, Hope Township and White Township attend Belvidere High School as part of sending/receiving relationships.
[edit] Administration
Senior members of the district's administration include:[9]
- Dirk Swaneveld - Superintendent
- Ronald Rush - Business Administrator
[edit] References
- ^ a b District information for the Belvidere School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 14, 2011.
- ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
- ^ Belvidere High School 2010 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 14, 2011. "Belvidere High School is a small Group I school of approximately 560 students, encompassing grades nine through twelve. Students arrive from the Belvidere K-12 district and three surrounding K-8 districts; Hope, Harmony and White."
- ^ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
- ^ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
- ^ Board of Education members, accessed July 16, 2006
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ^ Data for the Belvidere School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 9, 2009.
- ^ Office of the Superintendent, Belvidere School District. Accessed November 9, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Belvidere School District
- Belvidere School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Belvidere School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°49′27″N 75°03′56″W / 40.824041°N 75.065671°W
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