Denville Township School District

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Denville Township School District
Superintendent: Dr. Drucilla Clark
Business Administrator: John Serapiglia
Address: 501 Openaki Road
Denville, NJ 07834
Grade Range: K-8
School facilities: 3
Enrollment: 1,980 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 113.0
Student–teacher ratio: 17.5
District Factor Group: I
Web site: http://www.denville.org/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $10,706 12 $12,420 -13.8%
2 Classroom Instruction 6,608 13 7,588 -12.9%
6 Support Services 1,866 56 1,771 5.4%
8 Administrative Cost 1,103 4 1,411 -21.8%
10 Operations & Maintenance 945 4 1,462 -35.4%
13 Extracurricular Activities 82 38 97 -15.5%
16 Median Teacher Salary 52,250 25 54,453
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 751+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=88

The Denville Township School District is a comprehensive public school district in Morris County, New Jersey, serving roughly 2,000 students in grades K-8 from Denville in three schools: 2 elementary, both serving grades K-5, and a middle school.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,980 students and 113.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.5.[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.[3]

Students in grades 9 - 12 attend Morris Knolls High School, which is located in Denville, but has a Rockaway address.[4] The high school is part of the Morris Hills Regional High School District, which also serves the residential communities of Rockaway Borough, Rockaway Township and Wharton.

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[edit] Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:

Elementary schools (K-5)
Middle school (6-8)

[edit] Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[6][7]

  • Dr. Drucilla Clark, Superintendent
  • John Serapiglia, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Denville Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2009.
  4. ^ Guidance, Morris Knolls High School. Accessed July 26, 2008. "Located in Morris County, Morris Knolls serves the residential communities of Denville and Rockaway Township which offer a fine combination of cosmopolitan living in a suburban atmosphere, 35 miles west of New York City."
  5. ^ Data for the Denville Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 22, 2009.
  6. ^ Denville School District Administrators, Denville Township Schools. Accessed July 28, 2008.
  7. ^ Morris County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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