Fairfield Township School District

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Fairfield Township School District
Superintendent: John Klug
Business Administrator: Janecia Smith
Address: 375 Gouldtown-Woodruff Road
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Grade Range: K-8
School facilities: 1
Enrollment: 609 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 44.0
Student–teacher ratio: 13.8
District Factor Group: A
Web site: http://fairfield.k12.nj.us/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $10,308 9 $12,420 -17.0%
2 Classroom Instruction 6,882 15 7,588 -9.3%
6 Support Services 1,223 8 1,771 -30.9%
8 Administrative Cost 1,171 4 1,411 -17.0%
10 Operations & Maintenance 966 3 1,462 -33.9%
13 Extracurricular Activities 63 10 97 -35.1%
16 Median Teacher Salary 51,798 20 54,453
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Fairfield Township School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Fairfield Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2005-06 school year, the district had a combined enrollment of 524 students.[3]

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 609 students and 44.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the 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.[4]

For grades 9-12, students attend Cumberland Regional High School, which serves students from Deerfield Township, Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Shiloh Borough, Stow Creek Township and Upper Deerfield Township.[5] The high school is located in Upper Deerfield Township and is part of the Cumberland Regional High School District.

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[edit] Schools

  • Fairfield Township School opened on September 7, 2006, and serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The new school consolidates all grades into one building located at 375 Gouldtown-Woodruff Road in the Gouldtown section of the township. The school had an enrollment of 609 students as of the 2007-08 school year.[6]
    • Tanya Clark - Principal
    • Alesha Taylor - Vice Principal

[edit] Administration

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

  • John Klug, Superintendent
  • Janecia Smith, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Fairfield 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. ^ Data for the Fairfield Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 7, 2008.
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  5. ^ History of CRHS, Cumberland Regional High School. Accessed June 7, 2008. "The Cumberland Regional High School is carved out of the northwest section of Cumberland County, New Jersey. Seven municipalities whose boundaries are the same as the school districts in them, are served by the school. Districts include (1) Deerfield Township, (2) Fairfield Township, (3) Greenwich Township, (4) Hopewell Township, (5) Shiloh Borough, (6) Stow Creek Township, and (7) Upper Deerfield Township."
  6. ^ Data for the Fairfield Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2009.
  7. ^ Cumberland County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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