Franklin Township Public Schools (Somerset County, New Jersey)

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Franklin Township Public Schools
Superintendent: Edward Seto
Business Administrator: TBA
Address: 1755 Amwell Road
Somerset, NJ 08873
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 9
Enrollment: 7,544 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 561.4
Student–teacher ratio: 13.4
District Factor Group: GH
Web site: http://www.franklinboe.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $12,960 55 $13,632 -4.9%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,559 43 8,035 -5.9%
6 Support Services 1,916 54 2,166 -11.5%
8 Administrative Cost 1,285 39 1,379 -6.8%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,952 85 1,674 16.6%
16 Median Teacher Salary 54,270 30 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105

The Franklin Township Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's nine schools had an enrollment of 7,544 students and 561.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third 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]

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[edit] Awards and recognition

For the 1993-94 school year, Hillcrest Elementary School was named as a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.[4] The school was honored again in the 1995-96 school year.[5]

NAMM named the district in its 2009 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 124 school districts nationwide.[6]

[edit] Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:

Elementary Schools (K-4)
Intermediate School (5&6)
Middle School (7&8)
High School (9-12)

[edit] Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[8][9]

  • Edward Seto, Superintendent
  • John Calavano, Assistant Superintendent for Business / Board Secretary
  • TBA, Business Administrator

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 40°29′52″N 74°31′43″W / 40.497711°N 74.528562°W / 40.497711; -74.528562