Monroe Township School District
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| Monroe Township School District | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Dr. Kenneth Hamilton | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Wayne J. Holliday | ||||
| Address: | 423 Buckelew Avenue Monroe Township, NJ 08831 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 6 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 5,125 (as of 2007-08)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 316.6 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 16.2 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | FG | ||||
| Web site: | http://monroe.k12.nj.us | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $13,426 | 64 | $13,632 | -1.5% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 8,158 | 68 | 8,035 | 1.5% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,735 | 37 | 2,166 | -19.9% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,542 | 86 | 1,379 | 11.8% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,456 | 40 | 1,674 | -13.0% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 55,745 | 37 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105 |
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The Monroe Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Monroe Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
Students from Jamesburg attend Monroe Township High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Jamesburg Public Schools.[3]
As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 5,125 students and 316.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.2.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth 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.[4]
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[edit] Awards and recognition
During the 1991-92 academic school year, Mill Lake Elementary School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. This honor was followed during the 1998-99 academic school year at Barclay Brook Elementary School. Monroe Township could now boast that both their pre-K through third grade schools received such an esteemed honor.[5]
[edit] Schools
Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:
- Elementary Schools
- Barclay Brook Elementary School (K-2; 708 students)
- Brookside Elementary School (3-6; 966)
- Mill Lake Elementary School (K-3; 667)
- Oak Tree Elementary School (K-6)
- Woodland Elementary School (4-6; 486)
- Middle School
- Applegarth Middle School (7&8; 770)
- High School
- Monroe Township High School for grades 9-12 (1,528)
[edit] Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[7][8]
- Dr. Kenneth Hamilton, Superintendent
- Wayne J. Holliday, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
[edit] References
- ^ a b District information for the Monroe Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2009.
- ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
- ^ Cheslow, Jerry. "A Townful of Empty Nesters", The New York Times, October 14, 2007. Accessed August 8, 2008. "In addition to the four elementary schools, the Applegarth Middle School teaches Grades 7 and 8, and the 1,400-student Monroe Township High School covers Grades 9 through 12. It is shared with the borough of Jamesburg, the “hole in the doughnut” municipality in the center of the township."
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006.
- ^ Data for the Monroe Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 16, 2009.
- ^ Administration, Monroe Township School District. Accessed November 16, 2009.
- ^ Middlesex County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Monroe Township School District
- Monroe Township School District's 2007–08 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Monroe Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°19′43″N 74°24′34″W / 40.328744°N 74.409365°W
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