Somerset Hills Regional School District

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Somerset Hills Regional School District
Superintendent: Peter Miller
Business Administrator: Nancy Lee Hunter
Address: 25 Olcott Ave
Bernardsville, NJ 07924
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 3
Enrollment: 2,050 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 147.0
Student–teacher ratio: 13.9
District Factor Group: I
Web site: http://www.shsd.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $14,300 61 $13,632 4.9%
2 Classroom Instruction 8,351 59 8,035 3.9%
6 Support Services 2,151 57 2,166 -0.7%
8 Administrative Cost 1,483 45 1,379 7.5%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,796 58 1,674 7.3%
13 Extracurricular Activities 513 63 258 98.8%
16 Median Teacher Salary 64,493 62 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,801-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=70

The Somerset Hills Regional School District is a comprehensive regional K–12 public school district serving students from four communities in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students from the boroughs of Bernardsville (1,161 students), Far Hills (81 students) and Peapack-Gladstone (421 students), along with students from the township of Bedminster (230 students in grades 9–12) who attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[3]

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 2,050 students and 147.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9.[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.[4]

Contents

[edit] Schools

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

[edit] Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]

  • Peter Miller, Superintendent
  • Nancy Lee Hunter, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Somerset Hills Regional 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. ^ Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed April 27, 2008.
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2009.
  5. ^ Data for the Somerset Hills School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 6, 2009.
  6. ^ a b Bedwell Elementary School Administration, Somerset Hills School District. Accessed December 6, 2009.
  7. ^ a b Bernardsville Middle School Administration, Somerset Hills School District. Accessed December 6, 2009.
  8. ^ a b c Bernards High School Administration, Somerset Hills School District. Accessed December 6, 2009.
  9. ^ Directory, Somerset Hills School District. Accessed December 6, 2009.
  10. ^ Somerset County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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Coordinates: 40°43′18″N 74°34′01″W / 40.721698°N 74.567081°W / 40.721698; -74.567081