Union Township School District
| Union Township School District | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Jeffrey Bender | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Amy Barkman | ||||
| Address: | 165 Perryville Road Hampton, NJ 08827 |
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| Grade Range: | K-8 | ||||
| School facilities: | 2 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 605 (as of 2007-08)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 34.0 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 17.8 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | GH | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.uniontwpschool.org/ | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-8 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $12,827 | 34 | $12,420 | 3.3% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 7,456 | 29 | 7,588 | -1.7% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,763 | 33 | 1,771 | -0.5% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,336 | 12 | 1,411 | -5.3% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 2,128 | 61 | 1,462 | 45.6% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 134 | 36 | 97 | 38.1% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 61,175 | 54 | 54,453 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64 |
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The Union Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Union Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The new elementary school, appropriately named "Union Township Elementary School" opened for the 2006-2007 school year. The older building has been renamed Union Township Middle School.
As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 605 students and 34.275883 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.8.[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]
Students in grades 9 through 12 attend North Hunterdon High School in Annandale as part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. North Hunterdon High School serves students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township), Lebanon Borough and Union Township.[4]
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[edit] Schools
Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data form the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:
- Union Township Elementary School (K-4; 305 students)
- Union Township Middle School (5-8; 300 students)
- Frances Suchovic, Middle School Principal
[edit] Extracurricular activities
Union Township Middle School offers a wide variety of after school activities; student council, drama club, volleyball, baseball, softball, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, cheerleading, cross-country, science club, computer club, as well as art club along with National Junior Honor Society.
[edit] Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[6][7]
- Jeffrey Bender, Superintendent / Elementary School Principal
- Amy Barkman, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
[edit] References
- ^ a b District information for the Union 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.
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ^ About the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed June 26, 2008. "North Hunterdon High School educates students from: Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough, Union Township"
- ^ Data for the Union Township School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 26, 2008.
- ^ Contact Our Staff, Union Township School District. Accessed November 11, 2009.
- ^ Hunterdon County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Union Township School District
- Union Township School's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Union Township School, National Center for Education Statistics
- North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District
Coordinates: 40°37′57″N 74°58′10″W / 40.632521°N 74.969428°W
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