Califon School District

The Califon School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Califon, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.[3]

Califon School District
Address
6 School Street Califon, NJ 07830 United States
Coordinates	40.72496°N 74.839716°W / 40.72496; -74.839716
District information
Grades	Pre-K to 8
Superintendent	Johanna S. Ruberto (interim)
Business administrator	Cheryl Zarra
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	90 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty	16.4 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	5.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	I
Website	www.califonschool.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,297 37 $18,891 −3.1% 1 Budgetary Cost 17,095 51 14,159 20.7% 2 Classroom Instruction 10,512 55 8,659 21.4% 6 Support Services 3,282 52 2,167 51.5% 8 Administrative Cost 1,485 20 1,547 −4.0% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,546 23 1,612 −4.1% 13 Extracurricular Activities 207 47 104 99.0% 16 Median Teacher Salary 47,460 5 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

As of the 2017-18 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 90 students and 16.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 5.5:1.[1] In the 2016-17 school year, Califon had the seventh-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state.[4]

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.[5]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Voorhees High School, which also serves students from Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township.[6][7] As of the 2017-18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,023 students and 86.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1.[8] The school is part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, which also includes students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township who attend North Hunterdon High School in Annandale.[9][10][11]

School

Califon Public School serves students in grades PreK-8.[12] The school had an enrollment of 87 students for the 2017-18 school year.[13]

• Daniel Patton, Principal[14]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[15][16]

• Johanna S. Ruberto, Interim Superintendent
• Cheryl Zarra, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

The district's board of education has five members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election.[17][18]

References

1. District information for Califon Borough School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. 2018-2019 School Directory, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed March 20, 2018.
4. Guion, Payton. "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 7. Califon Borough - Enrollment: 93; Grades: Pre-K-8; County: Hunterdon"
5. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
6. Voorhees High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 3, 2016. "Voorhees High School has consistently ranked among the top high schools in New Jersey and was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2015. With an enrollment of 1,095 students in grades 9-12, the school serves the communities of Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, and Tewksbury Township."
7. Public School Directory 2015-2016, p. 55. Hunterdon County Department of Education. Accessed June 3, 2016.
8. School data for Voorhees High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
9. About the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed February 13, 2015. "North Hunterdon High School educates students from: Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough, Union Township; Voorhees High School educates students from: Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township"
10. Information Regarding Choice of District School, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed February 13, 2015. "In the past, parents and students of the North Hunterdon High School sending districts were able to select either North Hunterdon High School or Voorhees High School as their school of choice.... As our student population continued to grow and our two high schools reached, and exceeded, 90% capacity, the option of choosing Voorhees was eliminated in the 2005-2006 school year for the North Hunterdon sending districts (Bethlehem Township, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township – Clinton Town students still have choice as they are classmates at Clinton Public School with Glen Gardner students, who attend Voorhees)."
11. About the District North Hunterdoon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed February 13, 2015. "North Hunterdon High School educates students from: Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough, Union Township; Voorhees High School educates students from: Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township"
12. New Jersey School Directory for the Califon Borough School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
13. School Data for the Califon School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
14. Principal's Corner, Califon School District. Accessed February 10, 2020.
15. Board of Education, Califon School District. Accessed February 10, 2020.
16. New Jersey School Directory for Hunterdon County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
17. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
18. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Califon School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed February 10, 2020. "The Califon Borough School District is a Type II district located in the County of Hunterdon, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The board is comprised of five members elected to three-year terms. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades K-8."

External links

• Califon School District website
• Califon School District's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Califon School District, National Center for Education Statistics
• North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District