Dennis Township Public Schools

The Dennis Township Public Schools are a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Dennis Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.

Dennis Township Public Schools
Address
601 Hagen Road
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
United States
Coordinates39.170424°N 74.794649°W / 39.170424; -74.794649
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentMark B. Miller
Business administratorPaige Sharp-Rumaker
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment810 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty55.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio14.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupCD
WebsiteOfficial website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$22,73359$18,89120.3%
1Budgetary Cost15,4424314,1599.1%
2Classroom Instruction9,506468,6599.8%
6Support Services1,995222,167−7.9%
8Administrative Cost1,715341,54710.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,852501,61214.9%
13Extracurricular Activities9222104−11.5%
16Median Teacher Salary65,8494661,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 810 students and 55.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.7:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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 public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Middle Township High School in Cape May Court House, together with students from Avalon, Stone Harbor and Woodbine, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Middle Township Public Schools.[4][5] As of the 2013-14 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 807 students and 67.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8][9]

  • Dennis Township Primary School for grades PreK-2 (210 students)
  • Dennis Township Elementary / Middle School for grades 3-8 (317 students)
    • Jamie Lynn VanArtsdalen, Principal[10]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[11][12]

  • Mark B. Miller, Superintendent
  • Paige Sharp-Rumaker, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References
  1. District information for Dennis Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 17, 2014.
  4. Middle Township High School 2015 School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 30, 2016. "Middle Township High School is a four-year, accredited, comprehensive high school situated in central Cape May County. The school serves the communities of Middle Township, Dennis Township, Avalon, Stone Harbor, and Woodbine Borough."
  5. Home page, Middle Township Public Schools. Accessed May 30, 2016. "The high school is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades. In addition to students from Middle Township, students from Avalon, Dennis Township, Stone Harbor and Woodbine attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships."
  6. School Data for Middle Township High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 30, 2016.
  7. School Data for the Dennis Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  8. Schools, Dennis Township School District. Accessed October 16, 2017.
  9. New Jersey School Directory for the Dennis Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  10. Faculty and Staff, Dennis Township School District. Accessed October 16, 2017.
  11. Board of Education], Dennis Township School District. Accessed October 16, 2017.
  12. New Jersey School Directory for Cape May County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
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