Franklin Borough School District

The Franklin Borough School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in preschool through eighth grade from Franklin, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.

Franklin Borough School District
Address
50 Washington Avenue
Franklin, NJ 07416
United States
Coordinates41.116955°N 74.583373°W / 41.116955; -74.583373
District information
GradesK-8
SuperintendentJ.R. Giacchi
Business administratorWilliam J. Sabo
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment642 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty45.3 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio14.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupCD
Websitehttp://www.fboe.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,09929$18,891−4.2%
1Budgetary Cost15,9754514,15912.8%
2Classroom Instruction9,286428,6597.2%
6Support Services2,344382,1678.2%
8Administrative Cost1,985621,54728.3%
10Operations & Maintenance2,136591,61232.5%
13Extracurricular Activities21855104109.6%
16Median Teacher Salary58,8352961,136
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 one school had an enrollment of 642 students and 45.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.2:1.[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]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Wallkill Valley Regional High School which also serves students from Hardyston Township, Hamburg Borough and Ogdensburg Borough, and is part of the Wallkill Valley Regional High School District.[4] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 655 students and 57.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1.[5]

History

A two-room school opened in 1871 with an enrollment of 50 students as Franklin's first public school. The building was expanded in 1914 to accommodate a vocational school in the central portion of the building, a left wing was added in 1922 and a right wing was constructed in 1926 at a cost of $150,000, opening in September 1927. Franklin Industrial School had its first graduating class in 1924 with nine students, which rose to `4 in 1928 when the first full class graduated.[6]

School history records that Babe Ruth, a frequent visitor to the Franklin area, and a group of local engineers oversaw the design of a baseball field whose dimensions matched those of the original Yankee Stadium. A 1960 construction project that added an auditorium and gymnasium to the school necessitated moving the field's original grandstand, considered at the time to be one of the best in the country.[6]

1972 featured the school's largest graduating class, which declined after the opening of Vernon Township High School. Until then, students from Hamburg, Hardyston Township, Jefferson Township, Ogdensburg and Vernon Township, New Jersey all attended the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships.[6]

In September 1982, Wallkill Valley Regional High School opened its doors, and Franklin High School closed theirs, making the class of 1982 the final class to graduate from Franklin High School. Franklin School K-12 then became Franklin Elementary School K-8.[6]

Schools

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

  • Franklin Borough School (458 students)
    • J.R. Giacchi, Chief School Administrator[8]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[8][9]

  • J.R. Giacchi, Superintendent
  • Barbara Decker, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
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References
  1. District information for Franklin Borough 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 October 7, 2014.
  4. Jennings, Rob. "Wallkill Valley grad named superintendent/principal", New Jersey Herald, August 26, 2015. Accessed October 28, 2017. "Wallkill Valley Regional High School enrolls students from Hamburg, Hardyston, Ogdensburg and Franklin."
  5. School data for Wallkill Valley Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  6. Franklin School History Archived 2009-08-12 at the Wayback Machine, Franklin Borough School District. Accessed October 12, 2009.
  7. School Data for the Franklin Borough School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 9, 2016.
  8. Administration Archived 2009-08-13 at the Wayback Machine, Franklin Borough School District. Accessed January 5, 2017.
  9. New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
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