Frenchtown School District

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

Frenchtown School District
Address
902 Harrison Street Frenchtown, NJ 08825 United States
Coordinates	40.534055°N 75.062556°W / 40.534055; -75.062556
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Daria Wasserbach
Business administrator	Teresa E. Barna
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	130 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	18.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	7.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	www.dvrhs.org/FTSD
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $19,928 43 $18,891 5.5% 1 Budgetary Cost 15,629 43 14,159 10.4% 2 Classroom Instruction 9,674 46 8,659 11.7% 6 Support Services 2,510 36 2,167 15.8% 8 Administrative Cost 1,365 10 1,547 −11.8% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,841 41 1,612 14.2% 13 Extracurricular Activities 175 44 104 68.3% 16 Median Teacher Salary 54,770 20 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 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 130 students and 18.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.1:1.[1] In the 2016–17 school year, Frenchtown was tied for the 18th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 129 students.[3]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend the Delaware Valley Regional High School in Frenchtown, which serves students in western Hunterdon County from Alexandria, Holland and Kingwood Townships along with the boroughs of Frenchtown and Milford.[5][6][7][8] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 721 students and 68.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1.[9]

School

Edith Ort Thomas Elementary School had an enrollment of 143 students in the 2018–19 school year.[10]

• Christina Lauck, Principal[11]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[12][13]

• Daria Wasserbach, Superintendent
• Teresa E. Barna, Business Administrator

Board of Education

The district's board of education, with seven members, sets policy and oversees 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 two or three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election.[14][15][16] In February 2012, elections were shifted from April to November.[17]

References

1. District information for Frenchtown Borough School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. 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.... 18. Frenchtown Borough (tie); Enrollment: 129; Grades: Pre-K-8; County: Hunterdon; Town population: 1,373"
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 18, 2014.
5. Delaware Valley Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Delaware Valley Regional High School. Accessed May 2, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Delaware Valley Regional High School District. Composition: The Delaware Valley Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Alexandria Township, Frenchtown Borough, Holland Township, Kingwood Township, and Milford Borough."
6. Delaware Valley Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 6, 2016. "The Delaware Valley Regional High School District can be found in the heart of pastoral and beautiful Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The District serves students in grades nine through twelve who reside in the five municipalities that comprise our region: Alexandria Township, Frenchtown Borough, Holland Township, Kingwood Township, and Milford Borough."
7. About Us, Delaware Valley Regional High School District. Accessed June 6, 2016. "The Delaware Valley Regional High School District can be found in the heart of pastoral and beautiful Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The District serves students in grades nine through twelve who reside in the five municipalities that comprise our region: Alexandria Township, Frenchtown Borough, Holland Township, Kingwood Township, and Milford Borough."
8. Chief School Administrators/Sending Districts, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Superintendent of Schools. Accessed June 6, 2016.
9. School data for Delaware Valley Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
10. School Data for the Frenchtown School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 1, 2020.
11. Building Principal, Frenchtown School District. Accessed January 7, 2017.
12. Administration, Frenchtown School District. Accessed May 1, 2020.
13. New Jersey School Directory for Hunterdon County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
14. 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.
15. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Frenchtown Borough School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed May 1, 2020. "The District is a Type II District located in the County of Hunterdon, State of New Jersey. As a Type II District, the District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine [sic] members elected to three-year-terms. The purpose of the District is to educate students in Grades K-8."
16. Board of Education Members, Frenchtown School District. Accessed May 1, 2020.
17. Mustac, Frank. "Frenchtown school board votes to move elections to November", Independent Press, February 1, 2012. Accessed October 18, 2014. "The borough Board of Education unanimously decided to move the school election to November. This move would also eliminate the public vote on the school budget so long as it is under the state-mandated cap."

External links

• Frenchtown Elementary School
• Frenchtown School District's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Frenchtown School District, National Center for Education Statistics
• Delaware Valley Regional High School District