Hamburg School District (New Jersey)

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

Hamburg School District
Address
30 Linwood Avenue Hamburg, NJ 07419 United States
Coordinates	41.153849°N 74.574276°W / 41.153849; -74.574276
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Kimberly Sigman
Business administrator	William Sabo
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	397 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty	27.4 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	14.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	http://www.hamburgschool.com
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $21,283 49 $18,891 12.7% 1 Budgetary Cost 18,305 57 14,159 29.3% 2 Classroom Instruction 10,862 60 8,659 25.4% 6 Support Services 2,475 34 2,167 14.2% 8 Administrative Cost 1,978 69 1,547 27.9% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,699 59 1,612 67.4% 13 Extracurricular Activities 244 53 104 134.6% 16 Median Teacher Salary 64,123 61 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 2014-15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 397 students and 27.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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 Franklin, Hardyston Township and Ogdensburg Borough as part of the Wallkill Valley Regional High School District.[4][5] 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.[6]

Schools

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

Elementary school

• Hamburg School, with 270 students in grades PreK-8
  • Kimberly Sigman, Vice Principal[8]

Administration

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

• Roger Jinks Jr., Superintendent
• William Sabo, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
• Kimberly Sigman, Vice Principal

References

1. District information for Hamburg 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 7, 2014.
4. Comstock, Lori. "Wallkill Valley raises facilities fees; Out-of-district will pay twice as much as much as companies in the district", The Advertiser News, September 29, 2014. Accessed December 7, 2014. "Tossing around figures, the board, with Interim Superintendent Robert Walker's suggestion, agreed to raise the fee for the gymnasium to $1,000 for non-profit and companies located in the sending district. These sending districts include Franklin, Hamburg, Hardyston, and Ogdensburg."
5. 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."
6. School data for Wallkill Valley Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
7. School Data for the Hamburg School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
8. Administration, Hamburg School District. Accessed July 13, 2017.
9. New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

External links

• Hamburg School District
• Hamburg School District's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Hamburg School District, National Center for Education Statistics