Hope Township School District

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

Hope Township School District
Address
320 Johnsonburg Road Hope Township, New Jersey 07844 United States
Coordinates	40.911171°N 74.967796°W / 40.911171; -74.967796
District information
Grades	PreK to 8
Superintendent	Kevin Newman
Business administrator	Dawn Huff
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	144 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty	16.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	8.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Principal	Kevin Newman
Website	hope-elem.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,773 30 $18,891 −5.9% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,915 34 14,159 5.3% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,908 16 8,659 −8.7% 6 Support Services 2,509 35 2,167 15.8% 8 Administrative Cost 1,977 68 1,547 27.8% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,364 56 1,612 46.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 127 31 104 22.1% 16 Median Teacher Salary 56,440 27 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 and its one school had an enrollment of 144 students and 16.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.6:1.[1] In the 2016-17 school year, the district was tied for the 30th-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 "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.[5]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Belvidere High School, together with students from Harmony Township Belvidere, New Jersey and White Township, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Belvidere School District.[6][7] As of the 2017-18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 458 students and 42.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[6][10]

• Hope Township School for pre-kindergarten to grade 8 (145 students)
  • Kevin Newman, Principal[11]

Administration

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

• Kevin Newman, Chief School Administrator
• Dawn Huff, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

The district's board of education has seven 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 two or three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election.[13][14]

References

1. District information for Hope Township 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. Warren County 2019-2020 Public School Directory, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed February 4, 2020.
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.... 30. Hope Township (tie) - Enrollment: 155; Grades: Pre-K-8; County: Warren"
5. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
6. Municipal Guide to Public School Districts, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed August 7, 2017.
7. Belvidere High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 7, 2017. "The District serves students from the Belvidere K-12 district and three surrounding K-8 districts; Hope, Harmony, and White. "
8. School data for Belvidere High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
9. School Data for Hope Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
10. New Jersey School Directory for Hope Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
11. Directory, Hope Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2018.
12. New Jersey School Directory for Warren County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
13. 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.
14. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Hope Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed February 4, 2020. "The Hope Township School District is a Type II district located in the County of Warren, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The board is comprised of seven members elected to three-year terms. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades K-8."

External links

• Hope Township School
• Hope Township School's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for Hope Township School, National Center for Education Statistics
• Belvidere High School