Lafayette Township School District

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

Lafayette Township School District
178 Beaver Run Road
Lafayette, NJ 07848
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentJennifer Cenatiempo
Business administratorErin Dunstan
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment355 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty26.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupGH
Websitehttp://www.ltes.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$21,28650$18,89112.7%
1Budgetary Cost14,7133114,1593.9%
2Classroom Instruction8,795288,6591.6%
6Support Services2,095242,167−3.3%
8Administrative Cost1,886631,54721.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,760361,6129.2%
13Extracurricular Activities1623810455.8%
16Median Teacher Salary58,2903761,136
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 355 students and 26.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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 High Point Regional High School, which also serves students from Branchville, Frankford Township, Montague Township, Sussex Borough and Wantage Township (where the school is located).[4][5] As of the 2015-16 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 981 students and 91.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[6]

Schools

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

Elementary schools
  • Lafayette Township Elementary School (253 students)
    • Gerard Fazzio, Assistant Principal[8]

Administration

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

  • Jennifer Cenatiempo, Superintendent
  • Erin Dunstan, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
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References
  1. District information for Lafayette 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 7, 2014.
  4. High Point Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 8, 2016. "High Point Regional High School is a comprehensive high school serving the diversified needs of the three surrounding K through 8 school districts of Lafayette, Frankford, Montague, and Sussex-Wantage."
  5. "2016-17 School Profile", High Point Regional High School. Accessed March 18, 2018. "Located 63 miles northwest of Manhattan in bucolic Sussex, County NJ, High Point serves students from six municipalities: Branchville, Lafayette, Frankford, Montague, Sussex, and Wantage."
  6. School data for High Point Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  7. School Data for the Lafayette Township School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  8. Administration, Lafayette Township School District. Accessed January 4, 2017.
  9. New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

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