South Harrison Township School District

The South Harrison Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade from South Harrison Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.

South Harrison Township School District
904 Mullica Hill Rd
Harrisonville, NJ 08039
District information
GradesK to 6
SuperintendentDr. James J. Lavender
Business administratorJason Schimpf
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment661 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty28.6 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio23.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupFG
Websitewww.southharrison.k12.nj.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-6
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,57410$18,891−17.6%
1Budgetary Cost11,136413,649−18.4%
2Classroom Instruction6,44538,366−23.0%
6Support Services1,799142,161−16.8%
8Administrative Cost1,353181,467−7.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,482241,552−4.5%
13Extracurricular Activities4139−89.7%
16Median Teacher Salary46,626257,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 661 students and 28.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 23.1:1.[1]

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at South Harrison Township Elementary School, having been approved in July 2001 to participate in the program.[3] Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.[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]

For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students are educated by the Kingsway Regional School District. The district also serves students from East Greenwich Township, Swedesboro and Woolwich Township, with the addition of students from Logan Township who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship in which tuition is paid on a per-pupil basis by the Logan Township School District.[6][7] As of the 2014-15 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 2,544 students and 189.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1.[8] Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are Kingsway Regional Middle School[10] with 876 students in grades 7-8 and Kingsway Regional High School[11] with 1,668 students in grades 9-12.[12] Under a 2011 proposal, Kingsway would merge with its constituent member's K-6 districts to become a full K-12 district, with various options for including Logan Township as part of the consolidated district.[13]

School

South Harrison Township Elementary School had an enrollment of 371 students as of the 2014-15 school year.[14]

  • Corinne Mesmer, Principal[15]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[15][16]

  • Dr. James J. Lavender, Superintendent
  • Jason Schimpf, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
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References
  1. District information for South Harrison 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. Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  4. Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction Archived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  5. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 29, 2014.
  6. Kingsway Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 27, 2016. "Kingsway is situated in a predominately rural/suburban area, with more than 20,000 people residing within its 52 square mile border. The District includes the Borough of Swedesboro and the Townships of South Harrison, East Greenwich, and Woolwich. Though not part of the District, students from Logan Township attend Kingsway High School through a send/receive relationship as paid tuition students."
  7. School Profile, Kingsway Regional School District. Accessed November 29, 2014. "The District includes Swedesboro and the Townships of South Harrison, East Greenwich and Woolwich. Though not part of the District, students from Logan Township attend Kingsway High School through a send/receive relationship as paid tuition students."
  8. District information for Kingsway Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 22, 2016.
  9. School Data for the Kingsway Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 22, 2016.
  10. Kingsway Regional Middle School, Kingsway Regional School District. Accessed December 22, 2016.
  11. Kingsway Regional High School, Kingsway Regional School District. Accessed December 22, 2016.
  12. New Jersey School Directory for the Kingsway Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  13. Forand, Rebecca. "Kingsway districts may see change", Gloucester County Times, April 7, 2011. Accessed November 29, 2014. "A study is being planned to evaluate the fiscal feasibility of the regionalization of the school districts associated with the Kingsway Regional district, and the impact of continuing or severing the current relationship the district has with Logan Township. Woolwich township, Swedesboro, East Greenwich Township and South Harrison Township all currently feed their elementary students to the Kingsway Regional district for middle and high school, with Logan Township sending students to the high school on a tuition basis. The study will address the fiscal feasibility of regionalizing Kingsway, East Greenwich, South Harrison and Swedesboro-Woolwich."
  14. School Data for the South Harrison Township Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  15. Board of Education, South Harrison Township School District. Accessed August 4, 2017.
  16. New Jersey School Directory for Gloucester County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

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