Weymouth Township School District

The Weymouth Township School District is a public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Weymouth Township, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.[3][4]

Weymouth Township School District
Address
1202 Eleventh Avenue Dorothy, NJ 08317 United States
Coordinates	39.404996°N 74.816084°W / 39.404996; -74.816084
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Mary Lou Defrancisco (interim)
Business administrator	Steven Moran
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	167 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	15.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	B
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,718 28 $18,891 −6.2% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,515 28 14,159 2.5% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,993 31 8,659 3.9% 6 Support Services 1,905 21 2,167 −12.1% 8 Administrative Cost 1,812 51 1,547 17.1% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,744 35 1,612 8.2% 13 Extracurricular Activities 47 18 104 −54.8% 16 Median Teacher Salary 52,878 12 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 167 students and 15.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.[1] In the 2016–17 school year, Weymouth was tied with the 30th smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 155 students.[5]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-lowest 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.[6]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Buena Regional High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Buena Regional School District. Students attend the high school from Buena and Buena Vista Township, along with students from Estell Manor, who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[7] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 565 students and 52.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1.[8]

School

Weymouth Township Elementary School had an enrollment of 165 students in grades PreK-8 in the 2014-15 school year.[9]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]

• Mary Lou Defrancisco, Interim Superintendent
• Steven Moran, School Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, with nine 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 three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district.[12][13][14]

References

1. District information for Weymouth Township 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. Weymouth Township Board of Education District Bylaw 0110 - Identification, Weymouth Township School District. Accessed June 22, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Weymouth Township School District. The Weymouth Township School District shall maintain a sending/receiving relationship for the education of students in grades nine through twelve. Composition: The Weymouth Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Weymouth Township."
4. 2019-2020 Public School Directory, Atlantic County, New Jersey. Accessed June 22, 2020.
5. 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. Weymouth Township (tie); Enrollment: 155; Grades: Pre-K-8; County: Atlantic; Town population: 2,715"
6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 30, 2014.
7. Buena Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 22, 2017. "The District’s high school serves students from Buena Vista Township and Buena Borough, along with students from the neighboring municipalities of Estell Manor and Weymouth Township through a sending/receiving relationship."
8. School data for Buena Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
9. School data for the Weymouth Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
10. Administration and Contact, Weymouth Township School. Accessed May 22, 2017.
11. New Jersey School Directory for Atlantic County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
12. 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.
13. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Weymouth Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed June 22, 2020. "The District is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board consists of elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades K-8. The District operates one school located in Dorothy. Weymouth Township is a member of the Buena Regional School District for Grades 9-12."
14. Board of Education, Weymouth Township School District. Accessed June 22, 2020.

External links

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