Hope Township School District

Hope Township School District
Address
320 Johnsonburg Road
Hope Township
, Warren County, New Jersey, 07844
United States
Coordinates40°54′40″N 74°58′04″W / 40.911171°N 74.967796°W / 40.911171; -74.967796
District information
GradesPreK to 8
SuperintendentKevin Newman
Business administratorAndrew Italiano
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment131 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty18.8 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio7.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupFG
PrincipalKevin Newman
Websitehope-elem.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,77330$18,891−5.9%
1Budgetary Cost14,9153414,1595.3%
2Classroom Instruction7,908168,659−8.7%
6Support Services2,509352,16715.8%
8Administrative Cost1,977681,54727.8%
10Operations & Maintenance2,364561,61246.7%
13Extracurricular Activities1273110422.1%
16Median Teacher Salary56,4402761,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4][5]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 131 students and 18.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.0:1.[1] In the 2016-17 school year, the district was tied for the 30th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state.[6]

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.[7]

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.[3][8] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 367 students and 32.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1.[9]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[10]) are:

  • Hope Township School, with 115 students in grades pre-kindergarten to 8
    • Kevin Newman, principal[11]

Administration

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

  • Kevin Newman, chief school administrator
  • Andrew Italiano, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of 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. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Hope Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ a b 2023–2024 Public School Directory, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024.
  4. ^ School Performance Reports for the Hope Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  5. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Hope Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  6. ^ 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"
  7. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  8. ^ Belvidere High School 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived August 8, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, 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. "
  9. ^ School data for Belvidere High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  10. ^ School Data for Hope Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  11. ^ a b Directory, Hope Township School District, updated January 4, 2022. Accessed March 8, 2023.
  12. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Warren County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  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. ^ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Hope Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 14, 2024 "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." See "Roster of Officials" on page 13.