Delran Township School District

Delran Township School District
Address
52 Hartford Road
Delran Township
, Burlington County, New Jersey, 08075
United States
Coordinates40°00′53″N 74°56′27″W / 40.014645°N 74.94081°W / 40.014645; -74.94081
District information
Gradespre-K to 12
SuperintendentLisa Della Vecchia (interim)
Business administratorRobert Delengowski (interim)
Schools4
Students and staff
Enrollment2,889 (as of 2023–24)[1]
Faculty261.9 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupFG
Websitewww.delranschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,34515$18,891−13.5%
1Budgetary Cost12,3201214,783−16.7%
2Classroom Instruction7,200108,763−17.8%
6Support Services1,922212,392−19.6%
8Administrative Cost1,23761,485−16.7%
10Operations & Maintenance1,603351,783−10.1%
13Extracurricular Activities3542226832.1%
16Median Teacher Salary55,730964,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

The Delran Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Delran Township, in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 2,889 students and 261.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.[1]

The district had been 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.[4]

History

Into the early 1970s, students from Delran Township and Delanco Township attended Riverside High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Riverside School District. Efforts to merge the three districts into a combined regional K-12 system were rejected in a November 1971 referendum, leading the Delran district to pursue efforts to create its own high school.[5] The Delran sending relationship began in 1954.[6] Delran High School, constructed at a cost of $6 million (equivalent to $34 million in 2023), opened for the 1975-76 school year.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10][11][12]

Elementary schools
  • Millbridge Elementary School[13] with 662 students in grades PreK-2
    • Stacy Murphy, principal[14]
  • Delran Intermediate School[15] with 580 students in grades 3-5
    • Kimberly Clark-Hickson, principal[16]
Middle school
  • Delran Middle School[17] with 678 students in grades 6-8
    • Barry Saide, principal[18]
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[21][22]

  • Lisa Della Vecchia, interim superintendent[23]
  • Robert Delengowski, interim business administrator and board secretary[24]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of nine 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 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.[25][26][27]

References

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Delran Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Delran Township Board of Education Policy 0110 - Identification, Delran Township School District, adopted March 15, 1993. Accessed December 31, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades K through 12 in the Delran School District. Composition: The Delran School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Delran Township in the County of Burlington."
  4. ^ District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 31, 2024.
  5. ^ Andrews, Margot. "School Merger Vote Defeated in Burlco", Courier-Post, December 1, 1971. Accessed April 28, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Voters in fast-growing Delran township indicated last night they would like to join with two neighboring towns in a regional school district. But their neighbors in more-settled Riverside and Delanco scotched the idea.... Delran undoubtedly will have to build a high school on its own, they said, and the other towns will have to build new elementary classrooms. Delanco and Delran High School pupils now attend the Riverside facility, which, according to Superintendent John Bodnarik, is overcrowded."
  6. ^ Wolk, Mike. "State Tells Delran to Cut $7.8 Million Cost of School", Courier-Post, October 14, 1972. Accessed April 28, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Delran high school students are still being bused to Riverside High School as they have been since 1954. An agreement between the two towns allows Delran to continue busing its students to Riverside 'until the new high school opens as long as we're working on it.'"
  7. ^ "Delran High to be dedicated Sunday", Courier-Post, November 12, 1975. Accessed April 28, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "The new $6 million Delran High School, which opened this fall, will be dedicated Sunday at 2 p.m.... The school, located on Hartford Road, is the township's first public high school. Previously, township teenagers attended Riverside High School."
  8. ^ School Data for the Delran Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  9. ^ Directory, Delran Township School District. Accessed December 31, 2024.
  10. ^ Public Schools Directory 2023–2024, Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024.
  11. ^ School Performance Reports for the Delran Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  12. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  13. ^ Millbridge Elementary School, Delran Township School District. Accessed December 31, 2024.
  14. ^ Administration, Millbridge Elementary School. Accessed December 31, 2024.
  15. ^ Delran Intermediate School, Delran Township School District. Accessed December 31, 2024.
  16. ^ Administration, Delran Intermediate School. Accessed December 31, 2024.
  17. ^ Delran Middle School, Delran Township School District. Accessed December 31, 2024.
  18. ^ Administration, Delran Middle School. Accessed December 31, 2024.
  19. ^ Delran High School, Delran Township School District. Accessed December 31, 2024.
  20. ^ Administration, Delran High School. Accessed December 31, 2024.
  21. ^ Administration, Delran Township School District. Accessed December 23, 2023.
  22. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  23. ^ Superintendent's Office, Delran Township School District. Accessed December 23, 2023.
  24. ^ Business Office, Delran Township School District. Accessed December 23, 2023.
  25. ^ 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.
  26. ^ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Delran Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed December 31, 2024. "The Delran Township School District (District) is a Type II school district located in Burlington County, New Jersey and covers an area of approximately 7.5 square miles. As a Type II school district, it functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three member’s terms expire each year. The purpose of the district is to provide educational services for all of Delran’s students in grades K through 12." See "Roster of Officials" on page 12.
  27. ^ Board Members, Delran Township School District. Accessed December 31, 2024.