Franklin Township Public Schools (Somerset County, New Jersey)

Franklin Township Public Schools
1755 Amwell Road
Somerset, NJ 08873
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Dr. Leroy E. Seitz (interim)
Business administrator John Calavano
Schools 9
Students and staff
Enrollment 7,771 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 645.8 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 12.03:1
Other information
District Factor Group GH
Website http://www.franklinboe.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$19,86472$18,8915.2%
1Budgetary Cost14,0804414,783-4.8%
2Classroom Instruction7,929188,763-9.5%
6Support Services2,488672,3924.0%
8Administrative Cost1,498601,4850.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,909761,7837.1%
13Extracurricular Activities22342268-16.8%
16Median Teacher Salary57,8001464,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Franklin Township Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's nine schools had an enrollment of 7,771 students and 645.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.03:1.[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]

Awards and recognition

For the 1993-94 school year, Hillcrest Elementary School was named as a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.[4] The school was honored again in the 1995-96 school year.[5]

NAMM named the district in its 2009 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 124 school districts nationwide.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8][9][10]

Elementary schools (PreK-4)
Intermediate and middle schools
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[20]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Franklin Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  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 September 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ Star School Award recipient detail, New Jersey Department of Education, Archived December 18, 2006. Accessed November 26, 2009.
  5. ↑ Star School Award recipient detail, New Jersey Department of Education, Archived December 18, 2006. Accessed December 3, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Nationwide Survey Finds the 'Best Communities for Music Education' in U.S.", NAMM, April 16, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2009.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Franklin Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ Schools Directory, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Franklin Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  10. ↑ 2013-2014 Somerset County Public School Directory, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed February 3, 2015.
  11. ↑ Conerly Road School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  12. ↑ Elizabeth Avenue School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  13. ↑ Franklin Park School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  14. ↑ Hillcrest School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  15. ↑ MacAfee Road School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  16. ↑ Pine Grove Manor School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  17. ↑ Sampson G. Smith Intermediate School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  18. ↑ Franklin Middle School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  19. ↑ Franklin High School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  20. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Somerset County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 1, 2012.
  21. ↑ Superintendent's Message, Franklin Township Public Schools, September 4, 2014. Accessed September 20, 2014.

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Coordinates: 40°29′52″N 74°31′43″W / 40.497711°N 74.528562°W / 40.497711; -74.528562

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