Elsinboro Township School District

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Elsinboro Township School District
Address
631 Salem-Fort Elfsborg Road
Salem, NJ 08079
United States
Coordinates39°33′04″N 75°31′06″W / 39.550973°N 75.518236°W / 39.550973; -75.518236Coordinates: 39°33′04″N 75°31′06″W / 39.550973°N 75.518236°W / 39.550973; -75.518236
District information
GradesK-8
SuperintendentConstance McAllister
Business administratorRebecca Joyce
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment128 (as of 2017–18)[1]
Faculty14.3 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio9.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,18410$18,891−14.3%
1Budgetary Cost10,261214,159−27.5%
2Classroom Instruction6,63378,659−23.4%
6Support Services1,25322,167−42.2%
8Administrative Cost1,414111,547−8.6%
10Operations & Maintenance90121,612−44.1%
13Extracurricular Activities41104−96.2%
16Median Teacher Salary52,8971361,136
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 Elsinboro Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Elsinboro Township, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 128 students and 14.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.0:1.[1] In the 2016–17 school year, Elsinboro was tied as the 18th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 129 students.[3]

Elsinboro was one of two districts added to the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program in October 2011, opening up 100 student seats that are available to students from outside the district, who were eligible to apply to attend starting in the 2012-13 school year.[4][5]

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

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Salem High School in Salem City, together with students from Lower Alloways Creek Township, Mannington Township and Quinton Township, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Salem City School District.[7][8][9] As of the 2017–18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 334 students and 46.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.3:1.[10]

School[]

The Elsinboro Township School had an enrollment of 126 students in grades K-8 in the 2017–18 school year.[11]

Administration[]

Core members of the district's administration are:[12]

  • Constance McAllister, Superintendent[13]
  • Shannon DuBois-Brody, Business Administrator / Board Secretary, is the administrator for the Alloway Township School District and performs the same role in Elsinboro Township as part of a shared services agreement.[14]


Board of education[]

The district's board of education has 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.[15][16][17]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Elsinboro Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ 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.... 18. Elsinboro Township (tie) - Enrollment: 129; Grades: K-8; County: Salem"
  4. ^ Staff. "Christie Administration expands educational choice by offering 3,126 interdistrict choice seats in 71 school districts Deadline for parents to submit a letter of intent to apply for 2012-13 school year is November 1", New Jersey Department of Education, October 24, 2011. Accessed October 24, 2011.
  5. ^ Elsinboro Township School, Interdistrict Public School Choice Program. Accessed October 24, 2011.
  6. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  7. ^ Our Sending Districts, Salem City School District (New Jersey). Accessed January 24, 2017. "Salem High School welcomes students from: Elsinboro Township School; Lower Alloways Creek School; Mannington Township School; Quinton Township School"
  8. ^ Shott, Meghan. "Salem High School", SouthJersey.com. Accessed January 24, 2017. "Students from Elsinboro, Lower Alloways Creek Township, Mannington Township and Quinton Township attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship, according to the school’s 2010 Report Card from the NJ Department of Education."
  9. ^ Bumpus, Robert L. Salem County Report on Consolidation and Regionalization, Salem County, New Jersey Executive County Superintendent, March 15, 2010. "In this area of Salem County four P-8 districts, Lower Alloway Creek, Quinton, Elsinboro, and Mannington Townships have a send/receive agreement with neighboring Salem City to send their students to Salem High School."
  10. ^ School data for Salem High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  11. ^ School Data for the Elsinboro Township School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  12. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Salem County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  13. ^ Staff, Elsinboro Township School District. Accessed February 20, 2020.
  14. ^ Business Office, Alloway Township School District. Accessed February 20, 2020. "In addition, the district has also contracted to provide the same business services to several other local school districts. Currently, the Alloway Twp. School District is entered into shared service agreements with Elsinboro and Lower Alloways Creek School Districts. Our school district Business Administrator is Shannon DuBois-Brody. Mrs. DuBois-Brody also serves as the Board Secretary and the liaison to the Board of Education."
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Elsinboro Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed February 20, 2020. "The Elsinboro School District is a Type II District located in the County of Salem, 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. These terms are staggered so that two or three members' terms expire each year."
  17. ^ Board of Education, Elsinboro Township School District. Accessed February 20, 2020.

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