Blairstown Township School District

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Coordinates40°58′56″N 74°57′17″W / 40.982224°N 74.954773°W / 40.982224; -74.954773
GradesPreK-6
SuperintendentPatrick Ketch
Business administratorDonna Williams
Blairstown Township School District
Address
1 Sunset Hill Road
, Warren County, New Jersey, 07825
Coordinates40°58′56″N 74°57′17″W / 40.982224°N 74.954773°W / 40.982224; -74.954773
District information
GradesPreK-6
SuperintendentPatrick Ketch
Business administratorDonna Williams
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment428 (as of 2023–24)[1]
Faculty43.8 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio9.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupFG
Websitewww.blairstownelem.net
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-6
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,59423$18,891−12.2%
1Budgetary Cost14,1742913,6493.8%
2Classroom Instruction8,683268,3663.8%
6Support Services2,835492,16131.2%
8Administrative Cost1,290101,467−12.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,271121,552−18.1%
13Extracurricular Activities58283948.7%
16Median Teacher Salary57,6003057,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

Blairstown Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in Blairstown, in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.[3][4][5] Students from Hardwick Township, a non-operating school district attend Blairstown Elementary School.[6][7]

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 428 students and 43.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.8:1.[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.[8]

Students in seventh through twelfth grades for public school attend the North Warren Regional High School in Blairstown, a public secondary high school, serving students from Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick, and Knowlton townships.[9][10][11] As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 619 students and 54.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1.[12]

Blairstown Elementary School served 425 students in grades PreK–6, as of the 2023–24 school year.[13]

  • Colleen Silvestri, principal[14]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[15]

  • Patrick Ketch, superintendent[16]
  • Donna Williams, school business administrator and board secretary[17]

Board of education

References

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