Deerfield Township School District

The Deerfield Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Deerfield Township, in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3][4][5]

Coordinates39.48193°N 75.133728°W / 39.48193; -75.133728

GradesPreK-8

SuperintendentDina Rossi

Business administratorJoseph Giambri Jr.

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Deerfield Township School District
Deerfield Township School, the only school in the district
Address
419 Morton Avenue Rosenhayn , Cumberland County, New Jersey, 08352 United States
Coordinates	39.48193°N 75.133728°W / 39.48193; -75.133728
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Dina Rossi
Business administrator	Joseph Giambri Jr.
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	318 (as of 2023–24)[1]
Faculty	34.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	B
Website	www.deerfield.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,582 22 $18,891 −6.9% 1 Budgetary Cost 11,868 9 14,159 −16.2% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,779 14 8,659 −10.2% 6 Support Services 1,344 5 2,167 −38.0% 8 Administrative Cost 1,436 14 1,547 −7.2% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,292 12 1,612 −19.9% 13 Extracurricular Activities 5 2 104 −95.2% 16 Median Teacher Salary 59,697 42 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

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As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 318 students and 34.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4:1.^[1]

The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-lowest 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 Cumberland Regional High School, which also serves students from Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Shiloh Borough, Stow Creek Township and Upper Deerfield Township.^[7][8][9] As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,178 students and 83.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.1:1.^[10] The high school district has a nine-member board of education, with board seats allocated to the constituent municipalities based on population; Deerfield Township has one seat on the board.^[11][12][13]