Hardyston Township School District

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Coordinates41°08′23″N 74°35′31″W / 41.139613°N 74.591906°W / 41.139613; -74.591906
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentMichael Ryder
Business administratorRichard Rennie
Hardyston Township School District
Address
183 Wheatsworth Road
, Sussex County, New Jersey, 07419
United States
Coordinates41°08′23″N 74°35′31″W / 41.139613°N 74.591906°W / 41.139613; -74.591906
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentMichael Ryder
Business administratorRichard Rennie
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment593 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty57.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupFG
Websitewww.htps.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,67233$18,891−11.7%
1Budgetary Cost12,8002114,159−9.6%
2Classroom Instruction7,971288,659−7.9%
6Support Services1,552132,167−28.4%
8Administrative Cost1,497321,547−3.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,660561,6123.0%
13Extracurricular Activities1216710416.3%
16Median Teacher Salary60,2173461,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

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

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 593 students and 57.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1.[1]

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows non-resident students to attend school in the district at no cost to their parents, with tuition covered by the resident district.[4] Available slots are announced annually by grade.[5]

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.[6]

For ninth though twelfth grades, students attend Wallkill Valley Regional High School which consists of Franklin Borough, Hamburg Borough and Ogdensburg Borough, and is part of the Wallkill Valley Regional High School District.[7][8] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 590 students and 52.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1.[9]

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[10]) are:[11][12][13]

Elementary school
  • Hardyston Township School[14] with 318 students in grades PreK–5
    • Jennifer Cimaglia, principal
Middle school
  • Hardyston Middle School[15] with 274 students in grades 6–8

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[16][17]

  • Michael Ryder, superintendent[18]
  • Richard Rennie, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

References

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