Hopewell Township School District

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Coordinates39°27′19″N 75°15′42″W / 39.455287°N 75.261734°W / 39.455287; -75.261734
GradesK-8
SuperintendentMeghan Lammersen
Business administratorStephanie Kuntz
Hopewell Township School District
Address
122 Sewall Road
, Cumberland County, New Jersey, 08302
United States
Coordinates39°27′19″N 75°15′42″W / 39.455287°N 75.261734°W / 39.455287; -75.261734
District information
GradesK-8
SuperintendentMeghan Lammersen
Business administratorStephanie Kuntz
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment515 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty40.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupCD
WebsiteOfficial website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,6568$18,891−17.1%
1Budgetary Cost12,9901714,159−8.3%
2Classroom Instruction8,567328,659−1.1%
6Support Services1,49082,167−31.2%
8Administrative Cost1,09021,547−29.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,742441,6128.1%
13Extracurricular Activities10225104−1.9%
16Median Teacher Salary65,5364361,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

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

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 515 students and 40.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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.[5]

Public school students from both communities in ninth through twelfth grades attend Cumberland Regional High School, which also serves students from Deerfield Township, Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township, Stow Creek Township and Upper Deerfield Township.[6][7][8] As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,124 students and 82.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.7:1.[9]

The Shiloh School was closed after the end of the 2006-07 school year, and all students from Shiloh are being sent to the Hopewell Crest School as part of a sending/receiving relationship, accounting for nearly 10% of the Hopewell district's enrollment.[10][11]

School

Hopewell Crest School had an enrollment of 496 students in grades PreK-8 as of the 2020–21 school year.[12]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13][14]

  • Meghan Lammersen, superintendent
  • Stephanie Kuntz, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

References

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