Vernon Township School District
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| Vernon Township School District | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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539 County Route 515
, Sussex County, New Jersey, 07462United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°11′46″N 74°32′04″W / 41.196128°N 74.534403°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Eveny de Mendez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Raymond Slamb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 2,941 (as of 2023–24)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 236.0 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 12.5:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | FG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Vernon Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district, that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Vernon Township, in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]
As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 2,941 students and 236.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1.[1]
In 1972, voters approved spending $6.5 million (equivalent to $48.9 million in 2024) for a high school to accommodate 1,300 students that would replace the sending/receiving relationship under which students were sent to an overcrowded Franklin High School.[4] Enrollment was 850 when the school opened in September 1975 on a 65-acre (26 ha) site. Seniors could choose to complete their education at Franklin High School or switch over to the new high school.[5][6]
Peggy Stewart, a teacher at Vernon Township High School, was named New Jersey Teacher of the Year for 2004–05.[7]
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]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10][11][12][13]
- Elementary schools
- Walnut Ridge School[14] with 89 students in PreK
- Suzanne MacDougall, principal
- Cedar Mountain Primary School[15] with 424 students in grades K–1
- Kristin Gudenkauf, principal
- Rolling Hills Primary School[16] with 406 students in grades 2–3
- Pauline Anderson, principal
- Lounsberry Hollow School[17] with 428 students in grades 4–5
- Marc Citro, principal
- Middle school
- Glen Meadow Middle School[18] with 640 students in grades 6–8
- Jacquelyn Van Orden, principal
- High school
- Vernon Township High School[19] with 912 students in grades 9–12
- Lindsay LeDuc Young, principal
