Washington Township Schools

For the school district in Indiana, see Metropolitan School District of Washington Township.
Washington Township Schools
53 West Mill Road
Long Valley, NJ 07853
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Jeffrey S. Mohre
Business administrator Elizabeth George
Schools 4
Students and staff
Enrollment 2,470 (as of 2012-13)[1]
Faculty 201.5 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 12.27:1
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website http://www.wtschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,67264$18,891-1.2%
1Budgetary Cost14,7515514,1594.2%
2Classroom Instruction9,319668,6597.6%
6Support Services2,572712,16718.7%
8Administrative Cost1,253121,547-19.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,529431,612-5.1%
13Extracurricular Activities7934104-24.0%
16Median Teacher Salary66,1587161,136
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 Washington Township Schools are a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Washington Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The district includes four schools and a central office.

As of the 2012-13 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 2,470 students and 201.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.27:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.[3]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend West Morris Central High School, which is located in the township (but has a Chester mailing address) and is part of the West Morris Regional High School District, which also serves students from the surrounding Morris County school districts of Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, who attend West Morris Mendham High School.[4] As of the 2013-14 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,334 students and 104.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1. [5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2012-13 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7]

Elementary schools

Benedict A. Cucinella Elementary School[8] (586 students; in grades K-5)

Middle school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][13]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Washington Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ West Morris Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 4, 2016. "Established in 1958, the West Morris Regional High School District operates two schools, West Morris Central High School and West Morris Mendham High School. The regional district serves the students of five Morris County communities: Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township and Washington Township. Students from Washington Township attend West Morris Central High School, and students from the Chesters and the Mendhams attend West Morris Mendham High School."
  5. ↑ School Data for West Morris Central High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ School Data for the Washington Township Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 12, 2015.
  7. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Washington Township Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 12, 2015.
  8. ↑ Benedict A. Cucinella Elementary School, Washington Township Schools. Accessed March 12, 2015.
  9. ↑ Flocktown-Kossmann School, Washington Township Schools. Accessed March 12, 2015.
  10. ↑ Old Farmers Road School, Washington Township Schools. Accessed March 12, 2015.
  11. ↑ Long Valley Middle School, Washington Township Schools. Accessed March 12, 2015.
  12. ↑ Administration, Washington Township Schools. Accessed March 12, 2015
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 12, 2015.

Coordinates: 40°47′00″N 74°47′03″W / 40.783359°N 74.784265°W / 40.783359; -74.784265

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