Boonton Township School District

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Boonton Township School District
11 Valley Road
Boonton Township, NJ 07005
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Dr. Gayle Strauss
Business administrator John T. Murray II
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 487 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 37.0 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.16:1
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website http://www.rvsnj.org/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1A Total Spending $18,259 30 $18,891 -3.3%
1 Budgetary Cost 14,793 38 14,159 4.5%
2 Classroom Instruction 9,642 50 8,659 11.4%
6 Support Services 1,463 6 2,167 -32.5%
8 Administrative Cost 1,904 59 1,547 23.1%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,518 29 1,612 -5.8%
13 Extracurricular Activities 195 51 104 87.5%
16 Median Teacher Salary 65,510 42 61,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Boonton Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Boonton Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 487 students and 37.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.16:1.[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]

Since 1989, ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Mountain Lakes High School, in Mountain Lakes. The two districts have a sending/receiving relationship agreement that has been beneficial to both districts since it's inception.[4][5]

School

Rockaway Valley School had an enrollment of 487 students as of the 2011-12 school year.[6]

  • Dr. Gayle Strauss, Principal[7]
    • Robert Accardi, Interim Assistant Principal[7]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[7][8]

  • Dr. Gayle Strauss, Superintendent
  • John T. Murray, II, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 District information for Boonton Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  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 December 6, 2014.
  4. Mountain Lakes High School 2013 School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015. "Mountain Lakes High School is a 9th through 12th grade school which serves the communities of Mountain Lakes and Boonton Township."
  5. Boonton Township School District 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015. "The district maintains a send-receive relationship with the neighboring Mountain Lakes School District, whereby our students attend Mountain Lakes High School."
  6. School Data for the Boonton Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 6, 2014.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Administration, Boonton Township School District. Accessed December 6, 2014.
  8. New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.

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