Denville Township School District

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Denville Township School District
400 Morris Avenue
Denville, NJ 07834
District information
Grades pre-K to 8
Superintendent Steven Forte
Business administrator Damaris Gurowsky
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,817 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 138.9 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.08:1
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website www.denville.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1A Total Spending $16,956 36 $18,891 -10.2%
1 Budgetary Cost 14,149 41 14,159 -0.1%
2 Classroom Instruction 9,027 60 8,659 4.2%
6 Support Services 2,273 54 2,167 4.9%
8 Administrative Cost 1,330 18 1,547 -14.0%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,249 17 1,612 -22.5%
13 Extracurricular Activities 103 49 104 -1.0%
16 Median Teacher Salary 56,094 16 61,136
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 Denville Township School District is a comprehensive public school district serving students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Denville Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States in two elementary schools and a middle school.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,817 students and 138.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.08:1.[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 Morris Knolls High School—which is located in Denville, but has a Rockaway address—along with residents of most of Rockaway Township.[4] The high school is part of the Morris Hills Regional High School District, which also serves the residential communities of Rockaway Borough, Rockaway Township and Wharton.[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7][8]

Elementary schools (K-5)
  • Lakeview Elementary School[9] (grades PreK-5; 709 students)
  • Riverview Elementary School[10] (K-5; 431)
Middle school (6-8)
  • Valleyview Middle School[11] (6-8; 677)

Administration

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

  • Steven Forte, Superintendent
  • Damaris Gurowsky, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Denville Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 10, 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 September 10, 2014.
  4. ↑ Program of Studies 2013-2014, Morris Hills Regional District. Accessed September 10, 2014. "MORRIS KNOLLS HIGH SCHOOL receives students from Denville, all of Rockaway Township with the exception of White Meadow Lake and the area described above in the southern part of Rockaway Township, Rockaway Borough south of Route #46 with the exception of the area of Rockaway Road and the Trailer Park behind the Boro Plaza (west of the railroad track) south of Route #46."
  5. ↑ Morris Hills Regional High School District 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015. "Our schools’ success is directly attributed to the support we receive from the residents of Denville, Rockaway Borough, Rockaway Township and Wharton – people who care about their children and who value education."
  6. ↑ School Data for the Denville Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 10, 2014.
  7. ↑ Schools, Denville Township School District. Accessed September 10, 2014.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Denville Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 10, 2014.
  9. ↑ Lakeview Elementary School, Denville Township School District. Accessed September 10, 2014.
  10. ↑ Riverview Elementary School, Denville Township School District. Accessed September 10, 2014.
  11. ↑ Valleyview Middle School, Denville Township School District. Accessed September 10, 2014.
  12. ↑ District Administrators, Denville Township Schools. Accessed September 10, 2014.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 10, 2014.

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