Downe Township School District

The Downe Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Downe Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.

Downe Township School District
Address
220 Main Street
Newport, NJ 08345
United States
Coordinates39.296942°N 75.164714°W / 39.296942; -75.164714
District information
GradesPreK 3-8
SuperintendentSherri Miller
Business administratorLisa DiNovi
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment186 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty17.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupA
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,78931$18,891−5.8%
1Budgetary Cost15,3873714,1598.7%
2Classroom Instruction8,805298,6591.7%
6Support Services2,650442,16722.3%
8Administrative Cost1,487221,547−3.9%
10Operations & Maintenance2,235531,61238.6%
13Extracurricular Activities299104−72.1%
16Median Teacher Salary69,7486761,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 186 students and 17.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1.[1] In the 2016–17 school year, Downe had the 38th smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 185 students.[3]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest 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.[4]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Bridgeton High School in Bridgeton, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Bridgeton Public Schools.[5][6] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,404 students and 112.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1.[7]

School

Downe Township School had an enrollment of 183 students in grades PreK-8 for the 2018–19 school year.[8]

  • Sherri Miller, Principal[9]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]

  • Sherri Miller, Superintendent
  • Lisa DiNovi, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, with nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district.[11][12]

References
  1. District information for Downe Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. Guion, Payton. "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 38. Downe Township; Enrollment: 185; Grades: Pre-K-8; County: Cumberland; Town population: 1,585"
  4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  5. Western/Southern Cumberland Region Strategic Plan Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, Cumberland Development Corporation, January 2003. Accessed January 30, 2017. "Students in Bridgeton, Downe and a portion of Lawrence Township attend Bridgeton High School. There are over 10,000 students enrolled in public schools in the study area (Table 26, Enrollment)."
  6. Staff. "Bridgeton High School", South Jersey Magazine. Accessed June 21, 2020. "Bridgeton High School provides opportunities for students from Bridgeton, Lawrence Township and Downe Township in Cumberland County to become members of society who are thoughtful, informed, involved and committed to life-long learning."
  7. School data for Bridgeton High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  8. School Data for the Downe Township School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  9. Administration, Downe Township School District. Accessed June 21, 2020.
  10. New Jersey School Directory for Cumberland County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
  12. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Downe Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed June 21, 2020. "The Downe Township School District is a Type II district located in the County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey. As a Type II District, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The board is comprised of nine (9) members elected to three (3) year terms. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades K-8."
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