Hardyston Township School District

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

Hardyston Township School District
Address
183 Wheatsworth Road Hamburg, NJ 07419 United States
Coordinates	41.139613°N 74.591906°W
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Michael Ryder
Business administrator	James Sekelsky
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	672 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	62.4 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	10.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,672 33 $18,891 −11.7% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,800 21 14,159 −9.6% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,971 28 8,659 −7.9% 6 Support Services 1,552 13 2,167 −28.4% 8 Administrative Cost 1,497 32 1,547 −3.2% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,660 56 1,612 3.0% 13 Extracurricular Activities 121 67 104 16.3% 16 Median Teacher Salary 60,217 34 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

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 672 students and 62.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[1]

The district is 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.[3]

For ninth though twelfth grades, students attend Wallkill Valley Regional High School which consists of Franklin Borough, Hamburg Borough and Ogdensburg Borough, and is part of the Wallkill Valley Regional High School District.[4][5] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 604 students and 56.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8]

Elementary school

• Hardyston Township School[9] with 353 students in grades PreK-5
  • Jennifer Cimaglia, Principal

Middle school

• Hardyston Middle School[10] with 315 students in grades 6-8
  • Robert Demeter, Vice Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[11][12]

• Michael Ryder, Superintendent[13]
• James Sekelsky, 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.[14][15]

References

1. District information for Hardyston 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. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 18, 2015.
4. Home page, Wallkill Valley Regional High School. Accessed October 28, 2017. "We proudly serve the districts of: Franklin | Hamburg | Hardyston | Ogdensburg"
5. Jennings, Rob. "Wallkill Valley grad named superintendent/principal", New Jersey Herald, August 26, 2015. Accessed October 28, 2017. "Wallkill Valley Regional High School enrolls students from Hamburg, Hardyston, Ogdensburg and Franklin."
6. School data for Wallkill Valley Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
7. School Data for Hardyston Township Public School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
8. New Jersey School Directory for the Hardyston Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
9. Hardyston Township School, Hardyston Township School District. Accessed June 1, 2020.
10. Hardyston Middle School, Hardyston Township School District. Accessed June 1, 2020.
11. 2018-2019 Student / Parent Handbook and School Calendar, Hardyston Township School District. Accessed June 1, 2020.
12. New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
13. Chief School Administrator, Hardyston Township School District. Accessed June 1, 2020.
14. 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.
15. Board of Education Members, Hardyston Township School District. Accessed June 1, 2020.

External links

• Hardyston Township School District
• Hardyston Township Public School's 2015–16 School Performance Report from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for Hardyston Township Public School, National Center for Education Statistics