Upper Pittsgrove School District

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

Upper Pittsgrove School District
Address
235 Pine Tavern Road Monroeville, NJ 08343
Coordinates	39.629146°N 75.201249°W
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Scott Eckstein
Business administrator	Lisa DiNovi
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	334 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty	33.3 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	10.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	http://www.upsnj.org/
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $15,691 6 $18,891 −16.9% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,406 10 14,159 −12.4% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,809 15 8,659 −9.8% 6 Support Services 1,516 12 2,167 −30.0% 8 Administrative Cost 1,444 15 1,547 −6.7% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,391 17 1,612 −13.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 104 25 104 0.0% 16 Median Teacher Salary 58,515 38 61,136 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 2017-18 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 334 students and 33.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.0:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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 Woodstown High School in Woodstown, which serves students from Pilesgrove Township and Woodstown, along with students Alloway Township, Oldmans Township and Upper Pittsgrove Township who attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District.[4] As of the 2017-18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 593 students and 51.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1.[5]

School

Upper Pittsgrove School had an enrollment of 336 students in grades PreK-8 as of the 2017-18 school year.[6]

• Philip McFarland, Principal[7]

Administration

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

• Scott Eckstein, Superintendent
• Lisa DiNovi, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

The district's board of education has nine members who set policy and oversee 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.[9][10][11]

References

1. District information for Upper Pittsgrove Twp School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
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 October 7, 2014.
4. Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 6, 2017. "This School Report Card provides the school district’s constituents with information concerning the district's programs, including test scores, attendance data of students and staff, financial details, and other specifics which together form a comprehensive review of our school district’s offerings to the Woodstown-Pilesgrove community as well as the high school sending districts of Alloway, Oldmans, and Upper Pittsgrove."
5. School data for Woodstown High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
6. School Data for the Upper Pittsgrove School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
7. Administration, Upper Pittsgrove School District. Accessed January 31, 2020.
8. New Jersey School Directory for Salem County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
9. 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.
10. Board of Education, Upper Pittsgrove School District. Accessed January 31, 2020.
11. Upper Pittsgrove Board of Education District Policy Manual, Upper Pittsgrove School District, revised December 21, 2005. Accessed January 31, 2020. "The Board of Education shall be comprised of nine (9) members who are qualified voters and residents of the school district, and who are elected by the voters of Upper Pittsgrove, at the annual School Board election."

External links

• Upper Pittsgrove School District
• Upper Pittsgrove School District's 2015–16 School Performance Report from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Upper Pittsgrove School District, National Center for Education Statistics
• Woodstown High School