Montgomery Township School District

Montgomery Township School District
1014 Route 601
Skillman, NJ 08558
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Nancy Gartenberg
Business administrator Thomas Venanzi
Schools 5
Students and staff
Enrollment 5,045 (as of 2012-13)[1]
Faculty 378.3 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.34:1
Other information
District Factor Group J
Website http://www.mtsd.k12.nj.us/
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,71341$18,891-6.2%
1Budgetary Cost13,9074014,783-5.9%
2Classroom Instruction8,186288,763-6.6%
6Support Services1,975282,392-17.4%
8Administrative Cost1,437501,485-3.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,842711,7833.3%
13Extracurricular Activities3388826826.1%
16Median Teacher Salary67,4506864,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Montgomery Township School District is a comprehensive public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through 12th grade from Montgomery Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Rocky Hill is a non-operating school district whose school children attend the Montgomery Township schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[3][4] Montgomery Township has been one of the fastest-growing school districts in New Jersey. In September 1992, the K-12 enrollment was 1,590 compared to 4,924 in September 2005, tripling in just more than a decade.

As of the 2012-13 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 5,045 students and 378.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.34:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the 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.[5]

Awards and recognition

For the 1992-93 school year, Montgomery High School was formally designated as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. Montgomery Middle School was recognized as a Blue Ribbon School for the 1999-2000 school year.[6]

The Montgomery Township School District has been ranked among the best schools in New Jersey. Montgomery Township's schools were ranked as "the best bang for the buck" (New Jersey Monthly magazine), referring to the high achievement of students with a relatively low spending per pupil (compared to other school districts in New Jersey). Montgomery High School was the 4th ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2012-13 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10][11]

Elementary schools
Middle schools
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[17][18]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Montgomery Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ History, Montgomery Township. Accessed February 2, 2015. "Rocky Hill, which was the first village in the township, is now a separately incorporated borough, whose children attend Montgomery Township schools."
  4. ↑ Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County, New Jersey Superintendent of Schools. Accessed February 2, 2015. "MONTGOMERY K-12 Receives K-12 from Rocky Hill"
  5. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  6. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed March 27, 2011.
  7. ↑ Top Public High Schools in New Jersey, New Jersey Monthly, September 2006
  8. ↑ School Data for the Montgomery Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ Contact Information, Montgomery Township School District. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Montgomery Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ 2013-2014 Somerset County Public School Directory, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ Orchard Hill Elementary School, Montgomery Township School District. Accessed February 2, 2015
  13. ↑ Village Elementary School, Montgomery Township School District. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  14. ↑ Montgomery Lower Middle School, Montgomery Township School District. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  15. ↑ Montgomery Upper Middle School, Montgomery Township School District. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  16. ↑ Montgomery High School, Montgomery Township School District. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  17. ↑ Board of Education Members, Montgomery Township School District. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  18. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Somerset County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 2, 2015.

Coordinates: 40°25′03″N 74°42′09″W / 40.417516°N 74.702407°W / 40.417516; -74.702407

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