Denville Township School District Explained
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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey in two elementary schools and a middle school.[1]
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,629 students and 152.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1.[2]
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 most students from 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 and Wharton.[5] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,434 students and 128.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1.[6]
Awards and recognition
Riverview Elementary School was one of nine schools in New Jersey honored in 2020 by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, which recognizes high student achievement.[7] [8]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10] [11] [12] [13]
- Elementary schools
- Lakeview Elementary School[14] with 649 students in grades PreK-5
- Riverview Elementary School[15] with 382 students in grades K-5
- Tina Theodoropoulos, principal
- Middle school
- Valleyview Middle School[16] with 587 students in grades 6-8
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[17] [18]
- Steven Forte, superintendent
- Damaris Gurowsky, business administrator and board secretary
Board of education
The district's board of education, comprised of seven 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 either two or 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 district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.[19] [20] "[21]
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=021fcd85cc2e4c7f8acf830a9a3773fd Denville Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3403870&DistrictID=3403870 District information for Denville Township K-8 School District
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
- http://www.mhrd.org/cms/lib07/NJ01000236/Centricity/Domain/13/ProgramofStudies%20Final%202017-18.pdf#page=10 Program of Studies 2017-2018 - About Our School District
- http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/27/3370/000.html Morris Hills Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3410740&ID=341074004354 School data for Morris Knolls High School
- https://nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/awardwinners/reports/2020/all_2020_national_blue_ribbon_schools.pdf#page=23 2020 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Non-Public Schools
- Clark, Adam. "9 N.J. schools just won a huge national honor", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 24, 2020. Accessed September 27, 2020. "Nine New Jersey public schools have been awarded the national Blue Ribbon designation, one of the highest honors in education. The schools were recognized Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education for high student achievement."
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3403870 School Data for the Denville Township School District
- https://web.archive.org/web/20180316221437/http://www.denville.org/district/about_us About Us
- http://www.denville.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_81878/File/Key%20Communicators/Key%20Communicators%20March2020.pdf School District Key Communicators
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/27/1090 School Performance Reports for the Denville Township School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1090 New Jersey School Directory for the Denville Township School District
- http://www.lv.denville.org/ Lakeview Elementary School
- http://www.rv.denville.org/ Riverview Elementary School
- http://www.vv.denville.org/ Valleyview Middle School
- http://www.denville.org/board_of_education/district_administrators District Administrators
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/morris New Jersey School Directory for Morris County
- https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
- https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/1090.pdf#page=40 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Denville Township School District
- http://www.denville.org/board_of_education/board_members_and_contact_information Board Members and Contact Information
