Elsinboro Township School District Explained
The Elsinboro Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Elsinboro Township, in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 119 students and 15.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.6:1.[2] In the 2016–17 school year, Elsinboro was tied as the 18th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 129 students.[3]
Elsinboro was one of two districts added to the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program in October 2011, opening up 100 student seats that are available to students from outside the district, who were eligible to apply to attend starting in the 2012-13 school year.[4] [5]
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.[6]
Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Salem High School in Salem City, together with students from Lower Alloways Creek Township, Mannington Township and Quinton Township, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Salem City School District.[7] [8] [9] As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 420 students and 38.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.[10]
School
The Elsinboro Township School had an enrollment of 117 students in grades K-8 in the 2022–23 school year.[11] [12]
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[13]
- Laural Kretzer, superintendent[14]
- Melanie Allen, business administrator and board secretary, is the administrator for the Alloway Township School District and performs the same role in Elsinboro Township as part of a shared services agreement.[15]
Board of education
The district's board of education is comprised of seven 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 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.[16] [17] [18] [19]
External links
Notes and References
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/33/1350 School Performance Reports for the Elsinboro Township School District
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3404680&DistrictID=3404680 District information for Elsinboro Township School District
- 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.... 18. Elsinboro Township (tie) - Enrollment: 129; Grades: K-8; County: Salem"
- Staff. "Christie Administration expands educational choice by offering 3,126 interdistrict choice seats in 71 school districts Deadline for parents to submit a letter of intent to apply for 2012-13 school year is November 1", New Jersey Department of Education, October 24, 2011. Accessed October 24, 2011.
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/choice/districts/profiles/Elsinboro.pdf Elsinboro Township School
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
- http://www.salemnj.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=5607798&pageId=5976960 Our Sending Districts
- Shott, Meghan. "Salem High School", SouthJersey.com. Accessed January 24, 2017. "Students from Elsinboro, Lower Alloways Creek Township, Mannington Township and Quinton Township attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship, according to the school’s 2010 Report Card from the NJ Department of Education."
- Bumpus, Robert L. Salem County Report on Consolidation and Regionalization, Salem County, New Jersey Executive County Superintendent, March 15, 2010. "In this area of Salem County four P-8 districts, Lower Alloway Creek, Quinton, Elsinboro, and Mannington Townships have a send/receive agreement with neighboring Salem City to send their students to Salem High School."
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3414550&ID=341455005090 School data for Salem High School
- http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404680 School Data for the Elsinboro Township School
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1350 New Jersey School Directory for the Elsinboro Township School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/salem New Jersey School Directory for Salem County
- https://www.elsinboroschool.org/staff Staff
- http://www.allowayschool.org/atsd/Board/Business%20Office/ Business Office
- 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/23/1350.pdf#page=40 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Elsinboro Township School District
- https://content.myconnectsuite.com/api/documents/e76d3b50fed14086bca7865c939b114b.doc Elsinboro Township Board of Education District Policy 9110 - Membership and Terms of Office
- https://elsinboro.schoolinsites.com/boecontact Board of Education Contact Information
