Hope Township School District Explained

Hope Township School District
Superintendent:Kevin Newman
Free Label2:Principal
Free Text2:Kevin Newman
Businessadmin:Andrew Italiano
Address:320 Johnsonburg Road
City:Hope Township
County:Warren County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:07844
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.9112°N -74.9678°W
Grades:PreK to 8
Schools:1
Enrollment:131 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty:18.8 FTEs
Ratio:7.0:1
Free Label:District Factor Group
Free Text:FG

The Hope Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Hope Township, in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] [2] [3]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 131 students and 18.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.0:1.[4] In the 2016-17 school year, the district was tied for the 30th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state.[5]

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.[6]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Belvidere High School, together with students from Harmony Township Belvidere, New Jersey and White Township, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Belvidere School District.[1] [7] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 367 students and 32.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1.[8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:

Administration

Core members of the districts' administration are:[10] [11]

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.[12] [13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.warrencountynj.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/7559/638308166139700000#page=8 2023–2024 Public School Directory
  2. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/41/2250 School Performance Reports for the Hope Township School District
  3. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/2040 New Jersey School Directory for Hope Township School District
  4. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3407470&DistrictID=3407470 District information for Hope Township School District
  5. 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.... 30. Hope Township (tie) - Enrollment: 155; Grades: Pre-K-8; County: Warren"
  6. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
  7. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/41/0280/020.html Belvidere High School 2016 Report Card Narrative
  8. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401440&ID=340144005794 School data for Belvidere High School
  9. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407470 School Data for Hope Township School District
  10. http://www.hope-elem.org/hope/Board%20%26%20Administration/Administration%20and%20Board%20of%20Education.pdf?1580830943 Directory
  11. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/warren New Jersey School Directory for Warren County
  12. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  13. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/2250.pdf#page=41 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Hope Township School District