Mendham Township Public Schools Explained

Mendham Township Public Schools
Superintendent:Salvatore M. Constantino
Businessadmin:Donna Mosner
Address:18 West Main Street
City:Brookside
County:Morris County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:07926
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.7964°N -74.5665°W
Grades:PreK-8
Schools:2
Enrollment:745 (as of 2020–21)
Faculty:73.9 FTEs
Ratio:10.1:1
Free Label:District Factor Group
Free Text:J

The Mendham Township Public Schools is a community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Mendham Township, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 745 students and 73.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.1:1.[2]

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.[3]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend West Morris Mendham High School, which is located in Mendham Borough and serves students from Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough and Mendham Township.[4] The school is part of the West Morris Regional High School District, which also serves students from Washington Township at West Morris Mendham High School.[5] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,142 students and 91.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1.[6]

Awards and recognition

Mendham Township Middle School was one of 11 in the state to be recognized in 2014 by the United States Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Schools Program.[7] [8]

Mendham Township Elementary School was honored by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program in 2019, one of nine schools in the state recognized as Exemplary High Performing Schools.[9]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[10]) are:[11] [12] [13]

Elementary school
Middle school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[16]

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 2014) 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

  1. https://www.mendhamtwp.org/uploaded/Board_Policies/0000_Series_BYLAWS/0110-_IDENTIFICATION.pdf Mendham Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
  2. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3409930&DistrictID=3409930 District information for Mendham Township School District
  3. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
  4. http://mendham.wmrhsd.org/WWW_FILES/2016%20-17%20School%20Profile.pdf School Profile 2016-2017
  5. http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/27/5660/000.html West Morris Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative
  6. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417550&ID=341755004552 School data for West Morris Mendham High School
  7. Goldman, Jeff. "Which N.J. schools were named to national 'Blue Ribbon' list?", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 2, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2014. "Eleven New Jersey schools have been named to the annual National Blue Ribbon list, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday."
  8. http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2014/national.pdf#page=17 2014 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Private
  9. https://nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/awardwinners/reports/2019/2019_exemplary_high_performing_schools.pdf#page=20 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools Exemplary High Performing Schools
  10. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3409930 School Data for the Mendham Township Public Schools
  11. https://www.mendhamtwp.org/schools Schools
  12. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/27/3100 School Performance Reports for the Mendham Township School District
  13. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3100 New Jersey School Directory for the Mendham Township Public Schools
  14. https://www.mendhamtwp.org/elementary-school-home Mendham Township Elementary School
  15. https://www.mendhamtwp.org/middle-school-home Mendham Township Middle School
  16. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/morris New Jersey School Directory for Morris County
  17. https://www.mendhamtwp.org/about-mt/leadership Leadership
  18. https://www.mendhamtwp.org/about-mt/board-of-education/business-office/office-staff Business Office Staff
  19. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  20. https://www.mendhamtwp.org/about-mt/board-of-education Board of Education
  21. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/3100.pdf#page=42 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Mendham Township School District

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