Stanhope Public Schools Explained

Stanhope Public Schools
Superintendent:Steven Hagemann
Businessadmin:Debi LeBrun
Address:24 Valley Road
Zipcode:07874
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.9144°N -74.7055°W
Schools:1
Enrollment:302 (as of 2022–23)
Ratio:9.5:1
Free Text:GH

The Stanhope Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Stanhope, in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] [2] [3] [4]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 302 students and 31.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.5:1.[5]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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]

For ninth through twelfth grades, the borough shares Lenape Valley Regional High School, which serves public school students from Netcong in Morris County and the Sussex County community of Byram Township.[7] As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 657 students and 54.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[8] Students from the borough had attended Sparta High School until 1974, when the Lenape Valley district was created.[9] [10] [11]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics[12]) are:

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13] [14]

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.[15] [16] [17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.stanhopeschools.org/cms/lib03/NJ01001951/Centricity/Domain/40/Stanhope%200000%20Bylaw%2001-02-2014.pdf#page=7 Stanhope Board of Education Bylaw 0110 - Identification
  2. https://www.sussex.nj.us/documents/SuperintendentofSchools/Sussex-County-CST-Directory-2023-24.pdf#page=22 Public School Directory 2023-2024
  3. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/37/5030 School Performance Reports for the Stanhope School District
  4. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/5030 New Jersey School Directory for the Stanhope Public Schools
  5. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3415720&DistrictID=3415720 District information for Stanhope School District
  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/1516/37/2615/050.html Lenape Valley Regional High School 2016 Report Card Narrative
  8. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408500&ID=340850005378 School data for Lenape Valley Regional High School
  9. Gansberg, Martin. "Netcong Links Its Problems to I‐80", The New York Times, September 29, 1974. Accessed December 14, 2016. "And taxes have taken a big jump because of the need for joining with adjacent Stanhope in operating a regional high school, Lenape Valley, which opened last week.... The reason for the increase is because Netcong had to join with Stanhope, which is in Sussex County, to construct the regional high school."
  10. Staff. "New Jersey Sports Lenape Start Fast", The New York Times, October 26, 1974. Accessed December 14, 2016. "Snyder is the 36‐year‐old head football coach at new Lenape Valley Regional High School, which opened its doors last month to students who formerly attended Sparta High and defunct Netcong High."
  11. Carlson, Joe. "Christmas star is subject of planetarium show", New Jersey Herald, November 15, 2013. Accessed December 14, 2016. "The 53-seat planetarium, the only one in Sussex County, has been teaching students about the universe since Netcong, Byram and Stanhope combined to form Lenape Valley Regional High School in 1974."
  12. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3415720 Data for the Stanhope Public Schools
  13. https://www.stanhopeschools.org/domain/39 Administration
  14. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/sussex New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County
  15. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  16. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/19/5030.pdf#page=40 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Borough of Stanhope School District
  17. https://www.stanhopeschools.org/domain/22 Board of Education Members

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