Dennis Township Public Schools

Dennis Township Public Schools
601 Hagen Road Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
District information
Grades	K-8
Superintendent	Mark B. Miller
Business administrator	Abromo Vallese (interim)
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	608 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty	69.7 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio	8.72:1
Other information
District Factor Group	CD
Website	Official website
Ind. Per Pupil District Spending Rank (*) K-8 Average %± vs. Average 1A Total Spending $22,733 59 $18,891 20.3% 1 Budgetary Cost 15,442 43 14,159 9.1% 2 Classroom Instruction 9,506 46 8,659 9.8% 6 Support Services 1,995 22 2,167 -7.9% 8 Administrative Cost 1,715 34 1,547 10.9% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,852 50 1,612 14.9% 13 Extracurricular Activities 92 22 104 -11.5% 16 Median Teacher Salary 65,849 46 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Dennis Township Public Schools are a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Dennis Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 608 students and 69.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.72:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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 Middle Township High School in Cape May Court House, together with students from Avalon, Stone Harbor and Woodbine, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Middle Township Public Schools.^[4][5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics^[6]) are:^[7]

• Dennis Township Primary School^[8] for grades K-2 (188 students)
  • Mark B. Miller, Principal for grades K-2^[9]
• Dennis Township Elementary School^[10] for grades 3-5
• Dennis Township Middle School^[11] for grades 6-8 (420 students combined in grades 3-8)
  • Joseph A. LaRosa, Principal for grades 3-8^[12]

Administration

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

• Mark B. Miller, Superintendent^[14]
• Abromo Vallese, Interim Business Administrator / Board Secretary^[15]

References

1. District information for Dennis Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 17, 2014.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 17, 2014.
4. Middle Township High School 2013 School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015. "Middle Township High School is a four-year, accredited, comprehensive high school situated in central Cape May County. The school serves the communities of Middle Township, Dennis Township, Avalon, Stone Harbor, and now Woodbine Borough."
5. Home page, Middle Township Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2014. "The high school is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades. In addition to students from Middle Township, students from Avalon, Dennis Township, Stone Harbor and Woodbine attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships."
6. School Data for the Dennis Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 17, 2014.
7. New Jersey School Directory for the Dennis Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 17, 2014.
8. Dennis Township Primary School, Dennis Township Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2014.
9. Principal Grade Pre-K-2, Dennis Township Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2014.
10. Dennis Township Elementary School, Dennis Township Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2014.
11. Dennis Township Middle School, Dennis Township Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2014.
12. Principal Grade 3-8, Dennis Township Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2014.
13. New Jersey School Directory for Cape May County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 16, 2014.
14. Superintendent, Dennis Township School District. Accessed December 17, 2014.
15. Business Administrator Superintendent, Dennis Township School District. Accessed December 17, 2014.

External links

• Dennis Township Public Schools
• Dennis Township Public Schools's 2012–13 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Dennis Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics

Coordinates: 39°10′14″N 74°47′41″W / 39.170424°N 74.794649°W