Franklin Township Public Schools (Somerset County, New Jersey)

Franklin Township Public Schools
1755 Amwell Road Somerset, NJ 08873
District information
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	Dr. Leroy E. Seitz (interim)
Business administrator	John Calavano
Schools	9
Students and staff
Enrollment	7,771 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty	645.8 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio	12.03:1
Other information
District Factor Group	GH
Website	http://www.franklinboe.org
Ind. Per Pupil District Spending Rank (*) K-12 Average %± vs. Average 1A Total Spending $19,864 72 $18,891 5.2% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,080 44 14,783 -4.8% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,929 18 8,763 -9.5% 6 Support Services 2,488 67 2,392 4.0% 8 Administrative Cost 1,498 60 1,485 0.9% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,909 76 1,783 7.1% 13 Extracurricular Activities 223 42 268 -16.8% 16 Median Teacher Salary 57,800 14 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Franklin Township Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's nine schools had an enrollment of 7,771 students and 645.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.03:1.^[1]

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.^[3]

Awards and recognition

For the 1993-94 school year, Hillcrest Elementary School was named as a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.^[4] The school was honored again in the 1995-96 school year.^[5]

NAMM named the district in its 2009 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 124 school districts nationwide.^[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[7]) are:^[8][9][10]

Elementary schools (PreK-4)

• Conerly Road School^[11] (483 students)
• Elizabeth Avenue School^[12] (624)
• Franklin Park School^[13] (1,016)
• Hillcrest School^[14] (466)
• MacAfee Road School^[15] (492)
• Pine Grove Manor School^[16] (439)

Intermediate and middle schools

• Sampson G. Smith Intermediate School^[17] for grades 5-6 (1,160)
• Franklin Middle School^[18] for grades 7-8 (1,057)

High school

• Franklin High School^[19] for grades 9-12 (2,035)

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[20]

• Dr. Leroy E. Seitz, Interim Superintendent^[21]
• John Calavano, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

1. District information for Franklin Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 20, 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 September 20, 2014.
4. Star School Award recipient detail, New Jersey Department of Education, Archived December 18, 2006. Accessed November 26, 2009.
5. Star School Award recipient detail, New Jersey Department of Education, Archived December 18, 2006. Accessed December 3, 2009.
6. "Nationwide Survey Finds the 'Best Communities for Music Education' in U.S.", NAMM, April 16, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2009.
7. School Data for the Franklin Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 20, 2014.
8. Schools Directory, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
9. New Jersey School Directory for the Franklin Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 20, 2014.
10. 2013-2014 Somerset County Public School Directory, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed February 3, 2015.
11. Conerly Road School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
12. Elizabeth Avenue School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
13. Franklin Park School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
14. Hillcrest School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
15. MacAfee Road School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
16. Pine Grove Manor School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
17. Sampson G. Smith Intermediate School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
18. Franklin Middle School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
19. Franklin High School, Franklin Township Public Schools. Accessed September 20, 2014.
20. New Jersey School Directory for Somerset County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 1, 2012.
21. Superintendent's Message, Franklin Township Public Schools, September 4, 2014. Accessed September 20, 2014.

External links

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

Coordinates: 40°29′52″N 74°31′43″W / 40.497711°N 74.528562°W