Lower Township School District

Lower Township School District
834 Seashore Road
Cape May, NJ 08204
District information
Grades K-6
Superintendent George Drozdowski
Business administrator Frank Onorato
Schools 4
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,826 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 138.8 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.16:1
Other information
District Factor Group B
Website http://lowertwpschools.com/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-6
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$16,92925$18,891-10.4%
1Budgetary Cost13,6111913,649-0.3%
2Classroom Instruction8,170198,366-2.3%
6Support Services2,259302,1614.5%
8Administrative Cost1,28491,467-12.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,714381,55210.4%
16Median Teacher Salary55,8992557,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

The Lower Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through sixth grade from Lower Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,826 students and 138.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.16:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest 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]

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program.[4] Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.[5]

For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students attend the schools of the Lower Cape May Regional School District, which also serves students from Cape May City and West Cape May, along with students from Cape May Point who attend the district as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[6][7] Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are Richard M. Teitelman School[9] (grades 7 and 8; 532 students) and Lower Cape May Regional High School[6] (grades 9-12; 1,014).[10]

Awards and recognition

Maud Abrams School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.[11]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[12]) are:[13]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[15][19]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Lower 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. ↑ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  5. ↑ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  6. 1 2 Lower Cape May Regional High School, Lower Cape May Regional School District. Accessed December 17, 2014. "Lower Cape May Regional High School is a four year public school that serves students from four communities including Cape May, Lower Township, West Cape May and Cape May Point."
  7. ↑ Linehan, Mary. "Maud T. Abrams School", The Cape May Gazette, June 20, 2013. Accessed December 17, 2014. "The regional school district was formed in 1956 and now serves as a limited purpose regional school district educating students from Cape May, Cape May Point, West Cape May and Lower Township. Cape May Point students attend on a 'sending-receiving' basis."
  8. ↑ School Data for the Lower Cape May Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 17, 2014.
  9. ↑ Richard M. Teitelman School, Lower Cape May Regional School District. Accessed October 22, 2013.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Lower Cape May Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 22, 2013.
  11. ↑ McGreevey Celebrates Schools that are "Getting it Right": Schools of Excellence Winners Demonstrate Effectiveness of Governor’s Education Priorities, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated November 211, 2003. Accessed December 15, 2009.
  12. ↑ School Data for the Lower Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 17, 2014.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Lower Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 22, 2013.
  14. ↑ David C. Douglass Veterans Memorial School, Lower Township School District. Accessed October 22, 2013.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 District Faculty & Staff, Lower Township School District. Accessed December 17, 2014.
  16. ↑ Carl T. Mitnick School, Lower Township School District. Accessed October 22, 2013.
  17. ↑ Maud T. Abrams School, Lower Township School District. Accessed October 22, 2013.
  18. ↑ Charles W. Sandman Consolidated School, Lower Township School District. Accessed October 22, 2013.
  19. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Cape May County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 17, 2014.

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Coordinates: 38°58′13″N 74°55′14″W / 38.970405°N 74.920651°W / 38.970405; -74.920651

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