Lumberton Township School District

Lumberton Township School District
Administration Offices Lumberton, NJ 08048
District information
Grades	pre-K to 8
Superintendent	Frank Logandro
Business administrator	Thomas Fanuka
Schools	4
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,624 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty	109.2 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio	14.87:1
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	www.lumberton.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District Spending Rank (*) K-8 Average %± vs. Average 1A Total Spending $21,303 81 $18,891 12.8% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,304 31 14,159 -6.0% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,865 26 8,659 -9.2% 6 Support Services 1,964 34 2,167 -9.4% 8 Administrative Cost 1,743 65 1,547 12.7% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,624 52 1,612 0.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 107 53 104 2.9% 16 Median Teacher Salary 65,450 68 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Lumberton Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade. With an average addition of 80-100 students per year, Lumberton has been one of the most rapidly growing school districts in South Jersey.^[3]

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,624 students and 109.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.87:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.^[4]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend the Rancocas Valley Regional High School, a comprehensive regional public high school serving students from five communities encompassing approximately 40 square miles (100 km²) comprising the communities of Eastampton Township, Hainesport Township, Lumberton Township, Mount Holly Township and Westampton Township.^[5][6] The school is located in Mount Holly Township and is part of the Rancocas Valley Regional High School District.

Awards and recognition

For the 2005-06 school year, the Lumberton Township School District was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "Payday" Consumer, Family, and Life Skills program at Lumberton Middle School.^[7]

Lumberton Middle School was recognized as a New Jersey Star School.

Schools

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

Elementary schools

• Florence L. Walther School^[10] with 347 students in pre-Kindergarten to first grade
  • Coletta Black - Principal
• Ashbrook Elementary School^[11] with 342 students in grades 2 and 3
  • Scott Dailey - Principal
• Bobby's Run School^[12] with 361 students in grades 4 and 5
  • Tracy Hofstrom - Principal

Middle school

• Lumberton Middle School^[13] with 574 students in grades 6-8
  • Peter Defeo - Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:.^[14][15]

• Frank Logandro, Superintendent
• Thomas Fanuka, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

1. District information for Lumberton Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 13, 2014.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Harbach, Louise. "Fast-growing Lumberton District Looks At High-school Alternatives It Could Withdraw From The Rancocas Valley Regional High School District.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 19, 1998. Accessed August 13, 2014.
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
5. History of the School, Rancocas Valley Regional High School. Accessed August 13, 2014. "The district encompasses approximately 40 square miles (100 km²) and comprises the townships of Eastampton, Hainesport, Lumberton, Mount Holly, and Westampton."
6. Esposito, Martha. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, May 9, 2013. Accessed August 13, 2014. "RANCOCAS VALLEY REGIONAL - Serves: Eastampton, Hainesport, Lumberton, Mount Holly, Westampton"
7. New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06, accessed October 23, 2006
8. School Data for the Lumberton Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 13, 2014.
9. New Jersey School Directory for Lumberton Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 13, 2014.
10. Florence L. Walther School, Lumberton Township School District. Accessed August 13, 2014.
11. Ashbrook Elementary School, Lumberton Township School District. Accessed August 13, 2014.
12. Bobby's Run School, Lumberton Township School District. Accessed August 13, 2014.
13. Lumberton Middle School, Lumberton Township School District. Accessed August 13, 2014.
14. District Administration, Lumberton Township Schools. Accessed August 13, 2014.
15. New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 13, 2014.

External links

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

Coordinates: 39°58′08″N 74°47′50″W / 39.968979°N 74.79713°W