Mine Hill School District

Mine Hill School District
Canfield Avenue
Mine Hill, NJ 07803
District information
Grades K-6
Superintendent Dr. Joanne Calabro
Business administrator Melissa Simmons
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 417 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 30.5 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.67:1
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website http://www.minehillcas.org/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-6
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$15,60011$18,891-17.4%
1Budgetary Cost12,4691113,649-8.6%
2Classroom Instruction7,09568,366-15.2%
6Support Services2,111272,161-2.3%
8Administrative Cost1,662331,46713.3%
10Operations & Maintenance1,537281,552-1.0%
13Extracurricular Activities63293961.5%
16Median Teacher Salary59,3533457,437
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 Mine Hill School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade from Mine Hill Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 417 students and 30.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.67:1.[1]

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5]

Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades attend Dover High School in Dover, together with students from Victory Gradens, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Dover School District.[6]

Awards and recognition

During the 1991-92 school year, Canfield Avenue School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[7]

School

Canfield Avenue School had an enrollment of 417 students during the 2011-12 school year.[8]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Mine Hill Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  4. ↑ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  5. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  6. ↑ Dover High School 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 21, 2015. "Dover High School, located 40 miles from New York City, services approximately 900 high school students from the Town of Dover, the Borough of Victory Gardens, and the Township of Mine Hill. "
  7. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
  8. ↑ School Data for the Mine Hill Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  9. ↑ Canfield Avenue School Principal, Mine Hill School District. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  10. ↑ Staff Directory, Mine Hill School District. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  12. ↑ Superintendent, Mine Hill School District. Accessed December 8, 2014.

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Coordinates: 40°52′35″N 74°36′11″W / 40.876302°N 74.603127°W / 40.876302; -74.603127

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