Sparta Township Public School District

Sparta Township Public School District
18 Mohawk Avenue
Sparta, NJ 07871
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Dennis Tobin
Business administrator Linda Alvarez
Schools 4
Students and staff
Enrollment 3,697 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 268.2 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.78:1
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website http://www.sparta.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
Average
%± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$19,41153$18,8912.8%
1Budgetary Cost13,4842914,783-8.8%
2Classroom Instruction8,088338,763-7.7%
6Support Services2,085372,392-12.8%
8Administrative Cost1,363161,485-8.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,557301,783-12.7%
13Extracurricular Activities3321626823.9%
16Median Teacher Salary68,8635464,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

The Sparta Township Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves over students from Sparta Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. The Board of Education Offices are located in the Mohawk Avenue School Building.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 3,697 students and 268.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.78:1.[1]

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

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5][6]

Elementary schools
Middle school
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][13]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Sparta 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. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 10, 2014.
  4. School Data for the Sparta Township Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 13, 2014.
  5. Home page, Sparta Township Public School District. Accessed August 13, 2014. "The Alpine School is home to our Prekindergarten and Kindergarten students, along with grades one and two. The Mohawk Avenue School houses students in grades three, and the Helen Morgan School houses students in grades four and five. The Sparta Middle School contains grades six through eight, and our High School is comprised of grades nine through twelve."
  6. New Jersey School Directory for the Sparta Township Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 13, 2014.
  7. Helen Morgan School, Sparta Township Public School District. Accessed August 13, 2014.
  8. Alpine Elementary School, Sparta Township Public School District. Accessed August 13, 2014.
  9. Mohawk Avenue School, Sparta Township Public School District. Accessed August 13, 2014.
  10. Sparta Middle School, Sparta Township Public School District. Accessed August 13, 2014.
  11. Sparta High School, Sparta Township Public School District. Accessed August 13, 2014.
  12. Staff Directory, Sparta Township School District. Accessed August 13, 2014.
  13. New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 13, 2014.

External links

Coordinates: 41°02′01″N 74°38′21″W / 41.033574°N 74.63908°W / 41.033574; -74.63908

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