Upper Township School District

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Upper Township School District
525 Perry Road
Petersburg, NJ 08270
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Vincent J. Palmieri, Jr.
Business administrator Laurie Ryan
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,374 (as of 2013-14)[1]
Faculty 116.5 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 11.8:1
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website http://www.upperschools.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1A Total Spending $17,115 40 $18,891 -9.4%
1 Budgetary Cost 14,748 54 14,159 4.2%
2 Classroom Instruction 8,847 53 8,659 2.2%
6 Support Services 2,138 48 2,167 -1.3%
8 Administrative Cost 1,717 62 1,547 11.0%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,947 73 1,612 20.8%
13 Extracurricular Activities 65 19 104 -37.5%
16 Median Teacher Salary 61,069 43 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 Upper Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Upper Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. Students from Corbin City, a non-operating district, attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[3][4]

As of the 2013-14 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,374 students and 116.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.[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.[5]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades from Upper Township attend Ocean City High School in Ocean City as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Ocean City School District, along with students from Corbin City and Sea Isle City.[6] As of the 2013-14 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,221 students and 106.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1.[7] 70% of students in Ocean City High School are from Upper Township.[citation needed]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2013-14 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9]

Elementary schools
  • Upper Township Primary School[10] (PreK-2; 471 students)
    • Jamie Gillespie, Principal
  • Upper Township Elementary School[11] (3-5; 421)
    • Andrea Urbano, Principal
Middle school
  • Upper Township Middle School[12] (6-8; 482)
    • Jeff Leek, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13][14]

  • Vincent J. Palmieri, Jr., Superintendent
  • Laurie Ryan, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 District information for Upper Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 2, 2016.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed March 31, 2011.
  4. Higgins, Columb. "$35M Upper Township school budget includes large tuition increase to Ocean City", Upper Township Gazette, March 18, 2015. Accessed March 23, 2015. "The district also anticipates $736,825 in tuition revenue, mostly from the Corbin City School District, which sends its students to Upper Township grade schools."
  5. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 18, 2014.
  6. Ocean City High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 31, 2016. "Ocean City High School is a comprehensive high school serving the communities of Ocean City, Upper Township, Sea Isle City, and Corbin City, with an enrollment of over 1,250 students."
  7. School Data for Ocean City High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 31, 2016.
  8. School Data for the Upper Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 2, 2016.
  9. New Jersey School Directory for the Upper Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 18, 2014.
  10. Upper Township Primary School, Upper Township School District. Accessed December 18, 2014.
  11. Upper Township Elementary School, Upper Township School District. Accessed December 18, 2014.
  12. Upper Township Middle School, Upper Township School District. Accessed December 18, 2014.
  13. Upper Township School District Administration, Upper Township School District. Accessed May 2, 2016.
  14. New Jersey School Directory for Cape May County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 18, 2014.

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