West Amwell Township School District

The West Amwell Township School District was a community public school district that served students in pre-Kindergarten through sixth grade from West Amwell Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The district's school is now part of the South Hunterdon Regional School District, which also includes Lambertville and Stockton.

West Amwell Township School District
1417 Route 179
Lambertville, NJ 08530
District information
GradesK-6
SuperintendentDr. Michael G. Kozak
Business administratorSue Simonye
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment244 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty23.6 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio10.34:1
Other information
District Factor GroupFG
Websitewww.westamwellschool.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-6
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$19,25143$18,8911.9%
1Budgetary Cost15,4913713,64913.5%
2Classroom Instruction9,761398,36616.7%
6Support Services2,532402,16117.2%
8Administrative Cost1,846491,46725.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,348191,552−13.1%
13Extracurricular Activities4139−89.7%
16Median Teacher Salary64,3925157,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

In a special election held in September 2013, voters from Lambertville, Stockton and West Amwell Township passed referendums to dissolve the South Hunterdon Regional High School District and to combine the three existing K-6 school districts from each municipality (Lambertville City School District, Stockton Borough School District and West Amwell Township School District), with majorities in each community passing both ballot items. A single combined regional district would be created, serving students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade, in which property taxes would be levied under a formula in which 57% is based on property values and 43% on the number of students. The executive county superintendent will appoint an interim board of education for the new regional district, which will be responsible for implementing the merger.[3]

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 244 students and 23.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.34:1.[1]

The district was 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]

Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades attended the South Hunterdon Regional High School in Lambertville, part of the South Hunterdon Regional High School District, which serves students from Lambertville, Stockton and West Amwell Township.[5]

School

The West Amwell Township Elementary School had an enrollment of 244 students as of the 2011-12 school year.[6]

  • Scott Uribe, principal[7]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration were:[8]

  • Dr. Michael G. Kozak, superintendent[7]
  • Sue Simonye, business administrator and board secretary[9]

References
  1. District information for West Amwell Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 9, 2014.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. Tredrea, John. "LAMBERTVILLE: Schools turn how to make merger work; After historic vote, decisions on buildings, contracts need to be made", The Beacon, October 2, 2013. Accessed October 15, 2013. "Now that the two referendum questions on merging the Stockton, West Amwell, Lambertville and South Hunterdon Regional High School districts into one pre-k to grade 12 district have been overwhelmingly approved, the process of implementing the regionalization can begin."
  4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 9, 2014.
  5. South Hunterdon Regional High School 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 15, 2013. "Bordering the Delaware River and located in the culturally rich and rural region of Southern Hunterdon County, South Hunterdon Regional High School serves the communities of Lambertville, Stockton, and West Amwell."
  6. School Data for the West Amwell Township School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 30, 2013.
  7. Administration, West Amwell Township School District. Accessed October 15, 2013.
  8. New Jersey School Directory Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 15, 2013.
  9. Support Staff, West Amwell Township Elementary School. Accessed October 15, 2013.

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