Franklin Borough School District

Franklin Borough School District
Address
50 Washington Avenue
Franklin
, Sussex County, New Jersey, 07416
United States
Coordinates41°07′01″N 74°35′00″W / 41.116955°N 74.583373°W / 41.116955; -74.583373
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentJ.R. Giacchi
Business administratorBarbara Decker
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment477 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty49.5 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio9.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupCD
Websitewww.fboe.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,09929$18,891−4.2%
1Budgetary Cost15,9754514,15912.8%
2Classroom Instruction9,286428,6597.2%
6Support Services2,344382,1678.2%
8Administrative Cost1,985621,54728.3%
10Operations & Maintenance2,136591,61232.5%
13Extracurricular Activities21855104109.6%
16Median Teacher Salary58,8352961,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Franklin Borough School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Franklin, in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4][5][6]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 477 students and 49.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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.[7]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Wallkill Valley Regional High School which also serves students from Hardyston Township, Hamburg Borough and Ogdensburg Borough, and is part of the Wallkill Valley Regional High School District.[8][9] As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 615 students and 50.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1.[10]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Franklin Borough School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Franklin Borough Board of Education Bylaw 0110 - Identification, Franklin Borough School District. Accessed March 7, 2024. "Composition: The Franklin School District shall be comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Franklin for the purpose of providing a program of education in grades Kindergarten through 8."
  4. ^ Public School Directory 2023-2024, Sussex County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024.
  5. ^ School Performance Reports for the Franklin Borough School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  6. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Franklin Borough School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  7. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 7, 2014.
  8. ^ Wallkill Valley Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Wallkill Valley Regional High School. Accessed march 7, 2024. "Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Wallkill Valley Regional High School District. Composition The Wallkill Valley Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Franklin, Hamburg, Hardyston, and Ogdensburg."
  9. ^ Jennings, Rob. "Wallkill Valley grad named superintendent/principal" Archived October 29, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Herald, August 26, 2015. Accessed October 28, 2017. "Wallkill Valley Regional High School enrolls students from Hamburg, Hardyston, Ogdensburg and Franklin."
  10. ^ School data for Wallkill Valley Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.