Hillsborough Township School District

Hillsborough Township School District
Address
379 South Branch Road
Hillsborough Township
, Somerset County, New Jersey, 08844
United States
Coordinates40°30′18″N 74°40′24″W / 40.505059°N 74.673435°W / 40.505059; -74.673435
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentMichael Volpe[1]
Business administratorGerald Eckert[2]
Schools9
Students and staff
Enrollment7,288 (as of 2020–21)[3]
Faculty596.6 FTEs[3]
Student–teacher ratio12.2:1[3]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.htps.us
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,50537$18,891−7.3%
1Budgetary Cost13,6243614,783−7.8%
2Classroom Instruction8,540448,763−2.5%
6Support Services2,447642,3922.3%
8Administrative Cost1,211141,485−18.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,14261,783−36.0%
13Extracurricular Activities25453268−5.2%
16Median Teacher Salary66,3056064,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[4]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Hillsborough Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Hillsborough Township in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[5] Students from Millstone attend the district's schools, originally as part of a sending/receiving relationship; the New Jersey commissioner of education merged Millstone's non-operating school district with the Hillsborough Township School District, effective July 1, 2009.[6]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising nine schools, had an enrollment of 7,288 students and 596.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.[3]

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.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Volpe was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Eckert was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d District information for Hillsborough Township Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  4. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  5. ^ Hillsborough Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Hillsborough Township Public Schools. Accessed May 15, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 in the Hillsborough Township School District. Composition: The Hillsborough Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Hillsborough Township. Millstone Borough is included in the district under the terms of a sending-receiving relationship."
  6. ^ June 30, 2009 Letter from Lucille Davy to Millstone School District Board President Merging Millstone with Hillsborough, New Jersey Department of Education Accessed October 17, 2018.
  7. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2009.