Hopatcong Public Schools

Hopatcong Public Schools
Address
2 Windsor Avenue
Hopatcong
, Sussex County, New Jersey, 07843
United States
Coordinates40°56′22″N 74°39′31″W / 40.9395°N 74.658556°W / 40.9395; -74.658556
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentArthur DiBenedetto
Business administratorCarolyn Joseph
Schools4
Students and staff
Enrollment1,449 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty146.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio9.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupFG
Websitewww.hopatcongschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,28438$18,8917.4%
1Budgetary Cost15,9123914,7837.6%
2Classroom Instruction9,104398,7633.9%
6Support Services2,436352,3921.8%
8Administrative Cost1,982461,48533.5%
10Operations & Maintenance2,104461,78318.0%
13Extracurricular Activities2572268−4.1%
16Median Teacher Salary78,7504764,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

The Hopatcong Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Hopatcong, in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,449 students and 146.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.9:1.[1]

To address a significant reduction in state aid, Hudson Maxim School, which had served grades PreK-1, was closed at the end of the 2018-19 school year. For the 2019-20 school year, the grades were reconfigured across the remaining four school facilities.[5]

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.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Hopatcong Borough School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Hopatcong Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Hopatcong Public Schools. Accessed July 17, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades K through 12 in the Hopatcong Borough School District. Composition: The Hopatcong Borough School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Hopatcong."
  4. ^ Public School Directory 2020-2021, Sussex County, New Jersey. Accessed July 17, 2022.
  5. ^ Miller, Jennifer Jean. "Hopatcong BOE votes unanimously to close Hudson Maxim School", New Jersey Herald, December 18, 2018. Accessed May 7, 2020. "In response to an anticipated $8.8 million loss in state aid over the upcoming six years, the borough Board of Education voted unanimously, 9-0, on Monday night to reconfigure the district and close the Hudson Maxim School at the conclusion of the 2018-2019 school year. Pre-K students, kindergartners and first-graders from Hudson Maxim will start at Durban Avenue School in the fall. Tulsa Trail School will remain the location for second and third grade students. Fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh graders will be housed at Hopatcong Middle School. Eighth grade will join ninth through 12th graders at Hopatcong High School.... In addition to the loss of state aid, Hopatcong schools have been operating at less than half capacity, with about 1,600 of its 3,268 seats filled. Costs have increased 61 percent over the last decade, while enrollment dropped 34 percent."
  6. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 3, 2014.