Netcong School District

Netcong School District
Address
26 College Road
Netcong
, Morris County, New Jersey, 07857
United States
Coordinates40°53′59″N 74°41′57″W / 40.899821°N 74.699237°W / 40.899821; -74.699237
District information
GradesPreK to 8
SuperintendentKathleen E. Walsh
Business administratorPaul Stabile
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment299 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty32.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio9.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.netcongschool.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,1419$18,891−14.6%
1Budgetary Cost12,5111314,159−11.6%
2Classroom Instruction8,154218,659−5.8%
6Support Services1,29332,167−40.3%
8Administrative Cost1,701411,54710.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,238111,612−23.2%
13Extracurricular Activities1252910420.2%
16Median Teacher Salary62,0005561,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

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

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 299 students and 32.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.3:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Lenape Valley Regional High School, which serves Netcong and the Sussex County communities of Stanhope and Byram Township.[7] As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 667 students and 58.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1.[8]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Netcong 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. ^ Netcong Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Netcong School District. Accessed September 19, 2024. "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 eight in the Netcong School District. Composition: The Netcong School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Netcong."
  4. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Netcong School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  5. ^ School Performance Reports for the Netcong School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  6. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  7. ^ Lenape Valley Regional High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 21, 2017. "Lenape Valley Regional High School is a comprehensive, academic high school serving approximately 800 students in grades 9 through 12 from Byram Township and Stanhope Borough in Sussex County and from Netcong Borough in Morris County."
  8. ^ School data for Lenape Valley Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.