Plumsted Township School District

Plumsted Township School District
Address
117 Evergreen Road
New Egypt
, Ocean County, New Jersey, 08533
United States
Coordinates40°04′47″N 74°31′56″W / 40.079825°N 74.532119°W / 40.079825; -74.532119
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentMichelle Halperin-Krain
Business administratorSean Gately
Schools3
Students and staff
Enrollment1,216 (as of 2019–20)[1]
Faculty126.6 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio9.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.newegypt.us
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,88026$18,891−5.4%
1Budgetary Cost13,2341714,783−10.5%
2Classroom Instruction7,752208,763−11.5%
6Support Services2,046272,392−14.5%
8Administrative Cost1,495131,4850.7%
10Operations & Maintenance1,390101,783−22.0%
13Extracurricular Activities5313426898.1%
16Median Teacher Salary57,6801864,043
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 Plumsted Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that educates students in kindergarten through twelfth grade (in addition to special education students in pre-kindergarten) from Plumsted Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,216 students and 126.6 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 "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.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Plumsted Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2021.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Plumsted Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Plumsted Township School District. Accessed May 17, 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 twelve in the Plumsted Township School District. Composition: The Plumsted Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Plumsted Township."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.