Bedminster Township School District

Bedminster Township School District
Address
234 Somerville Road
Bedminster
, Somerset County, New Jersey, 07921
United States
Coordinates40°40′45″N 74°38′43″W / 40.679042°N 74.645383°W / 40.679042; -74.645383
District information
GradesPre-K to 8
SuperintendentJennifer Giordano
Business administratorEulalia Gillis (interim)
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment455 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty53.9 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio8.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.bedminsterschool.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,32951$18,8917.6%
1Budgetary Cost16,1575014,15914.1%
2Classroom Instruction9,945528,65914.9%
6Support Services2,733552,16726.1%
8Administrative Cost1,612271,5474.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,660381,6123.0%
13Extracurricular Activities1744510467.3%
16Median Teacher Salary64,4654061,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Bedminster Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Bedminster, in Somerset 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 455 students and 53.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.5:1.[1]

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]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Bernards High School,[8] as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Somerset Hills Regional School District, a K - 12 district that also serves students from Bernardsville, Far Hills and Peapack-Gladstone.[9] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 819 students and 66.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1.[10]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Bedminster Township Public 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. ^ Bedminster Township Board of Education District Policy - Identification, Bedminster Township School District. Accessed December 14, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through eight in the Bedminster Township School District. Composition: The Bedminster Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Bedminster Township."
  4. '^ Public Schools Directory 2023–2024, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed March 12, 2024.
  5. ^ School Performance Reports for the Bedminster Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  6. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Bedminster Township Public School, 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 December 6, 2014.
  8. ^ Bedminster Township School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 19, 2017. "After graduation from the 8th grade, the majority of our students attend Bernards High School."
  9. ^ Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed May 19, 2017.
  10. ^ School data for Bernards High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.