Harding Township School District

Harding Township School District
Address
34 Lee's Hill Road
Harding Township
, Morris County, New Jersey, 07976
United States
Coordinates40°44′37″N 74°28′39″W / 40.743601°N 74.477637°W / 40.743601; -74.477637
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentMatthew A. Spelker
Business administratorJohn Jennings
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment291 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty44.3 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio6.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupJ
Websitewww.hardingtwp.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$23,32960$18,89123.5%
1Budgetary Cost20,4056214,15944.1%
2Classroom Instruction10,443518,65920.6%
6Support Services3,566582,16764.6%
8Administrative Cost1,735441,54712.2%
10Operations & Maintenance2,855631,61277.1%
13Extracurricular Activities46066104342.3%
16Median Teacher Salary61,0405161,136
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 Harding Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Harding Township, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4][5]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 291 students and 44.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.6:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the-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 Madison High School in Madison, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Madison Public Schools.[7] As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 839 students and 69.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[8]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Harding Township 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. ^ Harding Township Board of Education District Policy - Identification, Harding Township School District. Accessed January 29, 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 eight in the Harding Township School District. Composition: The Harding Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Harding Township."
  4. ^ School Performance Reports for the Harding Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  5. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Harding Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  6. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  7. ^ Madison High School 2016 Report Card Narrative[permanent dead link], New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Madison High School also enjoys the benefits of our sending-receiving relationship with Harding Township, a nearby K-8 school district. Students from Harding and Madison become a cohesive class in their four years together."
  8. ^ School data for Madison High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.