Monroe Township School District

For the school district in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, see Monroe Township Public Schools.

Monroe Township School District
Address
423 Buckelew Avenue
Monroe Township
, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 08831
United States
Coordinates40°19′43″N 74°24′34″W / 40.328744°N 74.409365°W / 40.328744; -74.409365
District information
GradesK-12
SuperintendentChari Chanley
Business administratorLaura Allen (acting)
Schools8
Students and staff
Enrollment6,829 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty533.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupFG
Websitewww.monroe.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,61253$18,891−1.5%
1Budgetary Cost14,0634314,783−4.9%
2Classroom Instruction8,362368,763−4.6%
6Support Services2,021352,392−15.5%
8Administrative Cost1,458541,485−1.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,753621,783−1.7%
13Extracurricular Activities3308426823.1%
16Median Teacher Salary56,2981164,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Monroe Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Monroe Township, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising eight schools, had an enrollment of 6,829 students and 533.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1.[1]

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.[4]

Students from Jamesburg attend Monroe Township High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Jamesburg Public Schools established in 1980.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Monroe Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Monroe Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 7, 2020. "Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades kindergarten through twelfth in the Monroe Township School District. Composition: The Monroe Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Monroe Township."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  5. ^ Monroe Township High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 12, 2017. "Monroe Township High School is centrally located within a forty-three square mile suburban community in Southern Middlesex County. Originally opened on Perrineville Road in 1973, the high school became a receiving school for approximately 300 high school age students from neighboring Jamesburg in 1980."
  6. ^ Cheslow, Jerry. "A Townful of Empty Nesters", The New York Times, October 14, 2007. Accessed September 7, 2014. "In addition to the four elementary schools, the Applegarth Middle School teaches Grades 7 and 8, and the 1,400-student Monroe Township High School covers Grades 9 through 12. It is shared with the borough of Jamesburg, the 'hole in the doughnut' municipality in the center of the township."