Elsinboro Township School District

Elsinboro Township School District
Address
631 Salem-Fort Elfsborg Road Elsinboro Township , Salem County, New Jersey, 08079 United States
Coordinates	39.550973°N 75.518236°W / 39.550973; -75.518236
District information
Grades	K-8
Superintendent	Laural Kretzer
Business administrator	Melanie M. Allen
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	119 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty	15.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	7.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	www.elsinboroschool.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,184 10 $18,891 −14.3% 1 Budgetary Cost 10,261 2 14,159 −27.5% 2 Classroom Instruction 6,633 7 8,659 −23.4% 6 Support Services 1,253 2 2,167 −42.2% 8 Administrative Cost 1,414 11 1,547 −8.6% 10 Operations & Maintenance 901 2 1,612 −44.1% 13 Extracurricular Activities 4 1 104 −96.2% 16 Median Teacher Salary 52,897 13 61,136 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 Elsinboro Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Elsinboro Township, in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 119 students and 15.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.6:1.^[1] In the 2016–17 school year, Elsinboro was tied as the 18th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 129 students.^[4]

Elsinboro was one of two districts added to the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program in October 2011, opening up 100 student seats that are available to students from outside the district, who were eligible to apply to attend starting in the 2012-13 school year.^[5][6]

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.^[7]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Salem High School in Salem City, together with students from Lower Alloways Creek Township, Mannington Township and Quinton Township, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Salem City School District.^[8][9][10] As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 420 students and 38.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.^[11]

School

The Elsinboro Township School had an enrollment of 117 students in grades K-8 in the 2022–23 school year.^[12][13]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[14]

• Laural Kretzer, superintendent^[15]
• Melanie Allen, business administrator and board secretary, is the administrator for the Alloway Township School District and performs the same role in Elsinboro Township as part of a shared services agreement.^[16]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of seven members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^{[17][18][19][20]}

References

1. District information for Elsinboro 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. School Performance Reports for the Elsinboro Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
4. Guion, Payton. "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 18. Elsinboro Township (tie) - Enrollment: 129; Grades: K-8; County: Salem"
5. Staff. "Christie Administration expands educational choice by offering 3,126 interdistrict choice seats in 71 school districts Deadline for parents to submit a letter of intent to apply for 2012-13 school year is November 1", New Jersey Department of Education, October 24, 2011. Accessed October 24, 2011.
6. Elsinboro Township School, Interdistrict Public School Choice Program. Accessed October 24, 2011.
7. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
8. Our Sending Districts, Salem City School District (New Jersey). Accessed January 24, 2017. "Salem High School welcomes students from: Elsinboro Township School; Lower Alloways Creek School; Mannington Township School; Quinton Township School"
9. Shott, Meghan. "Salem High School", SouthJersey.com. Accessed January 24, 2017. "Students from Elsinboro, Lower Alloways Creek Township, Mannington Township and Quinton Township attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship, according to the school’s 2010 Report Card from the NJ Department of Education."
10. Bumpus, Robert L. Salem County Report on Consolidation and Regionalization, Salem County, New Jersey Executive County Superintendent, March 15, 2010. "In this area of Salem County four P-8 districts, Lower Alloway Creek, Quinton, Elsinboro, and Mannington Townships have a send/receive agreement with neighboring Salem City to send their students to Salem High School."
11. School data for Salem High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
12. School Data for the Elsinboro Township School, National Center for Education Statistics. February February 1, 2024.
13. New Jersey School Directory for the Elsinboro Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
14. New Jersey School Directory for Salem County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
15. Staff, Elsinboro Township School District. Accessed April 26, 2024.
16. Business Office, Alloway Township School District. Accessed March 22, 2023. "In addition, the district has also contracted to provide the same business services to several other local school districts. Currently, the Alloway Twp. School District is entered into shared service agreements with Elsinboro and Lower Alloways Creek School Districts. Our school district Business Administrator is Melanie Allen. Ms. Allen also serves as the Board Secretary and the liaison to the Board of Education."
17. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
18. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Elsinboro Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed March 6, 2024. "The Elsinboro School District is a Type II District located in the County of Salem, State or New Jersey. As a Type lI District, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of seven members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that two or three members' terms expire each year. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades K-8."
19. Elsinboro Township Board of Education District Policy 9110 - Membership and Terms of Office, Elsinboro Township Public Schools. Accessed March 6, 2024. "The Board of Education shall be comprised of seven (7) members who are qualified voters and residents of the school district, and who are elected by the voters of the district, at the annual School Board election."
20. Board of Education Contact Information, Elsinboro Township School District. Accessed March 6, 2024.

External links

• Elsinboro Township School
• School Performance Reports for the Elsinboro Township School, New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Elsinboro Township School, National Center for Education Statistics