Byram Township School District

The Byram Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Byram Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.[3]

Byram Township School District
Address
12 Mansfield Drive Stanhope, NJ 07874 United States
Coordinates	40.936814°N 74.706216°W
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Bryan Hensz
Business administrator	Alice Bresett
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	843 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty	87.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	I
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,665 32 $18,891 −11.8% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,419 34 14,159 −5.2% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,202 30 8,659 −5.3% 6 Support Services 2,132 47 2,167 −1.6% 8 Administrative Cost 1,504 34 1,547 −2.8% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,454 37 1,612 −9.8% 13 Extracurricular Activities 97 44 104 −6.7% 16 Median Teacher Salary 59,870 31 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

As of the 2017–18 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 843 students and 87.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.7:1.[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.[4]

For public school students in ninth through twelfth grades, the township shares Lenape Valley Regional High School, which also serves Netcong in Morris County and the Sussex County community of Stanhope.[5] As of the 2017–18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 706 students and 60.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.[6] Students from Byram Township had attended Sparta High School until 1974, when the Lenape Valley district was created.[7][8][9]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[10]) are:[11]

Elementary school

• Byram Lakes Elementary School[12] with 440 students in grades PreK - 4

Middle school

• Byram Intermediate School[13] with 400 students in grades 5 - 8

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14][15]

• Bryan Hensz, Superintendent[16]
• Alice Bresett, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[17]

The district's board of education has 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.[18][19][20]

References

1. District information for Byram Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Byram Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Byram Township School District. Accessed February 10, 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 Byram Township School District. Composition: The Byram Township School District is comprised of all the area within the County of Sussex."
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
5. Lenape Valley Regional High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 12, 2017. "The Lenape Valley Regional High School District (LVR) is a single-school district that receives students from Byram Township and Stanhope Borough in Sussex County and from Netcong Borough in Morris County."
6. School data for Lenape Valley Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
7. Gansberg, Martin. "Netcong Links Its Problems to I‐80", The New York Times, September 29, 1974. Accessed December 14, 2016. "And taxes have taken a big jump because of the need for joining with adjacent Stanhope in operating a regional high school, Lenape Valley, which opened last week.... The reason for the increase is because Netcong had to join with Stanhope, which is in Sussex County, to construct the regional high school."
8. Staff. "New Jersey Sports Lenape Start Fast", The New York Times, October 26, 1974. Accessed December 14, 2016. "Snyder is the 36‐year‐old head football coach at new Lenape Valley Regional High School, which opened its doors last month to students who formerly attended Sparta High and defunct Netcong High."
9. Carlson, Joe. "Christmas star is subject of planetarium show", New Jersey Herald, November 15, 2013. Accessed December 14, 2016. "The 53-seat planetarium, the only one in Sussex County, has been teaching students about the universe since Netcong, Byram and Stanhope combined to form Lenape Valley Regional High School in 1974."
10. Byram Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 22, 109.
11. New Jersey School Directory for the Byram Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
12. Byram Lakes Elementary School, Byram Township School District. Accessed October 22, 2019.
13. Byram Intermediate School, Byram Township School District. Accessed October 22, 2019.
14. Staff Directory, Byram Township School District. Accessed October 8, 2017.
15. New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
16. Superintendents Office, Byram Township School District. Accessed February 10, 2020.
17. Business Office, Byram Township School District. Accessed February 10, 2020.
18. 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.
19. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Byram Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed February 10, 2020. "The Byram Township School District is one of 616 school districts in the State of New Jersey and one of 26 school districts in Sussex County. The School District provides education for its preschool handicapped through eighth grade students. Geographically, the District is comprised of the Township of Byram only.... An elected seven-member Board of Education (the "Board") serves as the policy maker for the School District."
20. Board of Education, Byram Township School District. Accessed February 10, 2020.

External links

• Byram Township School District
• Byram Township School District's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Byram Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
• Lenape Valley Regional High School