Florence Township School District

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

Florence Township School District
Address
201 Cedar Street Florence, NJ 08518 United States
Coordinates
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Donna Ambrosius
Business administrator	Melissa Livengood
Schools	3
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,581 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	128.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,427 29 $18,891 −2.5% 1 Budgetary Cost 11,871 6 14,783 −19.7% 2 Classroom Instruction 6,718 4 8,763 −23.3% 6 Support Services 1,606 6 2,392 −32.9% 8 Administrative Cost 1,396 6 1,485 −6.0% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,862 38 1,783 4.4% 13 Extracurricular Activities 289 5 268 7.8% 16 Median Teacher Salary 64,610 34 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,581 students and 128.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1.[1]

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.[4]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:[6]

Elementary schools

• Roebling Elementary School[7] with 396 students in grades PreK-3
  • Christopher Butler, Principal

Middle school

• Riverfront Middle School[8] with 694 students in grades 4-8
  • Jaime Mungo, Principal
  • Alex Taliaferro, Assistant Principal

High school

• Florence Township Memorial High School[9] with 452 students in grades 9-12
  • John M. Cogan, Principal
  • Maria Sadar, Assistant Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]

• Donna Ambrosius, Superintendent
• Melissa Livengood, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, with nine members, sets policy and oversees 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 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 day-to-day operation of the district.[12][13][14]

References

1. District information for Florence 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. 2018–2019 Burlington County Public Schools Directory, Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed June 24, 2020.
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
5. School Data for the Florence Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
6. New Jersey School Directory for the Florence Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
7. Roebling Elementary School, Florence Township School District. Accessed June 24, 2020.
8. Riverfront Middle School, Florence Township School District. Accessed June 24, 2020.
9. Florence Township Memorial High School, Florence Township School District. Accessed June 24, 2020.
10. Contact, Florence Township School District. Accessed June 24, 2020.
11. New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
12. 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.
13. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Florence Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed June 22, 2020. "The Florence Township School District (hereafter referred to as the 'District') is a Type II district located in the County of Burlington, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members’ terms expire each year. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades kindergarten through twelfth at its three schools."
14. School Board, Florence Township School District. Accessed June 24, 2020.

External links

• Florence Township School District
• Florence Township School District's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Florence Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics