Harmony Township School District

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

Harmony Township School District
Address
2551 Belvidere Road Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 United States
Coordinates	40.740544°N 75.13976°W
District information
Grades	Pre-K to 8
Superintendent	Christopher Carrubba
Business administrator	Rachelle Tjalma
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	254 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty	29.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	8.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	www.htesd.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,136 36 $18,891 −4.0% 1 Budgetary Cost 17,293 52 14,159 22.1% 2 Classroom Instruction 10,750 59 8,659 24.1% 6 Support Services 2,611 42 2,167 20.5% 8 Administrative Cost 1,765 47 1,547 14.1% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,024 48 1,612 25.6% 13 Extracurricular Activities 144 36 104 38.5% 16 Median Teacher Salary 61,780 54 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

As of the 2017-18 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 254 students and 29.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.8:1.[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]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Belvidere High School, together with students from Hope Township and White Township, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Belvidere School District.[5][6] As of the 2017-18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 458 students and 42.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9]

• Harmony Township School, with 253 students in grades PreK-8
  • Brian Staples, Principal[10]

Administration

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

• Christopher Carrubba, Chief School Administrator
• Rachelle Tjalma, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

The district's board of education has nine 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 three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election.[12][13][14]

References

1. District information for Harmony 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. Warren County 2019-2020 Public School Directory, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed February 4, 2020.
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
5. Municipal Guide to Public School Districts, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed August 7, 2017.
6. Belvidere High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 7, 2017. "The District serves students from the Belvidere K-12 district and three surrounding K-8 districts; Hope, Harmony, and White."
7. School data for Belvidere High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
8. School Data for the Harmony Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2020.
9. New Jersey School Directory for the Harmony Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
10. Administration, Harmony Township School. Accessed February 4, 2020.
11. New Jersey School Directory for Warren 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 Harmony Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed February 4, 2020. "The Harmony Township School District is a Type II district located in the County of Warren, 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. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades K-8."
14. Board of Education, Harmony Township School District. Accessed February 4, 2020.

External links

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