Stanhope Public Schools

The Stanhope Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Stanhope, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.[3]

Stanhope Public Schools
Address
24 Valley Road Stanhope, NJ 07874 Sussex County United States
Coordinates	40.914448°N 74.705514°W
District information
Grades	K-8
Superintendent	Steven Hagemann
Business administrator	Dr. Steven E. McHugh Sr.
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	303 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	32.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	GH
Website	www.stanhopeschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,131 20 $18,891 −9.3% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,564 16 14,159 −4.2% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,579 12 8,659 −12.5% 6 Support Services 2,568 38 2,167 18.5% 8 Administrative Cost 1,968 66 1,547 27.2% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,351 15 1,612 −16.2% 13 Extracurricular Activities 97 23 104 −6.7% 16 Median Teacher Salary 58,220 36 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 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 303 students and 32.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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 ninth through twelfth grades, the borough shares Lenape Valley Regional High School, which serves public school students from Netcong in Morris County and the Sussex County community of Byram Township.[5] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 691 students and 58.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1.[6] Students from the borough had attended Sparta High School until 1974, when the Lenape Valley district was created.[7][8][9]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics[10]) are:

• Valley Road Elementary (PreK-8; 310)
  • Alicia Finklea-DiCataldo, Principal[11]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[11][12]

• Steven Hagemann, Superintendent
• Dr. Steven E. McHugh Sr., Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of seven 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 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 day-to-day operation of the district.[13][14][15]

References

1. District information for Stanhope 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. Stanhope Board of Education Bylaw 0110 - Identification, Stanhope Public Schools. Accessed September 2, 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 eight in the Stanhope School District. Composition: The Stanhope School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Stanhope."
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 9, 2015.
5. Lenape Valley Regional High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 5, 2017. "Lenape Valley Regional High School is a comprehensive, academic high school serving approximately 800 students in grades 9 through 12 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 April 1, 2020.
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. Data for the Stanhope Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
11. Administration, Stanhope Public Schools. Accessed September 2, 2020.
12. New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
13. 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.
14. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Borough of Stanhope School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed September 2, 2020. "The Board is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board consists of elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District."
15. Board of Education, Stanhope Public Schools. Accessed September 2, 2020.

External links

• Stanhope Public Schools
• Stanhope Public Schools's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Stanhope Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
• Lenape Valley Regional High School