Downe Township School District

The Downe Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Downe Township, in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3][4]

Downe Township School District
Address
220 Main Street Newport , Cumberland County, New Jersey, 08345 United States
Coordinates	39°17′49″N 75°09′53″W / 39.296942°N 75.164714°W / 39.296942; -75.164714
District information
Grades	PreK 3-8
Superintendent	Sherri Miller
Business administrator	Lisa DiNovi
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	157 (as of 2022–23)^[1]
Faculty	16.4 FTEs^[1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.6:1^[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	A
Website	www.downeschool.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,789 31 $18,891 −5.8% 1 Budgetary Cost 15,387 37 14,159 8.7% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,805 29 8,659 1.7% 6 Support Services 2,650 44 2,167 22.3% 8 Administrative Cost 1,487 22 1,547 −3.9% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,235 53 1,612 38.6% 13 Extracurricular Activities 29 9 104 −72.1% 16 Median Teacher Salary 69,748 67 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 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 157 students and 16.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6:1.^[1] In the 2016–17 school year, Downe had the 38th smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 185 students.^[5]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest 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.^[6]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Bridgeton High School in Bridgeton, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Bridgeton Public Schools.^[7][8] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,404 students and 112.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1.^[9]

School

Downe Township School had an enrollment of 183 students in grades PreK-8 for the 2018–19 school year.^[10]

• Sherri Miller, principal^[11]

Administration

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

• Sherri Miller, superintendent
• Lisa DiNovi, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, composed of 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 district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^[13][14]

References

1. District information for Downe 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 Downe Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
4. New Jersey School Directory for the Downe Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
5. 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.... 38. Downe Township; Enrollment: 185; Grades: Pre-K-8; County: Cumberland; Town population: 1,585"
6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
7. Western/Southern Cumberland Region Strategic Plan 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, Cumberland Development Corporation, January 2003. Accessed January 30, 2017. "Students in Bridgeton, Downe and a portion of Lawrence Township attend Bridgeton High School. There are over 10,000 students enrolled in public schools in the study area (Table 26, Enrollment)."
8. Staff. "Bridgeton High School", South Jersey Magazine. Accessed June 21, 2020. "Bridgeton High School provides opportunities for students from Bridgeton, Lawrence Township and Downe Township in Cumberland County to become members of society who are thoughtful, informed, involved and committed to life-long learning."
9. School data for Bridgeton High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
10. School Data for the Downe Township School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
11. Administration, Downe Township School District. Accessed June 21, 2020.
12. New Jersey School Directory for Cumberland County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
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. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Downe Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 10, 2024. "The Downe Township School District is a Type II district located in the County of Cumberland, 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 two or three member's terms expire each year. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades PreK-8.... Business Administrator/Board Secretary services are contracted with the Lawrence Township School District including responsibility for the administrative control of the district."

External links

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