Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District

The Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District is a consolidated public school district that serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade from Sandyston Township and Walpack Township, two communities in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3][4][5][6] The school is located in the Layton section of Sandyston Township.

Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated
Address
100 Route 560 Layton , Sussex County, New Jersey, 07851 United States
Coordinates	41°12′55″N 74°49′13″W / 41.215158°N 74.8202°W / 41.215158; -74.8202
District information
Grades	K-6
Superintendent	William Kochis
Business administrator	Vincent Occhino
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	120 (as of 2022–23)^[1]
Faculty	14.8 FTEs^[1]
Student–teacher ratio	8.1:1^[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	www.sandystonwalpack.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-6 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $19,407 44 $18,891 2.7% 1 Budgetary Cost 16,864 51 13,649 23.6% 2 Classroom Instruction 10,383 48 8,366 24.1% 6 Support Services 2,718 46 2,161 25.8% 8 Administrative Cost 1,933 51 1,467 31.8% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,704 37 1,552 9.8% 13 Extracurricular Activities 26 19 39 −33.3% 16 Median Teacher Salary 54,612 19 57,437 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.^[2] *Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 120 students and 14.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.1:1.^[1] In the 2016–17 school year, Sandyston-Walpack had the 26th smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 149 students.^[7]

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.^[8]

Students in seventh through twelfth grade from Sandyston and Walpack Townships for public school attend Kittatinny Regional High School located in Hampton Township, which also serves students who reside in Fredon Township and Stillwater Township.^[9][10] The high school is located on a 96-acre (39 ha) campus in Hampton Township, about seven minutes outside of the county seat of Newton. Kittatinny Regional High School was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1997-98.^[11] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 941 students and 97.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.7:1.^[12]

School

• Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School had an enrollment of 133 students in grades K-6 in the 2018–19 school year.^[13]
  • Harold Abraham, principal^[14]

Administration

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

• William Kochis, superintendent
• Vincent Occhino, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised 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.^[16][17][18]

References

1. District information for Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated 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. About, Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District. Accessed June 22, 2020. "The Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School is a K-6 district with an enrollment of about 120 students. The school is located in a beautiful portion of northwest New Jersey. The elementary students who live in the townships of Sandyston and Walpack attend here. The students of middle and high school age attend Kittatinny Regional High School located in Hampton Township."
4. Public School Directory 2023-2024, Sussex County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024.
5. School Performance Reports for the Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
6. New Jersey School Directory for the Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
7. 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.... 26. Sandyston-Walpack Township (tie;) Enrollment: 149; Grades: K-6; County: Sussex; Town population: 2,014"
8. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
9. Kittatiny Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 22, 2020. "Located in beautiful, rural Sussex County in northwest New Jersey, Kittatinny Regional School District serves the five municipalities of Fredon Township, Hampton Township, Sandyston Township, Stillwater Township and the Township of Walpack. The District is comprised of 125 square miles and has a school population of approximately 1020 students."
10. Kittatinny has a New Look, Kittatinny Regional High School. Accessed June 22, 2020. "Located in beautiful, rural Sussex County in northwest New Jersey, Kittatinny Regional School District serves the five municipalities of Fredon Township, Hampton Township, Sandyston Township, Stillwater Township and the Township of Walpack. The District is comprised of 125 square miles and has a school population of approximately 1020 students."
11. Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed June 22, 2020.
12. School data for Kittatinny Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
13. School Data for Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
14. Staff Listing, Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District. Accessed August 3, 2017.
15. New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
16. 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.
17. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed June 1, 2020. "The Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board consists of elected officiala 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."
18. School Board, Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District. Accessed June 22, 2020.

External links

• Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School
• School Performance Report for Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School, New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School, National Center for Education Statistics
• Kittatinny Regional High School