Branchburg Township School District

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Branchburg Township School District
240 Baird Road
Branchburg, NJ 08876
District information
Grades pre-K to 8
Superintendent Rebecca Gensel (acting)
Business administrator Theresa Linskey
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,707 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 151.0 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 11.30:1
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website www.branchburg.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1A Total Spending $17,974 56 $18,891 -4.9%
1 Budgetary Cost 14,924 61 14,159 5.4%
2 Classroom Instruction 9,155 63 8,659 5.7%
6 Support Services 2,377 59 2,167 9.7%
8 Administrative Cost 1,747 66 1,547 12.9%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,330 22 1,612 -17.5%
13 Extracurricular Activities 123 68 104 18.3%
16 Median Teacher Salary 60,685 38 61,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Branchburg Township School District is a community public school district serving students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Branchburg Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,707 students and 151.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.30:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.[3]

The public secondary school serving Branchburg for ninth through twelfth grades is Somerville High School, which students attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Somerville Public Schools.[4][5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7][8][9]

Elementary schools
  • Whiton Elementary School[10] (728 students; in grades PreK-3)
    • Rebecca Gensel, Principal
    • Purvi Shah, Vice Principal
  • Stony Brook School[11] (380; 4–5)
    • Frank Altmire, Principal
Middle school
  • Branchburg Central Middle School[12] (599; 6–8)
    • Matthew Barbosa, Principal
    • Kristen Kries, Assistant Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13][14]

  • Rebecca Gensel, Acting Superintendent of Schools[15]
  • Theresa Linskey, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[16]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Branchburg Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 24, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 24, 2014.
  4. ↑ Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed October 24, 2014. "BRANCHBURG K-8 GRADES 9-12 SENT TO SOMERVILLE"
  5. ↑ Somerville High School 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 24, 2014. "We proudly serve a diverse population of approximately 1,250 students from the communities of Somerville and Branchburg."
  6. ↑ School Data for the Branchburg Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 24, 2014.
  7. ↑ Schools Schools, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed October 24, 2014.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Branchburg Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 24, 2014.
  9. ↑ 2013-2014 Somerset County Public School Directory, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed February 3, 2015.
  10. ↑ Whiton Elementary School, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed October 24, 2014.
  11. ↑ Stony Brook School, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed October 24, 2014.
  12. ↑ Branchburg Central Middle School, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed October 24, 2014.
  13. ↑ Department Directory, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed May 25, 2016.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Somerset County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 24, 2014.
  15. ↑ Office of the Superintendent, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed May 25, 2016.
  16. ↑ Business Office, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed May 25, 2016.

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