Mantua Township School District

Mantua Township School District
Superintendent:		Steven Crispin
Business Administrator:		Deborah Roncace
Address:		684 Main Street Sewell, NJ 08080
Grade Range:		K-6
School facilities:		3
Enrollment:		1,540 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs):		89.0
Student–teacher ratio:		17.3
District Factor Group:		FG
Web site:		http://www.mantuaschools.com
Ind.	Per Pupil	District Spending	Rank (*)	K-6 Average	%± vs. Average
1	Comparative Cost	$10,448	8	$12,195	-14.3%
2	Classroom Instruction	6,426	10	7,366	-12.8%
6	Support Services	1,540	20	1,832	-15.9%
8	Administrative Cost	1,183	11	1,389	-14.8%
10	Operations & Maintenance	1,275	20	1,472	-13.4%
13	Extracurricular Activities	24	14	40	-40.0%
16	Median Teacher Salary	55,460	41	52,691
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=62

The Mantua Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade from Mantua Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.

Students in grades 7 and 8 attend Clearview Regional Middle School and those in grades 9 through 12 attend the Clearview Regional High School, both located in Mullica Hill. The schools are part of the Clearview Regional High School District, which serves students from Harrison Township (1,022 students) and Mantua Township (1,147 students).^[3]

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,540 students and 89.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.3.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth 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]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[5]) are:

• Centre City School, 565 students in grades Kindergarten to 4
• J. Mason Tomlin School, 645 students in grades Kindergarten - 6
• Sewell School in Sewell, 330 students in Kindergarten through 4th grade.

Once the children in Centre City School and Sewell School reach 5th grade they are then all moved into J. Mason Tomlin School.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[6]

• Steven Crispin, Superintendent
• Deborah Roncace, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

1. ^ ^{a b} District information for the Mantua Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2009.
2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
3. ^ Clearview Regional High School District 2007 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 11, 2008. "Finally, on behalf of our Board of Education, students, staff, and administration, I thank the citizens of Harrison Township and Mantua Township for their continued support of and interest in our students and programs."
4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
5. ^ Data for the Mantua Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 30, 2009.
6. ^ Gloucester County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

External links

• Mantua Township School District
• Mantua Township School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Mantua Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
• Clearview Regional High School District

Coordinates: 39°45′44″N 75°09′40″W / 39.762206°N 75.160998°W / 39.762206; -75.160998