Branchburg Township School District

Branchburg Township School District
240 Baird Road Branchburg, NJ 08876
District information
Grades	pre-K to 8
Superintendent	Rebecca Gensel
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] As of the 2013-14 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,204 students and 90.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1.^[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[7]) are:^[8][9][10]

Elementary schools

• Whiton Elementary School^[11] (728 students; in grades PreK-3)
  • Rebecca Gensel, Principal
  • Purvi Shah, Vice Principal
• Stony Brook School^[12] (380; 4–5)
  • Frank Altmire, Principal

Middle school

• Branchburg Central Middle School^[13] (599; 6–8)
  • Matthew Barbosa, Principal
  • Kristen Kries, Assistant Principal

Administration

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

• Rebecca Gensel, Superintendent of Schools^[16]
• Theresa Linskey, Business Administrator / Board Secretary^[17]

References

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. Somerville High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 2, 2016. "We proudly serve a diverse population of approximately 1,200 students from the communities of Somerville and Branchburg."
5. Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed June 2, 2016. "BRANCHBURG K-8; GRADES 9-12 SENT TO SOMERVILLE"
6. School Data for Somerville High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 2, 2016.
7. School Data for the Branchburg Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 24, 2014.
8. Schools Schools, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed October 24, 2014.
9. New Jersey School Directory for the Branchburg Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 24, 2014.
10. 2015-2016 Somerset County Public Schools Directory, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed November 7, 2016.
11. Whiton Elementary School, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed October 24, 2014.
12. Stony Brook School, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed October 24, 2014.
13. Branchburg Central Middle School, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed October 24, 2014.
14. Department Directory, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed May 25, 2016.
15. New Jersey School Directory for Somerset County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 24, 2014.
16. Office of the Superintendent, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed May 25, 2016.
17. Business Office, Branchburg Township School District. Accessed May 25, 2016.

External links

• Branchburg Township School District
• Branchburg Township School District's 2014–15 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Branchburg Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics

Coordinates: 40°34′25″N 74°42′53″W / 40.573516°N 74.714605°W