Somerville Public Schools

Somerville Public Schools
51 West Cliff Street
Somerville, NJ 08876
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Dr. Timothy J. Purnell
Business administrator Bryan P. Boyce
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 2,247 (as of 2012-13)[1]
Faculty 180.8 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 12.43:1
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website www.somervillenjk12.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,17636$18,891-3.8%
1Budgetary Cost13,7093414,783-7.3%
2Classroom Instruction8,440428,763-3.7%
6Support Services1,840172,392-23.1%
8Administrative Cost1,556401,4854.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,26181,783-29.3%
13Extracurricular Activities4805426879.1%
16Median Teacher Salary63,3083564,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

The Somerville Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Somerville, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2012-13 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 2,247 students and 180.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.43:1.[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.[3]

Students from Branchburg Township attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Branchburg Township School District.[4][5]

Awards and recognition

Somerville Public Schools was voted one of the "100 Top Schools in Towns You Can Afford" in the January 1996 issue of Money magazine.[6] Somerville High School was ranked as one of the "Top 75 Public High Schools" by New Jersey Monthly magazine in its September 1996 issue.

Somerville Public Schools was ranked #631 in The Daily Beast / Newsweek list of "America's Best High Schools 2012".[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2012-13 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10]

Elementary school
Middle school
High school

Administration

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

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Somerville School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 3, 2015.
  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 February 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed February 3, 2015. "BRANCHBURG K-8 GRADES 9-12 SENT TO SOMERVILLE"
  5. ↑ Somerville High School 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 3, 2015. "We proudly serve a diverse population of approximately 1,200 students from the communities of Somerville and Branchburg."
  6. ↑ 100 TOP SCHOOLS IN TOWNS YOU CAN AFFORD YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE TO A WEALTHY SUBURB TO FIND TOPNOTCH PUBLIC EDUCATION. OUR SURVEY SPOTLIGHTS HIGH-QUALITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE HOUSE PRICES ARE STILL REASONABLE, Money magazine, January 1, 1996.
  7. ↑ Streib, Lauren; and Yarett, Ian. "America’s Best High Schools 2012", The Daily Beast, May 20, 2012. Accessed July 18, 2012.
  8. ↑ School Data for the Somerville Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 3, 2015.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Somerville Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 3, 2015.
  10. ↑ 2013-2014 Somerset County Public School Directory, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed February 3, 2015.
  11. ↑ Van Derveer Elementary School, Somerville Public Schools. Accessed February 3, 2015.
  12. ↑ Somerville Middle School, Somerville Public Schools. Accessed February 3, 2015.
  13. ↑ Somerville High School, Somerville Public Schools. Accessed February 3, 2015.
  14. ↑ Administrative Headquarters Directory, Somerville Public School District. Accessed February 3, 2015.
  15. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Somerset County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 3, 2015.

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Coordinates: 40°34′19″N 74°36′47″W / 40.57202°N 74.613087°W / 40.57202; -74.613087

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