Boonton Township School District

The Boonton Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Boonton Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

Boonton Township School District
Address
11 Valley Road
Boonton Township, NJ 07005
Coordinates40.925625°N 74.430973°W / 40.925625; -74.430973
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentDr. Christian Angelillo
Business administratorJohn T. Murray II
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment429 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty39.9 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,25930$18,891−3.3%
1Budgetary Cost14,7933814,1594.5%
2Classroom Instruction9,642508,65911.4%
6Support Services1,46362,167−32.5%
8Administrative Cost1,904591,54723.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,518291,612−5.8%
13Extracurricular Activities1955110487.5%
16Median Teacher Salary65,5104261,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

As of the 2017-18 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 429 students and 39.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1.[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]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Mountain Lakes High School, in Mountain Lakes as part of a sending/receiving relationship agreement.[4][5] As of the 2017-18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 680 students and 61.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.[6] Prior to 1991, high school students had attended Boonton High School.[7]

School

Rockaway Valley School had an enrollment of 427 students in grades PreK-8 as of the 2017-18 school year.[8]

  • Dr. Christian Angelillo, Principal[9]
  • Dr. Lia Lendis, Assistant Principal[9]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]

  • Dr. Christian Angelillo, Superintendent
  • John T. Murray II, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

The district's board of education has nine members who set policy and oversee 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.[11][12]

References
  1. District information for Boonton Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  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 December 6, 2014.
  4. Boonton Township School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 6, 2016. "The Boonton Township School District has one school, Rockaway Valley School, which houses a PreK through Grade 8 program for approximately 450 children. The district maintains a send-receive relationship with the neighboring Mountain Lakes School District, whereby our students attend Mountain Lakes High School."
  5. Information/ MLHS Information, Boonton Township School District. Accessed January 3, 2017. "Boonton Township School District maintains a 'send-receive' relationship with Mountain Lakes High School.... Once enrolled in Mountain Lakes High School, the responsibility for the education of the student rests with the High School. While the Boonton Township School District pays tuition for all residents enrolled at the High School, the High School faculty, staff and administration bear the responsibility for all academics, student IEP's and 504's, extra-curricular activities and the students' general health, well-being and safety at school."
  6. School data for Mountain Lakes High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  7. "Mtn. Lakes- Boonton pact is ratified", New Jersey Hills, December 15, 2004. Accessed February 7, 2020. "Boonton Township sent its students to Boonton High School until it switched to Mountain Lakes in 1991."
  8. School Data for the Boonton Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  9. Administration, Boonton Township School District. Accessed February 7, 2020.
  10. New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. 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.
  12. Board Members, Boonton Township School District. Accessed February 7, 2020.
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