Wenonah School District

The Wenonah School District is a community public school district that serves students in preschool through sixth grade from Wenonah, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.[3]

Wenonah School District
Address
200 North Clinton Avenue
Wenonah, NJ 08090
United States
District information
GradesK-6
SuperintendentKristine Height
Business administratorDenise DiGiandomenico (interim)
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment177 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty19.8 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio9.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-6
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$14,4243$18,891−23.6%
1Budgetary Cost11,548813,649−15.4%
2Classroom Instruction7,780118,366−7.0%
6Support Services1,36432,161−36.9%
8Administrative Cost1,294111,467−11.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,06831,552−31.2%
13Extracurricular Activities4224397.7%
16Median Teacher Salary58,5893257,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 177 students and 19.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.0:1.[1] In the 2016–17 school year, Wenonah had the 37th smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 177 students.[4]

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.[5]

For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students attend Gateway Regional High School, a regional public high school that also serves students from the boroughs of National Park, Westville and Woodbury Heights, as part of the Gateway Regional High School District.[6][7] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 879 students and 81.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[8]

School

Wenonah Elementary School served an enrollment of 175 students in grades PreK-6 for the 2018–19 school year.[9]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]

  • Kristine Height, chief school administrator
  • Denise DiGiandomenico, interim business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, with nine members, sets policy and oversees 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. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district.[12][13][14]

References
  1. District information for Wenonah Boro School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. Wenonah Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Wenonah School District. Accessed June 21, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through six in the Wenonah School District. Composition: The Wenonah School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Wenonah."
  4. Guion, Payton. "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 37. Wenonah Borough; Enrollment: 177; Grades: K-6; County: Gloucester; Town population: 2,278"
  5. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 9, 2014.
  6. Gateway Regional High School District 2015 School Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 21, 2020. "Gateway Regional High School is a one school district located in Woodbury Heights, NJ. It serves students in grades 7-12 from the municipalities of National Park, Wenonah, Westville, and Woodbury Heights."
  7. Shryock, Bob. "Plans are in the works for Gateway's 50th anniversary", Gloucester County Times, March 22, 2012, updated January 18, 2019. Accessed June 21, 2020. "The 50-year milestone is based on Gateway opening in the fall of 2014 when four sending districts (Woodbury Heights, Westville, National Park and Wenonah) split from Woodbury and sent seventh, eighth and ninth graders to the new school on Egg Harbor Road in Woodbury Heights."
  8. School data for Gateway Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  9. School Data for the Wenonah Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  10. Directory, Wenonah School District. Accessed June 21, 2020.
  11. New Jersey School Directory for Gloucester County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  12. 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.
  13. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Wenonah School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed June 21, 2020. "The Borough of Wenonah School District is a Type II district located in the County of Gloucester, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of 9 members elected to three-year terms. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades Pre-K - 6 at the District’s one school."
  14. Board of Education, Wenonah School District. Accessed June 21, 2020.

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