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Byram Township School District
12 Mansfield Drive
Stanhope, NJ 07874
District information
GradesK-8
SuperintendentBryan Hensz
Business administratorAlice Bresett
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment960 (as of 2012-13)[1]
Faculty85.0 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio11.30:1
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitehttp://www.byramschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,66532$18,891−11.8%
1Budgetary Cost13,4193414,159−5.2%
2Classroom Instruction8,202308,659−5.3%
6Support Services2,132472,167−1.6%
8Administrative Cost1,504341,547−2.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,454371,612−9.8%
13Extracurricular Activities9744104−6.7%
16Median Teacher Salary59,8703161,136
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 Byram Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Byram Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2012-13 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 960 students and 85.0 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]

For public school students in ninth through twelfth grades, the township shares Lenape Valley Regional High School, which also serves Netcong in Morris County and the Sussex County community of Stanhope.[4] As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 778 students.[5] Students from the township had attended Sparta High School until 1974, when the Lenape Valley district was created.[6][7][8]

Schools

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

Elementary school
  • Byram Lakes Elementary School serving grades K - 4 (470 students)
    • Edward Abato, Principal[11]
Middle school
  • Byram Township Intermediate School serving grades 5 - 8 (490 students)
    • Fran Schlenoff, Principal[11]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[11][12]

  • Bryan Hensz, Superintendent[13]
  • Alice Bresett, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[14]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for Byram Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 18, 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 December 8, 2014.
  4. ^ Lenape Valley Regional High School 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 18, 2015. "Lenape Valley Regional High School is a comprehensive academic high school serving approximately 825 students in grade [9]-12 from Byram Township and Stanhope Borough in Sussex County and from Netcong Borough in Morris County."
  5. ^ School Data for Lenape Valley Regional High School, United States Department of Education. Accessed February 18, 2015.
  6. ^ Gansberg, Martin. "Netcong Links Its Problems to I‐80", The New York Times, September 29, 1974. Accessed December 14, 2016. "And taxes have taken a big jump because of the need for joining with adjacent Stanhope in operating a regional high school, Lenape Valley, which opened last week.... The reason for the increase is because Netcong had to join with Stanhope, which is in Sussex County, to construct the regional high school."
  7. ^ Staff. "New Jersey Sports Lenape Start Fast", The New York Times, October 26, 1974. Accessed December 14, 2016. "Snyder is the 36‐year‐old head football coach at new Lenape Valley Regional High School, which opened its doors last month to students who formerly attended Sparta High and defunct Netcong High."
  8. ^ Carlson, Joe. "Christmas star is subject of planetarium show", New Jersey Herald, November 15, 2013. Accessed December 14, 2016. "The 53-seat planetarium, the only one in Sussex County, has been teaching students about the universe since Netcong, Byram and Stanhope combined to form Lenape Valley Regional High School in 1974."
  9. ^ Byram Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 18, 2015.
  10. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Byram Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 18, 2015.
  11. ^ a b c Staff Directory, Byram Township School District. Accessed February 18, 2015.
  12. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 18, 2015.
  13. ^ Office of the Superintendent, Byram Township School District. Accessed February 18, 2015.
  14. ^ Board of Education Business Office, Byram Township School District. Accessed February 18, 2015.

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