Hillsborough Township School District

Hillsborough Township School District
Address
379 South Branch Road
, Somerset County, New Jersey, 08844
United States
Coordinates40°30′18″N 74°40′24″W / 40.505059°N 74.673435°W / 40.505059; -74.673435
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentMichael Volpe
Business administratorGerald Eckert
Schools9
Students and staff
Enrollment7,288 (as of 2020–21)
Faculty596.6 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio12.2:1
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.htps.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,50537$18,891−7.3%
1Budgetary Cost13,6243614,783−7.8%
2Classroom Instruction8,540448,763−2.5%
6Support Services2,447642,3922.3%
8Administrative Cost1,211141,485−18.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,14261,783−36.0%
13Extracurricular Activities25453268−5.2%
16Median Teacher Salary66,3056064,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Hillsborough Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Hillsborough Township in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Students from Millstone attend the district's schools, originally as part of a sending/receiving relationship; the New Jersey commissioner of education merged Millstone's non-operating school district with the Hillsborough Township School District, effective July 1, 2009.

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising nine schools, had an enrollment of 7,288 students and 596.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.

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.