Mendham Borough Schools

Mendham Borough Schools
Address
12 Hilltop Road
, Morris County, New Jersey, 07945
United States
Coordinates40°46′29″N 74°35′56″W / 40.7747°N 74.5990°W / 40.7747; -74.5990
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentMitzi N. Morillo
Business administratorVanessa Wolsky
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment485 (as of 2020–21)
Faculty53.4 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio9.1:1
Other information
District Factor GroupJ
Websitewww.mendhamboro.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,27423$18,891−8.6%
1Budgetary Cost13,6612614,159−3.5%
2Classroom Instruction8,027228,659−7.3%
6Support Services2,128292,167−1.8%
8Administrative Cost1,767391,54714.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,602341,612−0.6%
13Extracurricular Activities1373710431.7%
16Median Teacher Salary60,5553561,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Mendham Borough Schools are a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Mendham Borough, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 485 students and 53.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.1:1.

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend West Morris Mendham High School, which is located in Mendham Borough and serves students from Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough and Mendham Township. The school is part of the West Morris Regional High School District, which also serves students from Washington Township at West Morris Mendham High School. As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,142 students and 91.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the 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.