Washington Township Schools

Washington Township Schools
Address
53 West Mill Road
, Morris County, New Jersey, 07853
United States
Coordinates40°47′00″N 74°47′03″W / 40.783359°N 74.784265°W / 40.783359; -74.784265
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentMarybeth Kopacz (interim)
Business administratorKatherine Deriso
Schools4
Students and staff
Enrollment1,938 (as of 2020–21)
Faculty196.9 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio9.8:1
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.wtschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,67264$18,891−1.2%
1Budgetary Cost14,7515514,1594.2%
2Classroom Instruction9,319668,6597.6%
6Support Services2,572712,16718.7%
8Administrative Cost1,253121,547−19.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,529431,612−5.1%
13Extracurricular Activities7934104−24.0%
16Median Teacher Salary66,1587161,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

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

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,938 students and 196.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.8:1.

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.

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend West Morris Central High School, which is located in the township, but has a Chester mailing address. The school is part of the West Morris Regional High School District, which also serves students from the surrounding Morris County school districts of Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, who attend West Morris Mendham High School. As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,098 students and 94.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1.