Stow Creek School District

The Stow Creek School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Stow Creek Township, in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3][4]

Stow Creek School District
Address
11 Gum Tree Corner Road Stow Creek Township , Cumberland County, New Jersey, 08302 United States
Coordinates	39.453226°N 75.343621°W / 39.453226; -75.343621
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Brandon Cobb
Business administrator	Kim Fleetwood
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	123 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty	12.6 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	CD
Website	new.greenwichstowcreekpartnershipschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,720 15 $18,891 −11.5% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,721 17 14,159 −3.1% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,406 23 8,659 −2.9% 6 Support Services 1,368 6 2,167 −36.9% 8 Administrative Cost 1,841 56 1,547 19.0% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,905 46 1,612 18.2% 13 Extracurricular Activities 70 21 104 −32.7% 16 Median Teacher Salary 53,635 16 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

Under the Greenwich - Stow Creek Partnership established in 2009 with the Greenwich Township School District in Greenwich Township, students from both townships attend Morris Goodwin School for grades K-4 and Stow Creek School for grades 5-8.^[5]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 123 students and 12.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.7:1.^[1] In the 2016-17 school year, it had the 13th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state.^[6]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the third-lowest 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.^[7]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Cumberland Regional High School, which also serves students from Deerfield Township, Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Shiloh Borough, Stow Creek Township and Upper Deerfield Township.^[8][9][10] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,032 students and 78.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1.^[11]

School

Stow Creek School had an enrollment of 124 students in grades PreK-8 in the 2020–21 school year.^[12]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[13][14]

• Brandon Cobb, superintendent
• Kim Fleetwood, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of seven members who set policy and oversee 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 either two or 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 district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^[15][16][17]

References

1. District information for Stow Creek Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. School Performance Reports for the Stow Creek Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
4. New Jersey School Directory for the Stow Creek Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
5. About Our Schools, Greenwich Stow Creek Partnership Schools. Accessed February 2, 2020. "By taking advantage of the economies of scale their combined numbers permit, the Greenwich-Stow Creek Partnership endeavors to maximize their limited financial resources and provide the students from both communities with the best education possible.... As the Partnership’s primary school, Morris Goodwin now has enough students to support activities that were previously not available to students. Special offerings for enrichment have been incorporated into the daily schedule. Likewise, Stow Creek School, as the partnership’s middle school, now has enough students to support complete departmentalization with subject-certified, highly-qualified teachers in every area."
6. 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.... 13. Stow Creek Township - Enrollment: 123; Grades: K-8; County: Cumberland"
7. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 9, 2014.
8. Cumberland Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 5, 2016. "The Cumberland Regional School District, located in Western Cumberland County, provides students with a comprehensive learning environment in a nurturing and personalized setting. The district serves students in grades 9-12 who reside in the municipalities of Deerfield, Fairfield, Greenwich & Stow Creek, Hopewell & Shiloh, and Upper Deerfield."
9. Shott, Meghan. "Cumberland Regional High School", South Jersey magazine. Accessed June 5, 2016. "Cumberland Regional High School, located in the northwest part of Cumberland County, serves students from Deerfield Township, Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Shiloh Borough, Stow Creek Township and Upper Deerfield Township."
10. Constituent Districts, Cumberland Regional High School. Accessed June 5, 2016.
11. School data for Cumberland Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
12. School Data for the Stow Creek School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
13. Faculty and Staff, Greenwich-Stow Creek Partnership Schools. Accessed August 30, 2022.
14. New Jersey School Directory for Cumberland County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
15. 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.
16. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Stow Creek Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2021. Accessed August 30, 2022. "The Stow Creek Township School District is a Type II district located in the County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The board is comprised of seven members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that two or three members' terms expire each year. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades PreK-8. T"
17. Board of Education, Greenwich Stow Creek Partnership Schools. Accessed August 30, 2022.

External links

• Greenwich Stow Creek Partnership Schools
• School Performance Reports for the Stow Creek School, New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Stow Creek School, National Center for Education Statistics
• Cumberland Regional High School