Middle Township Public Schools

The Middle Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Middle Township, in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

Middle Township Public Schools
District headquarters
Address
216 South Main Street Cape May Court House , Cape May County, New Jersey, 08210 United States
Coordinates	39.078733°N 74.825483°W / 39.078733; -74.825483
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Stephanie DeRose
Business administrator	Diane S. Fox
Schools	4
Students and staff
Enrollment	2,672 (as of 2023–24)[1]
Faculty	222.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	B
Website	middletownshippublicschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,001 34 $18,891 −4.7% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,211 10 14,783 −17.4% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,071 9 8,763 −19.3% 6 Support Services 1,866 18 2,392 −22.0% 8 Administrative Cost 1,312 13 1,485 −11.6% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,438 23 1,783 −19.3% 13 Extracurricular Activities 356 24 268 32.8% 16 Median Teacher Salary 61,238 25 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 2,672 students and 222.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.^[1]

Students from Avalon, Dennis Township, Stone Harbor and Woodbine attend the district's high school as part of sending/receiving relationships.^[3][4]

History

In the era of de jure educational segregation in the United States, a school for white children in grades 1-6 was maintained in Rio Grande and a school for black children was maintained in Whitesboro in grades 1-8. White children in Rio Grande were sent to the West Cape May School District for grades 7-12.^[5]

In 2013, Woodbine School District changed its receiving high school district from Millville School District to Middle Township district. The first group of Woodbine 9th graders to Middle Township High began attending in fall 2013.^[6] Lynda Anderson-Towns, superintendent of the Woodbine district, cited the closer proximity and smaller size of Middle Township High.^[7] Millville is 20 miles (32 km) away from Woodbine while Middle Township High is 12 miles (19 km) from Woodbine.^[8]

The district was one of 25 statewide that was categorized in 2005 as being "In Need of Improvement" under the terms of the No Child Left Behind Act.^[9]

The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-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.^[10]

Schools

Middle Township High School

Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[11]) are:^[12][13]

Elementary schools

• Middle Township Elementary School #1^[14] with 660 students in grades PreK–2
  • Carolyn Sinone, principal^[15]
• Middle Township Elementary School #2^[16] with 532 students in grades 3–5
  • Nancy Loteck, principal^[15]

Middle school

• Middle Township Middle School^[17] with 547 students in grades 6–8
  • Jeffrey Ortman, principal ^[15]

High school

• Middle Township High School^[18] with 825 students in grades 9–12
  • Sharon Rementer, principal^[15]

All four schools and the district headquarters are in the Cape May Court House CDP.^[19][20]

• 
  Elementary School #2 Entrance

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[15][21]

• Stephanie DeRose, superintendent
• Diane S. Fox, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees 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 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.^[22][23] A tenth board member is appointed to represent Dennis Township.^[24]

Student body

In 2008 the district had about 2,879 students.^[25]