Vernon Township School District

The Vernon Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district, that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Vernon Township, in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

Vernon Township School District
Address
539 County Route 515 Vernon Township , Sussex County, New Jersey, 07462 United States
Coordinates	41.196128°N 74.534403°W / 41.196128; -74.534403
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Karen D'Avino
Business administrator	Patricia Ratcliffe-Lee
Schools	6
Students and staff
Enrollment	2,941 (as of 2023–24)[1]
Faculty	236.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	www.vtsd.com
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $21,084 85 $18,891 11.6% 1 Budgetary Cost 17,094 91 14,783 15.6% 2 Classroom Instruction 10,112 92 8,763 15.4% 6 Support Services 2,949 87 2,392 23.3% 8 Administrative Cost 1,636 80 1,485 10.2% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,032 85 1,783 14.0% 13 Extracurricular Activities 355 91 268 32.5% 16 Median Teacher Salary 72,026 84 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 2,941 students and 236.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1.^[1]

The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.^[4]

Awards and recognition

Peggy Stewart, a teacher at Vernon Township High School, was named New Jersey Teacher of the Year for 2004-2005.^[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[6]) are:^{[7][8][9][10]}

Elementary schools

• Walnut Ridge School^[11] with 89 students in PreK
  • Suzanne MacDougall, principal

• Cedar Mountain Primary School^[12] with 424 students in grades K–1
  • Kristin Gudenkauf, principal
• Rolling Hills Primary School^[13] with 406 students in grades 2–3
  • Pauline Anderson, principal
• Lounsberry Hollow School^[14] with 428 students in grades 4–5
  • Marc Citro, principal

Middle school

• Glen Meadow Middle School^[15] with 640 students in grades 6–8
  • Jacquelyn Van Orden, principal

High school

• Vernon Township High School^[16] with 912 students in grades 9–12
  • Lindsay LeDuc Young, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[17][18]

• Karen D’Avino, superintendent of schools
• Patricia Ratcliffe-Lee, 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.^[19][20][21]