Belvidere School District
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The Belvidere School District is a comprehensive community public school district
School district
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that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Belvidere
Belvidere, New Jersey
Belvidere is a Town in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 2,681. It is the county seat of Warren County....
in Warren County
Warren County, New Jersey
Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 108,692. Its county seat is Belvidere...
, New Jersey
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Students from Harmony Township
Harmony Township, New Jersey
-Transportation:The only major road that traverses Harmony is CR 519 which leads to U.S. Route 22 to the south and U.S. Route 46 to the north.The closest limited access road is Interstate 78 which is in neighboring Greenwich and Franklin.- Local government :...
, Hope Township
Hope Township, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,891 people, 697 households, and 538 families residing in the township. The population density was 102.2 people per square mile . There were 747 housing units at an average density of 40.4 per square mile...
, and White Township
White Township, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 4,245 people, 1,668 households, and 1,179 families residing in the township. The population density was 155.1 people per square mile . There were 1,770 housing units at an average density of 64.7 per square mile...
attend Belvidere High School as part of sending/receiving relationship
Sending/receiving relationship
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As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 894 students and 77.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE
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basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5.
The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program
Interdistrict Public School Choice Program
The Interdistrict Public School Choice Program is a program designed to expand educational choices for New Jersey students by providing them with the option of attending a school district outside their district of residence without cost to their parents and paid for by the state of New Jersey...
at South Harrison Township Elementary School, having been approved on July 14, 2000, to participate in the program. Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education
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The district has a nine-member Board of Education
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, with one additional member from each of the three sending districts.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
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as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth 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.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education Statistics
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) are:
- Third Street School (Grades K-3; 145 students)
- Oxford Street Elementary School (Grades 4-8; 194 students)
- Belvidere High School (grades 9-12; 552 students). The Belvidere High School County Seaters athletic teams play in the Raritan Division of the Skyland ConferenceSkyland ConferenceThe Skyland Conference is a New Jersey high school sports association under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association . The conference is made up of nineteen public and parochial high schools covering Hunterdon County, Somerset County and Warren County in west...
. Students from Harmony TownshipHarmony Township, New Jersey-Transportation:The only major road that traverses Harmony is CR 519 which leads to U.S. Route 22 to the south and U.S. Route 46 to the north.The closest limited access road is Interstate 78 which is in neighboring Greenwich and Franklin.- Local government :...
, Hope TownshipHope Township, New Jersey-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,891 people, 697 households, and 538 families residing in the township. The population density was 102.2 people per square mile . There were 747 housing units at an average density of 40.4 per square mile...
and White TownshipWhite Township, New Jersey-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 4,245 people, 1,668 households, and 1,179 families residing in the township. The population density was 155.1 people per square mile . There were 1,770 housing units at an average density of 64.7 per square mile...
attend Belvidere High School as part of sending/receiving relationshipSending/receiving relationshipA sending/receiving relationship is one in which a public school district sends some or all of its students to attend the schools of another district. This is often done to achieve costs savings in smaller districts or continues after districts have grown as part of a historical relationship...
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Administration
Senior members of the district's administration include:- Dirk Swaneveld - Superintendent
- Ronald Rush - Business Administrator
External links
- Belvidere School District
- Data for the Belvidere School District, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...