The Middle Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Middle Township

Middle Township, New Jersey

Middle Township is a township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 16,405....

, in Cape May County

Cape May County, New Jersey

-Climate:Being the southernmost point in New Jersey, Cape May has fairly mild wintertime temperatures. Contrary to that, the summertime has lower temperatures than most places in the state, making the county a popular place to escape the heat. It is in zone 7a/7b, which is the same as parts of...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States

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.

Students from Avalon

Avalon, New Jersey

As of April 2009, the average home sales price in Avalon was $1,567,662 .As of the census of 2000, there were 2,143 people, 1,045 households, and 668 families residing in the borough. The population density was 508.4 people per square mile...

, Dennis Township

Dennis Township, New Jersey

Dennis Township is a township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The township population was 6,492 as of the United States 2000 Census...

 and Stone Harbor

Stone Harbor, New Jersey

Stone Harbor is a borough in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. It shares the barrier island Seven Mile Island with its northern neighbor Avalon...

 attend the district's high school as part of sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

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s.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 2,896 students and 183.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.8.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

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 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.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:
Elementary Schools

• Middle Township Elementary School #1 for grades PreK-2 - 690 students
  • Catherine Kelly - Principal
• Middle Township Elementary School #2 for grades 3-5 - 554 students
  • Douglas Penkethman - Principal

Middle School

• Middle Township Middle School for grades 6-8 - 601 students
  • Amos E. Kraybill - Principal

High School

• Middle Township High School
  Middle Township High School
  Middle Township High School is a four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Middle Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Middle Township Public Schools...
  
   for grades 9-12 - 1,051 students
  • Ted Pugliese - Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Michael Kopakowski, Superintendent
• Cherie Ludy, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Middle Township Public Schools
• Data for the Middle Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
  National Center for Education Statistics
  The 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...