West Cape May School District

West Cape May Elementary School
301 Moore Street
West Cape May, NJ 08204
District information
Grades pre-K to 6
Superintendent Dr. Alfred Savio
Business administrator Dr. Alfred Savio
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 78 (as of 2013-14)[1]
Faculty 6.6 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 11.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website wcm.capemayschools.com
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-6
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,75050$18,8919.8%
1Budgetary Cost15,6053813,64914.3%
2Classroom Instruction10,096448,36620.7%
6Support Services2,919522,16135.1%
8Administrative Cost79311,467-45.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,770411,55214.0%
13Extracurricular Activities272039-30.8%
16Median Teacher Salary52,8781357,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59
West Cape May Elementary School

West Cape May School District is a community public school district located in West Cape May in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through sixth grade. With an average of fewer than 10 students per grade, it one of the districts with the smallest enrollment in the state.[3][4]

As of the 2013-14 school year, the district and its one school had a total enrollment of 78 students and 6.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education 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.[5]

For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students attend the schools of the Lower Cape May Regional School District, which serves students from Cape May, Lower Township and West Cape May, along with students from Cape May Point who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[6][7] Schools in the district (with 2013-14 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are Richard M. Teitelman Middle School[9] (grades 7 and 8; 500 students) and Lower Cape May Regional High School[10] (grades 9-12; 900).

In 2013, the Lower Cape May Regional School District received a feasibility study that looked at ways to reconfigure the district, which had been established in 1956. The study considered Cape May City withdrawing from the regional district or the dissolution of the district, converting Lower Township's existing PreK-6 district to serve PreK-12, as the regional district's school facilities are located in the township. Cape May City and West Cape May could see annual savings approaching a combined $6 million from the dissolution.[7]

School

West Cape May Elementary School had an enrollment of 66 students in the 2012-13 school year.[11]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for West Cape May School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Procida, Lee. "Sea Isle, Long Beach Island are examples of how closing small, high-cost schools can be difficult, unpopular", The Press of Atlantic City, September 20, 2011. Accessed March 12, 2015. "The 10 smallest school districts in the state each have fewer than 100 students. Seven of them, all in South Jersey, are grappling with shrinking enrollment, aging buildings and rising property taxes.... West Cape May disregarded a recommendation to send students to Cape May, and instead started welcoming students from outside its borders through the state Public School Choice program. The first 16 choice students increased the prekindergarten-through-sixth-grade school's enrollment to 58 students this year."
  4. ↑ West Cape May School District 2013-14 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 22, 2016. "The West Cape May School District has been selected as a Choice District by the New Jersey Department of Education. The New Jersey Interdistrict School Choice program provides the opportunity for non-resident students to attend West Cape May Elementary School at no cost to their parents/guardians. The West Cape May School District is comprised of one school, grades Pre-K through sixth with an enrollment of less than 100 students."
  5. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 30, 2014.
  6. ↑ Lower Cape May Regional - High School. Accessed October 31, 2014. "Lower Cape May Regional High School is a four year public school that serves students from four communities including Cape May, Lower Township, West Cape May and Cape May Point."
  7. 1 2 Johnson, Virgil; and Kirtland, James L. "A Feasibility Study to Reconfigure the Lower Cape May Regional School District", Statistical Forecasting LLC, June 2013. Accessed October 31, 2014. "Cape May City is one of three constituent communities served by the Lower Cape May Regional School District ('Lower Cape May Regional'), a limited purpose school district providing education for the middle and high school students from Cape May City, Lower Township, and West Cape May.... Students from Cape May Point attend on a sending-receiving basis."
  8. ↑ School Data for the Lower Cape May Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 22, 2016.
  9. ↑ Richard M. Teitelman Middle School, Lower Cape May Regional School District. Accessed October 31, 2014.
  10. ↑ Lower Cape May Regional High School, Lower Cape May Regional School District. Accessed October 31, 2014.
  11. ↑ School Data for West Cape May School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 12, 2015.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Cape May County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 18, 2014.
  13. ↑ Chief School Administrator, West Cape May School District. Accessed March 12, 2015.
  14. ↑ Meet Our Members, West Cape May School District. Accessed March 12, 2015.

Coordinates: 38°56′25″N 74°56′01″W / 38.940301°N 74.933559°W / 38.940301; -74.933559

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