Ewing Public Schools

The Ewing Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Ewing Township, in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

Ewing Public Schools
Address
1331 Lower Ferry Road Ewing Township , Mercer County, New Jersey, 08618 United States
Coordinates	40.273959°N 74.792198°W / 40.273959; -74.792198
District information
Grades	Pre-K to 12
Superintendent	David Gentile
Business administrator	Dennis Nettleton
Schools	5
Students and staff
Enrollment	3,444 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty	333.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	10.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	www.ewing.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K–12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $20,290 74 $18,891 7.4% 1 Budgetary Cost 15,265 65 14,783 3.3% 2 Classroom Instruction 9,156 70 8,763 4.5% 6 Support Services 2,000 32 2,392 −16.4% 8 Administrative Cost 1,422 47 1,485 −4.2% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,799 67 1,783 0.9% 13 Extracurricular Activities 301 73 268 12.3% 16 Median Teacher Salary 61,696 33 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 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 3,444 students and 333.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.3:1.^[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.^[4]

The Ewing Public Education Foundation, established in 1995, is an independent, not-for-profit citizen's organization helping improve the quality of education in Ewing Township. EPEF provides grants to Ewing Township Schools for innovative educational programs through fund-raising activities, and corporate and institutional sponsorship. The foundation also seeks to match corporate and organizational donors with teachers to fund additional projects of mutual interest.^[5]

History

A court case filed in 1946 challenged a policy of the Ewing Public Schools under which the district provided bus transportation to students living in the districts who attended private parochial schools. In Everson v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled for the first time that state and local government were subject to the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, but that it had not been violated in this instance.^[6]

Schools

Ewing High School

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[7]) are:^{[8][9][10][11]}

Elementary schools

• W. L. Antheil Elementary School^[12] with 623 students in grades PreK-5
  • Clifford "Kip" Harrison, principal
• Francis Lore Elementary School^[13] with 500 students in grades K–5
  • Kelly Kawalek, principal
• Parkway Elementary School^[14] with 358 students in grades K–5
  • Michelle Conway, principal

Middle school

• Gilmore J. Fisher Middle School^[15] with 827 students in grades 6–8
  • Maggy Hanna, principal

High school

• Ewing High School^[16] with 1,080 students in grades 9–12
  • Edward Chmiel, principal

Administration

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

• David Gentile, superintendent^[18]
• Dennis Nettleton, business administrator and board secretary^[19]

Board of education

The district's board of education is compried of members who set policy and oversee 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.^[20][21][22]