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District: SUSSEX-WANTAGE REGIONAL (5100)
Operating Type K-8 / 751 + Pupils
County: SUSSEX
Operating Type K-8 / 751 + Pupils Summary:

State Level Summary:
Total Spending Per Pupil (Definition)
2013-14 Total Spending: $24,438,246
2013-14 Average Daily Enroll plus Sent Pupils: 1,238.6
2013-14 Costs Amount per Pupil: $19,731
2014-15 Total Spending: $24,757,140
2014-15 Average Daily Enroll plus Sent Pupils: 1,166.1
2014-15 Costs Amount per Pupil: $21,231
Summary of Vital Statistics (Definition)
2014-15 Total Spending Per Pupil: $21,231
Revenue Sources, State: 38.5%
Revenue Sources, Local Taxes: 58.7%
Revenue Sources, Federal: 2.8%
Revenue Sources, Tuition: 0%
Revenue Sources, Use of Fund Balance: 0%
Revenue Sources, Other: 0%
Fall 2014 Certified Staff:
  Student/Teacher Ratio: 10.4
  Student/Support Ratio: 52.6
  Student/Administrator Ratio: 143.4
10/15/14 % of Classified Students to Total Students: 20.2%
Budgetary Per Pupil Cost (Definition)
2013-14 Actual Costs Amount per Pupil: $15,376
2013-14 Actual Costs Rank Within Group per Pupil: 74|82
2014-15 Actual Costs Amount per Pupil: $16,253
2014-15 Actual Costs Rank Within Group per Pupil: 72|79
2015-16 Budgeted Costs Amount Per Pupil: $18,712
2015-16 Budgeted Costs Rank Within Group Per Pupil: 75|79
Total Classroom Instruction (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2013-14 actual costs): $9,757
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2013-14 actual costs): 77|82
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2013-14): 63.5%
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $10,242
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 75|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 63%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 budget): $11,532
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 budget): 76|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 61.6%
Classroom Salaries and Benefits (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2013-14 actual costs): $9,520
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2013-14 actual costs): 77|82
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2013-14): 61.9%
% of Classroom Salaries and Benefits to Total Classroom Instruction Costs (2013-14): 97.6%
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $9,922
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 76|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 61%
% of Classroom Salaries and Benefits to Total Classroom Instruction Costs (2014-15): 96.9%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 budget): $10,899
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 budget): 76|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 58.2%
%% of Classroom Salaries and Benefits to Total Classroom Instruction Costs (2015-16): 94.5%
Classroom Supplies/Textbooks (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2013-14 actual costs): $200
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2013-14 actual costs): 13|82
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2013-14): 1.3%
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $266
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 25|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 1.6%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 budget): $541
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 budget): 73|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 2.9%
Classroom Purchased Services/Other Costs (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2013-14 actual costs): $37
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2013-14 actual costs): 14|82
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2013-14): 0.2%
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $55
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 26|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 0.3%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 budget): $92
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 budget): 29|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 0.5%
Total Support Services (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2013-14 actual costs): $2,299
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2013-14 actual costs): 55|82
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2013-14): 15%
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $2,467
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 59|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 15.2%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 budget): $2,965
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 budget): 67|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 15.8%
Salaries and Benefits for Support Services (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2013-14 actual costs): $2,123
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2013-14 actual costs): 62|82
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2013-14): 13.8%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Support Services Salaries and Benefits (2013-14): 92.3%
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $2,234
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 65|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 13.7%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Support Services Salaries and Benefits (2014-15): 90.6%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 budget): $2,663
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 budget): 70|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 14.2%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Support Services Salaries and Benefits (2015-16): 89.8%
Total Administration (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2013-14 actual costs): $1,709
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2013-14 actual costs): 61|82
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2013-14): 11.1%
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $1,793
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 62|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 11%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 budget): $2,044
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 budget): 76|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 10.9%
Legal Services (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2013-14 actual costs): $27
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2013-14 actual costs): 33|82
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2013-14): 0.2%
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $32
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 39|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 0.2%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 budget): $45
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 budget): 57|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 0.2%
Administration Salaries and Benefits (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2013-14 actual costs): $1,298
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2013-14 actual costs): 53|82
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2013-14): 8.4%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Salaries and Benefits for Administration (2013-14): 76%
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $1,350
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 46|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 8.3%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Salaries and Benfits for Administration (2014-15): 75.3%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 budget): $1,528
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 budget): 62|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 8.2%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Salaries and Benefits for Administration (2015-16): 74.8%
Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2013-14 actual costs): $1,436
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2013-14 actual costs): 36|82
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2013-14): 9.3%
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $1,543
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 39|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 9.5%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 budget): $1,915
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 budget): 60|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 10.2%
Salaries and Benefits for Operations and Maintenance of Plant (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2013-14 actual costs): $807
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2013-14 actual costs): 53|82
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2013-14): 5.2%
to % of Salaries and Benefits for Operations to Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant Costs (2013-14): 56.2%
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $875
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 57|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 5.4%
to % of Salaries and Benefits for Operations to Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant Costs (2014-15): 56.7%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 budget): $966
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 budget): 57|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 5.2%
to % of Salaries and Benefits for Operations to Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant Costs (2015-16): 50.4%
Board Contributions to the Food Service Program (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2013-14 actual costs): $0
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2013-14 actual costs): N.R.
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2013-14): 0%
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $0
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): N.R.
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 0%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 budget): $0
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 budget): N.R.
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 0%
Extracurricular Costs (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2013-14 actual costs): $77
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2013-14 actual costs): 38|82
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2013-14): 0.5%
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $100
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 45|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 0.6%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 budget): $120
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 budget): 50|79
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 0.6%
Personal Services - Employee Benefits (Definition)
% of Total Salaries (2013-14): 31.9%
% of Total Salaries (2014-15): 29.4%
% of Total Salaries (2015-16): 33.4%
Total Equipment Cost (Definition)
Per Pupil Costs (2013-14): $235
Per Pupil Costs (2014-15): $212
Per Pupil Costs (2015-16): $68
Ratio of Students to Classroom Teachers and Median Classroom Teacher Salary (Definition)
Student to Teacher Ratio (2014-15): 10.4
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2014-15): 66|79
Median Teacher Salary (2014-15): $65,668
Salary Ranking Within Group (2014-15): 58|79
Student to Teacher Ratio (2015-16): 9.6
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2015-16): 74|79
Median Teacher Salary (2015-16): $64,498
Salary Ranking Within Group (2015-16): 47|79
Ratio of Students to Educational Support Personnel and Median Salary (Definition)
Student to Support Service Ratio (2014-15): 52.6
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2014-15): 73|79
Median Support Service Salary (2014-15): $77,970
Salary Ranking Within Group (2014-15): 66|79
Student to Support Service Ratio (2015-16): 45
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2015-16): 77|79
Median Support Service Salary (2015-16): $80,198
Salary Ranking (2015-16): 63|79
Ratio of Students to Administrative Personnel and Median Salary (Definition)
Student to Administrator Ratio (2014-15): 143.4
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2014-15): 59|79
Median Administrator Salary (2014-15): $111,059
Salary Ranking Within Group (2014-15): 29|79
Student to Administrator Ratio (2015-16): 133.9
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2015-16): 62|79
Median Administrator Salary (2015-16): $110,832
Salary Ranking Within Group (2015-16): 25|79
Ratio of Faculty to Administrative Personnel (Definition)
Faculty to Administrator Ratio (2014-15): 16.6
Faculty to Administrator Ranking Within Group (2014-15): 46|79
Faculty to Administrator Ratio (2015-16): 17
Faculty to Administrator Ranking Within Group (2015-16): 31|79
Comparison of Budgeted General Fund Balance vs. Actual (Used) or Generated (Definition)
General Fund Balance (2013-14): $2,882,539
2013-14 Actual: $829,581
General Fund Balance (2014-15): $3,712,120
2014-15 Actual: $933,973
General Fund Excess Surplus (Definition)
Actual Excess (2013-14): $996,079
Actual Excess (2014-15): $1,183,675

* Districts that did not report any values (N.R.), and those that moved from a different enrollment group (N.A.) are excluded from the rankings.