Per Student?

In an article in today's Times, there was an article on West Windsor-Plainsboro school district to adjust the formula used to calculate the proportion owed by each municipality to a per-student basis. Is that something we should consider in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District?

I've not been able to come up with accurate numbers on the number of students from Pennington, Hopewell, or Hopewell Township, but if we work backwards we can see how the total number of students multiplied by each municipalities share of the annual school budget to show some interesting numbers.

There are expected to be 4,086 students enrolled in HVRSD next school year, and the municipal portions break down as follows:

Hopewell Borough: 6.83%, or 279 students
Pennington Borough: 9.52%, or 389 students
Hopewell Township: 83.65%, or 3,418 students

I wonder if the above backwards calculations map to the actual ratio of the number of students in the school district from each municipality?

Of the three municipalities, Hopewell Township is certainly the largest contributor of students to the school district, and it also has the greatest potential for adding more students to the school rolls, with Pennington and Hopewell Boroughs being, essentially, built out.

Is this something the taxpayers of HVRSD want to consider, I don't know, but I think it is interesting question...


Your thoughts? Also, if anyone can point me to accurate percentages of students from each municipality I'd really appreciate it.