| Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Dr. Daniel Gerardi | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Ronald P. Skopak | ||||
| Address: | Gray Street West Caldwell, NJ 07006 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 6 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 2,662 (as of 2008-09)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 196.1 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 13.6 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | I | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.cwcboe.org | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $12,713 | 37 | $13,632 | -6.7% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 6,978 | 20 | 8,035 | -13.2% |
| 6 | Support Services | 2,041 | 52 | 2,166 | -5.8% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,444 | 39 | 1,379 | 4.7% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,768 | 55 | 1,674 | 5.6% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 435 | 52 | 258 | 68.6% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 56,025 | 33 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 1,801-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=70 |
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The Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools is a regional public school district serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from two communities in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The communities in the district are Caldwell and West Caldwell.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 2,662 students and 196.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second 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.[3]
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Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:
There are four elementary schools between the two towns, all of which are named after American presidents: Jefferson School (293 students), Washington School (401 students) and Wilson School (274 students), all located in West Caldwell; and Lincoln School (227 students), located in Caldwell. Students are districted to go to a certain one of the four elementary schools between Kindergarten and fifth grade, based on where they live. Presently, based on the local boundaries, and where the schools lie in relation to the borders of the two towns, students from portions of both towns attend Lincoln, Jefferson, and Washington schools, which are all located quite close to the border between the two Caldwells. Wilson School, however, is located in the middle of southern West Caldwell near its border with Roseland and relatively far from Caldwell; so its students are exclusively from the town of West Caldwell, in its western-most neighborhoods.
For grades six through eight, all students in both Caldwell and West Caldwell attend Grover Cleveland Middle School (613 students), located in Caldwell.
All students also attend the same high school, James Caldwell High School (854 students), located in the center of West Caldwell, which is named after the Reverend James Caldwell, the same American Revolutionary War hero that the towns are named for.
Core members of the district's administration are:[5]
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