Fairfield School District

Fairfield School District
Superintendent: Dr. Mary Kildow
Business Administrator: William Stepka
Address: 15 Knoll Road
Fairfield, NJ 07004
Grade Range: K-6
School facilities: 2
Enrollment: 743 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 53.1
Student–teacher ratio: 14.0
District Factor Group: GH
Web site: District web site
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-6
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $12,253 28 $12,195 0.5%
2 Classroom Instruction 8,162 40 7,366 10.8%
6 Support Services 1,453 14 1,832 -20.7%
8 Administrative Cost 1,340 13 1,389 -3.5%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,225 18 1,472 -16.8%
16 Median Teacher Salary 51,475 29 52,691
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=62

The Fairfield School District is a community public school district that serves students in prekindergarten through sixth grade from Fairfield Township, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 743 students and 53.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third 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]

Students in public school for grades 7 - 12 attend the West Essex Regional School District, a regional school district serving students from four municipalities in western Essex County, New Jersey. Communities served by the district's schools are Essex Fells, Fairfield, North Caldwell and Roseland.[4] Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are West Essex Junior High School (grades 7-8; 569 students) and West Essex High School (grades 9-12; 1,014 students).

Contents

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[7]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Fairfield Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 2, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  4. ^ West Essex Regional High School 2010 School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 1, 2008. "West Essex Senior High School is located in North Caldwell and serves the four area sending districts of Essex Fells, Fairfield, North Caldwell, and Roseland."
  5. ^ Data for the West Essex Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 2, 2011.
  6. ^ Data for the Fairfield School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 2, 2011.
  7. ^ District Staff, Fairfield Board of Education. Accessed March 2, 2011.

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