Garfield Public Schools

Garfield Public Schools
Superintendent: Nicholas Perrapato
Business Administrator: Dennis Frohnapfel
Address: 125 Outwater Lane
Garfield, NJ 07026
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 11
Enrollment: 4,511 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 384.5
Student–teacher ratio: 11.7
District Factor Group: B
Web site: http://www.gboe.org/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $12,420 38 $13,632 -8.9%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,711 47 8,035 -4.0%
6 Support Services 1,942 57 2,166 -10.3%
8 Administrative Cost 1,240 29 1,379 -10.1%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,262 19 1,674 -24.6%
13 Extracurricular Activities 210 42 258 -18.6%
16 Median Teacher Salary 52,965 23 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105

The Garfield Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from Garfield, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Garfield is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide.[3]

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 4,511 students and 384.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7.[1]

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

Contents

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:

Preschool

Elementary Schools (K-5, except as indicated)

Middle School (6-8)

High School (9-12)

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Garfield School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 15, 2009. Accessed April 1, 2011.
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  5. ^ Data for the Garfield Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2011.
  6. ^ Office of the Superintendent, Garfield Public Schools. Accessed October 29, 2009.
  7. ^ Bergen County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

External links

K-5
K-6
K-8
K-12
7-12
9-12
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