Green Brook School District

Green Brook School District
Superintendent: Stephanie Bilenker
Business Administrator: Margot Getman
Address: 132 Jefferson Avenue
Green Brook, NJ 08812
Grade Range: K-8
School facilities: 2
Enrollment: 983 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 87.7
Student–teacher ratio: 11.2
District Factor Group: GH
Web site: http://www.gbtps.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $12,384 44 $12,420 -0.3%
2 Classroom Instruction 8,106 67 7,588 6.8%
6 Support Services 1,395 17 1,771 -21.2%
8 Administrative Cost 1,326 28 1,411 -6.0%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,439 43 1,462 -1.6%
13 Extracurricular Activities 72 30 97 -25.8%
16 Median Teacher Salary 46,990 3 54,453
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 751+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=88

The Green Brook School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Green Brook, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 983 students and 87.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2.[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]

Green Brook's public school students in grades 9-12 attend Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren Township. Students from Green Brook and from the neighboring communities of Watchung, Warren Township (in Somerset County), and Long Hill Township (in Morris County) attend the school.[4]

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Awards and recognition

For the 1998-99 school year, Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[5]

Schools

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

Elementary School
Middle School

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[7][8]

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