Kenilworth Public Schools

Kenilworth Public Schools
Superintendent: Sylvan C. Hershey
Business Administrator: Vincent Gonnella
Address: 426 Boulevard
Kenilworth, NJ 07033
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 2
Enrollment: 1,374 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 103.5
Student–teacher ratio: 13.3
District Factor Group: DE
Web site: http://www.kenilworthschools.com
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $12,163 18 $13,632 -10.8%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,205 23 8,035 -10.3%
6 Support Services 1,708 17 2,166 -21.1%
8 Administrative Cost 1,399 11 1,379 1.5%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,322 12 1,674 -21.0%
13 Extracurricular Activities 504 32 258 95.3%
16 Median Teacher Salary 61,504 42 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 0-1800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=45

The Kenilworth Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from the borough of Kenilworth, in Union County, New Jersey, United States.

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at David Brearley High School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program.[3] Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.[4] Each school year, the 15 slots are available for seventh grade and five slots in ninth grade. Vacant slots will be available in grades 8, 9 and 10. A lottery will be used to select attendees if there are more applicants than available slots. Prospective Choice participants must be residents of Union County eligible for placement in grades 7-10 who were enrolled in a public school during the full year prior to entry to the Kenilworth Public Schools.

Public school students from Kenilworth attend David Brearley High School, as well as from Winfield Township, who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Winfield Township School District.[5]

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 1,374 students and 103.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.3.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth 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.[6]

Contents

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:

Noted alumni

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Kenilworth School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 13, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  4. ^ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  5. ^ David Brearly High School 2010 School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 22, 2011. "David Brearley Middle/High School is home to students in grades 7-12 from Kenilworth, and has a send-receive relationship for approximately fifty high school students from Winfield Township."
  6. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  7. ^ Data for the Kenilworth Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 13, 2011.
  8. ^ databaseFootball profile for Tony Siragusa, accessed November 9, 2006
  9. ^ Board of Education, Kenilworth Schools. Accessed April 22, 2011.
  10. ^ Union County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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