Little Falls Township Public Schools

Little Falls Township Public Schools
Superintendent: Dr. Robert Otnisky (interim)
Business Administrator: Louise Davis (interim)
Address: 560 Main Street
Little Falls, NJ 07424
Grade Range: K-8
School facilities: 3
Enrollment: 909 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 67.6
Student–teacher ratio: 13.4
District Factor Group: FG
Web site: http://www.lfnjschools.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $12,466 48 $12,420 0.4%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,477 42 7,588 -1.5%
6 Support Services 2,230 79 1,771 25.9%
8 Administrative Cost 1,396 34 1,411 -1.1%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,257 20 1,462 -14.0%
13 Extracurricular Activities 70 29 97 -27.8%
16 Median Teacher Salary 60,777 73 54,453
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 751+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=88

The Little Falls Township Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Little Falls, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 909 students and 67.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4.[1]

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

For grades 9 - 12, public school students attend Passaic Valley Regional High School. The regional public high school serves students from Little Falls, Totowa Borough and Woodland Park Borough (formerly West Paterson). The school facility is located in Little Falls.[4]

Contents

Schools

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

Elementary schools
Middle school

Administration

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

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Little Falls Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 18, 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. ^ District Information, Passaic Valley High School. Accessed March 18, 2011. "The regional district which is served by Passaic Valley High School is comprised of the communities of Little Falls, Totowa Borough and Woodland Park."
  5. ^ Data for the Little Falls Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 18, 2011.
  6. ^ District Administration, Little Falls Township Public Schools. Accessed March 18, 2011.
  7. ^ Passaic County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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9-12
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