Little Ferry Public Schools

Little Ferry Public Schools
Superintendent: Frank R. Scarafile
Business Administrator: Michael Barrella
Address: 130 Liberty Street
Little Ferry, NJ 07643
Grade Range: K-8
School facilities: 2
Enrollment: 958 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 64.0
Student–teacher ratio: 15.0
District Factor Group: CD
Web site: http://www.littleferry.k12.nj.us/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $10,118 6 $12,420 -18.5%
2 Classroom Instruction 6,392 6 7,588 -15.8%
6 Support Services 1,298 14 1,771 -26.7%
8 Administrative Cost 1,230 17 1,411 -12.8%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,132 12 1,462 -22.6%
13 Extracurricular Activities 27 3 97 -72.2%
16 Median Teacher Salary 57,079 59 54,453
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 751+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=88

The Little Ferry Public Schools are a community public school district that serves kindergarten through eighth-grade students from Little Ferry in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 958 students and 64.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.0.[1]

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

Since Little Ferry does not have its own high school, for grades 9-12, public school students attend Ridgefield Park High School, in Ridgefield Park only a couple of minutes away, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Ridgefield Park Public Schools that has been in place since 1953.[4]

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Awards and recognition

Memorial School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.[5]

Schools

The district contains two schools, which are located across the street from each other. The schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:

Administration

Core members of the district's administration include:[8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Little Ferry School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  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. ^ James, George. "School Districts' Battle On Tuition Goes to Court", The New York Times, December 16, 1989. Accessed May 27, 2008. "Little Ferry, a borough of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2) and 9,900 people, has sent its high school students to this neighboring 1.92-square-mile (5.0 km2) village of 12,000 people, since 1953."
  5. ^ McGreevey Celebrates Schools that are "Getting it Right": Schools of Excellence Winners Demonstrate Effectiveness of Governor’s Education Priorities, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated November 211, 2003. Accessed December 15, 2009.
  6. ^ Data for the Little Ferry Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2009.
  7. ^ About our schools, Little Ferry Public Schools. Accessed February 8, 2006
  8. ^ Folder/BOEMain.htm Board of Education, Little Ferry Public Schools. Accessed November 4, 2009.
  9. ^ Bergen County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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