North Bergen School District

North Bergen School District
Superintendent: Robert Dandorph
Business Administrator: Steven Somick
Address: 7317 Kennedy Boulevard
North Bergen, NJ 07047
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 7
Enrollment: 7,482 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 556.4
Student–teacher ratio: 13.4
District Factor Group: B
Web site: http://www.northbergen.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $11,754 23 $13,632 -13.8%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,307 30 8,035 -9.1%
6 Support Services 1,502 17 2,166 -30.7%
8 Administrative Cost 1,365 56 1,379 -1.0%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,323 25 1,674 -21.0%
13 Extracurricular Activities 190 31 258 -26.4%
16 Median Teacher Salary 64,450 81 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105

The North Bergen School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from North Bergen, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

Students from Guttenberg attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Guttenberg Public School District.[3]

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's seven schools had an enrollment of 7,482 students and 556.4 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 "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:

Elementary Schools
High School

Administration

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

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the North Bergen School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 23, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Shortell, Tom. "3 candidates on ballot to be Guttenberg's mayor", The Jersey Journal, November 2, 2008. Accessed March 23, 2011. "Scoullos, who has worked as a budget analyst, said he also plans to audit the town's contracts in order to find ways to cut taxes. Scoullos said in the late 1990s, North Bergen overcharged the town for services at North Bergen High School, which takes Guttenberg students as part of a sending/receiving network."
  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 North Bergen School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 23, 2011.
  6. ^ Board Office Administrators, North Bergen School District. Accessed March 23, 2011.
  7. ^ Hudson County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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