Nutley Public Schools

Nutley Public Schools
Superintendent: Russell Lazovick
Business Administrator: Karen Yeamans
Address: 315 Franklin Avenue
Nutley, NJ 07110
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 7
Enrollment: 4,082 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 301
Student–teacher ratio: 13.56
District Factor Group: FG
Web site: http://www.nutleyschools.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $11,916 26 $13,632 -12.6%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,337 31 8,035 -8.7%
6 Support Services 1,455 13 2,166 -32.8%
8 Administrative Cost 1,296 43 1,379 -6.0%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,413 35 1,674 -15.6%
13 Extracurricular Activities 307 79 258 19.0%
16 Median Teacher Salary 61,900 73 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105

Nutley Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Nutley, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's seven schools had an enrollment of 4,082 students and 301 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.56.[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]

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Awards and recognition

The district was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Music Education in America 2005" by the American Music Conference.[4]

NAMM named the district in its 2008 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 110 school districts nationwide.[5] The district was also named in NAMM's 2009 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 124 school districts nationwide.[6]

Nutley's schools, much like other Essex county communities, compete in various academic competitions on town, county, state, and even national levels. Popular in both the elementary and middle schools is the "Academically Speaking" county competition, which tests knowledge of almost all subjects and pits a carefully selected town-wide team against others from towns such as Bloomfield, Livingston, and Montclair. Nutley's teams have routinely finished in the semi-finals or finals, and their middle school team won for the first time in 2007. Nutley also sends two representatives to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and one for the National Geographic Bee. They have an active "Forensics" program in both the middle and elementary schools, in which talented students dramatize famous fictional works, and finish well in the semi-statewide MathCounts competition, finishing in the top half among some of the top schools in northern New Jersey two years running.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8]

Elementary schools (K-6)
Middle school
High school

Elementary

Nutley has five public elementary schools which educate students in grades K-6.

Spring Garden

Spring Garden, located at 59 South Spring Garden Avenue, was constructed in 1917 and was added on to in 1927[9].

Yantacaw

Yantacaw was built in 1902 and is the oldest of the elementary schools still in use. In 1929, an addition was built to accommodate the growing population of Nutley. It is located at 20 Yantacaw Place[10]

Radcliffe

Radcliffe, located at 379 Bloomfield Avenue, is the newest elementary school and was built in 1955[11]

Lincoln

Lincoln was built in 1915, with further construction occurring in 1929. It is located at 301 Harrison Street[12]

Washington

Washington was constructed in 1911, the second oldest elementary school still in use in Nutley. It is located at 155 Washington Avenue[13]

John H. Walker Middle School

All students in grades 7 and 8 attend John H. Walker Middle School. Located at 325 Franklin Avenue, John H. Walker Middle School served as Nutley's high school until 1959[14]

Nutley High School

Nutley High School serves students in grades nine through twelve.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[15][16]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Nutley School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 31, 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. ^ Best 100 (101!) Communities for Music Education in America, 2005, accessed December 12, 2006.
  5. ^ "NAMM Foundation Names the 'Best Communities for Music Education'", NAMM, April 30, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2009.
  6. ^ "Nationwide Survey Finds the 'Best Communities for Music Education' in U.S.", NAMM, April 16, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2009.
  7. ^ Data for the Nutley Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 31, 2011.
  8. ^ Schools, Nutley Public School District. Accessed July 31, 2011.
  9. ^ ""Spring Garden Elementary School"". http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/nj/1443. Retrieved 2006-06-12. 
  10. ^ ""Yantacaw Elementary School"". http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/nj/1443. Retrieved 2006-06-12. 
  11. ^ ""Radcliffe Elementary School"". http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/nj/1440. Retrieved 2006-06-12. 
  12. ^ ""Lincoln Elementary School"". http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/nj/1439. Retrieved 2006-06-12. 
  13. ^ ""Washington Elementary School"". http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/nj/1442. Retrieved 2006-06-12. 
  14. ^ ""Franklin Middle School"". http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/nj/1438. Retrieved 2006-06-12. 
  15. ^ Board of Education Members, Nutley Board of Education. Accessed July 31, 2011.
  16. ^ Essex County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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