Oradell Public School District

Oradell Public School District
Business Administrator: Rita Cioppi
Address: 350 Prospect Avenue
Oradell, NJ 07649
Grade Range: K-6
School facilities: 1
Enrollment: 794 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 46.0
Student–teacher ratio: 17.3
District Factor Group: I
Web site: http://www.oradell.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-6
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $11,016 13 $12,195 -9.7%
2 Classroom Instruction 6,100 7 7,366 -17.2%
6 Support Services 1,812 30 1,832 -1.1%
8 Administrative Cost 1,554 28 1,389 11.9%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,501 33 1,472 2.0%
13 Extracurricular Activities 16 9 40 -60.0%
16 Median Teacher Salary 46,958 11 52,691
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=62

The Oradell Public School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through sixth grade from Oradell, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The Oradell Public School District consists of one school, Oradell Public School.

Oradell and neighboring River Edge share a combined school district for 7th through 12th grades, River Dell Regional School District which was established in 1958. Students attend River Dell Regional Middle School in River Edge and River Dell Regional High School in Oradell.[3]

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 794 students and 46.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.3.[1] The average class size was 20.9, while the state average was 18.9.[4]The administration costs were 11.9% above average while the support services costs were 1.1% below average and classroom instruction costs were 17.2% below average. The high administrative costs coupled with the low support services and classroom instruction costs makes this district a prime candidate to regionalize. [5]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second 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

School

Administration

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

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Oradell Public 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. ^ Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In/Oradell, N.J.; Giving an Old Downtown a New Life", The New York Times, August 20, 2000. Accessed May 28, 2008. "IN seventh grade, Oradell youngsters enter the River Dell Regional School District, which is shared with neighboring River Edge. It comprises the 423-student River Dell Middle School in River Edge for grades seven and eight and the 823-student River Dell High School in Oradell."
  4. ^ NJ 2008-08 Oradell School Report Card
  5. ^ PlanSmart NJ
  6. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2009.
  7. ^ Data for the Oradell Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 7, 2009.
  8. ^ a b Oradell 2006-07 school report card
  9. ^ Staff, Oradell Public School District. Accessed March 31, 2010.

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