West Milford Township Public Schools

West Milford Township Public Schools
Superintendent: John J. Petrelli (interim)
Business Administrator: Barbara Francisco
Address: 46 Highlander Drive
West Milford, NJ 07480
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 8
Enrollment: 4,197 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 303
Student–teacher ratio: 13.85
District Factor Group: FG
Web site: http://www.wmtps.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $12,943 54 $13,632 -5.1%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,898 60 8,035 -1.7%
6 Support Services 1,892 51 2,166 -12.7%
8 Administrative Cost 1,264 32 1,379 -8.3%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,528 50 1,674 -8.7%
13 Extracurricular Activities 220 48 258 -14.7%
16 Median Teacher Salary 62,600 77 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105

The West Milford Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from West Milford, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's eight schools had an enrollment of 4,197 students and 303 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.85.[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]

The district has six elementary schools (grades K-6), one middle school (grade 7-8), and one high school (grades 9-12), and also supports a Center for Adult/Community Education. The school system has 361 certified staff members, over 50% of whom have a master's degree or higher).[4]

The old Newfoundland, two-room schoolhouse is now the Village Square Inn Pizzeria and Restaurant. The old Hillcrest School is now the township's community center. The few one-room schoolhouses are all gone; the last one was the Hewitt School, destroyed by fire set by vandals (it had been the former Methodist church before a new, larger church was built).

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Awards and recognition

NAMM named the district in its 2009 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 124 school districts nationwide.[5]

The district was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Music Education in America 2005" by the American Music Conference.[6]

Schools

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

Elementary Schools (K-6)
Middle School (7-8)
High School (9-12)

Administration

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

Board of education

References

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