| Westfield Public Schools | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Dr. Margaret Dolan | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Robert Berman | ||||
| Address: | 302 Elm Street Westfield, NJ 07090 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 9 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 6,344 (as of 2009-10)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 459 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 13.82 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | I | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.westfieldnjk12.org | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $11,781 | 24 | $13,632 | -13.6% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 6,948 | 14 | 8,035 | -13.5% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,997 | 61 | 2,166 | -7.8% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,300 | 45 | 1,379 | -5.7% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,241 | 18 | 1,674 | -25.9% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 62,049 | 75 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105 |
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The Westfield Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through 12th grade from Westfield, in Union County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's 10 schools had an enrollment of 6,344 students and 459 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.82.The district had an additional 317 non-teaching staff, for a total of 776 FTEs, and operated in the 2007-08 school year on a budget of $91,184,000, at an average per student cost of $14,851.[1]
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.[3]
Students taking the SAT have achieved average scores of 560 in Verbal and 577 for Math. 11 Perfect Scores have been achieved. In the 2005 National Merit Scholarship Program, the Westfield Public Schools had 6 Semifinalists and 18 Commendations.
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Theodore Roosevelt Intermediate School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive, during the 2004-05 school year.[4]
For the 1994-95 school year, Westfield High School was named as a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.[5]
The district has a central kindergarten, along with six grade 1 - 5 elementary schools and two grade 6 - 8 middle schools divided by a "North Side / South Side" boundary, as well as a single high school. The schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are as follows:[7]
Because the Westfield Public Schools are in Union County, public school students may apply to attend the Union County Vocational Technical Schools. They include Union County Magnet High School, Union County Academy for Information Technology, Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences, Union County Vocational Technical High School and Union County Academy for Performing Arts.[8]
Westfield High School publishes a weekly student newspaper during the school year called Hi's Eye. Established in 1935, the paper publishes 33 issues per year with a monthly Arts and Entertainment insert called Iris. The Hi's Eye is unique among many student run newspapers in that it is weekly and completely self-funded. The motto for the Hi's Eye is "If it's Friday and there's school... there will be Hi's Eye."
The middle schools and elementary schools also publish a brief newspaper written by their students, for their students. Theodore Roosevelt Intermediate School publishes an issue of The Rough Rider 12 times a year. Thomas Alva Edison Intermediate School publishes The Edison Insider a few times a year. Woodrow Wilson Elementary School publishes an issue of The Wilson World twice a year.
Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]
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