Closter Public Schools
| Closter Public Schools | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Joanne Newberry | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Peter Iappelli | ||||
| Address: | 340 Homans Avenue Closter, NJ 07624 | ||||
| Grade Range: | K-8 | ||||
| School facilities: | 2 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 1,121 (as of 2010-11)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 81.5 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 13.75:1 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | I | ||||
| Web site: | District web site | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending | Rank (*) | K-8 Average | %± vs. Average |
| 1A | Total Spending | $16,664 | 50 | $18,047 | -7.7% |
| 1 | Budgetary Cost | 14,352 | 63 | 13,631 | 5.3% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 9,228 | 74 | 8,361 | 10.4% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,966 | 47 | 2,055 | -4.3% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,636 | 60 | 1,497 | 9.3% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,444 | 38 | 1,539 | -6.2% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 77 | 38 | 98 | -21.4% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 85,302 | 87 | 60,112 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2013 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=88 | |||||
The Closter Public Schools are a community public school district that educates students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Closter in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 1,121 students and 81.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.75:1.[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 in grades 9-12 attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in Demarest, together with students from Demarest and Haworth.[4] The high school is part of the Northern Valley Regional High School District, which also serves students from Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan.[5]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2010-11 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:>[7]
- Hillside Elementary School, located on 340 Homans Avenue (558 students in grades PreK-4)
- Alfred Baffa - Principal
- Tenakill Middle School located on 275 High Street (551 students in grades 5-8)
- Danielle DaGiau - Principal
- Justin O'Neill - Assistant Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for the Closter School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 18, 2013.
- ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2009.
- ↑ Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In / Demarest, N.J.; Small Town, Large Sense of History", The New York Times, April 4, 1999. Accessed April 19, 2013. "Following eighth grade, students go on to Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, which the borough shares with Haworth and neighboring Closter."
- ↑ Our Communities, Northern Valley Regional High School District. Accessed April 18, 2013. "The seven towns that make up the Northern Valley Regional High School District - Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood, and Old Tappan - are situated in the northeast corner of Bergen County, New Jersey."
- ↑ Data for the Closter Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 18, 2013.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Closter Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 18, 2013.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 18, 2013.
- ↑ Superintendent of Schools, Closter Public Schools. Accessed April 18, 2013.
- ↑ Business Office, Closter Public Schools. Accessed April 18, 2013.
External links
- Closter Public Schools
- Closter Public Schools's 2010–11 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Closter Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- Northern Valley Regional High School District
Coordinates: 40°58′00″N 73°56′55″W / 40.966635°N 73.948541°W
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