Demarest Public Schools
| Demarest Public Schools | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superintendent: | Michael Fox | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Frank G. Chilson | ||||
| Address: | 568 Piermont Road Demarest, NJ 07627 | ||||
| Grade Range: | K-8 | ||||
| School facilities: | 3 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 671 (as of 2010-11)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 61.7 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 10.88:1 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | I | ||||
| Web site: | District web site | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending | Rank (*) | K-8 Average | %± vs. Average |
| 1A | Total Spending | $19,932 | 55 | $18,047 | 10.4% |
| 1 | Budgetary Cost | 17,305 | 62 | 13,631 | 27.0% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 10,516 | 61 | 8,361 | 25.8% |
| 6 | Support Services | 2,809 | 59 | 2,055 | 36.7% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,749 | 47 | 1,497 | 16.8% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,878 | 55 | 1,539 | 22.0% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 192 | 53 | 98 | 95.9% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 62,525 | 42 | 60,112 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2013 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=65 | |||||
The Demarest Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Demarest in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 671 students and 61.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.88:1.[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 public school grades 9-12 attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in Demarest, together with students from Closter 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 at Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan.[5]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2010-11 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7]
- Elementary schools
- County Road School with 118 Kindergarten and first grade students
- Luther Lee Emerson School with an enrollment of 225 students in grades 2 - 4
- Middle school
- Demarest Middle School which serves 319 students in grades 5 through 8
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[8][9]
- Michael Fox, Superintendent of Schools
- Frank Chilson, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for the Demarest Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 19, 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 19, 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 Demarest Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 19, 2013.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Demarest Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 19, 2013.
- ↑ Administration, Demarest Public Schools. Accessed April 19, 2013.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 19, 2013.
External links
- Demarest Public Schools
- Demarest Public Schools's 2010–11 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for Demarest Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- Northern Valley Regional High School District
Coordinates: 40°57′33″N 73°57′36″W / 40.959269°N 73.960112°W