Dunellen Public Schools

Dunellen Public Schools
Type and location
Grades K-12
Address High Street & Lehigh Street
Dunellen, NJ 08812
District information
Superintendent Dr. Patrick Piegari (interim)
Business administrator Brian DeLucia
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,159 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 93.5 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 12.40:1
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website http://www.dunellenschools.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$15,4186$18,891-18.4%
1Budgetary Cost11,457314,783-22.5%
2Classroom Instruction6,70338,763-23.5%
6Support Services1,56352,392-34.7%
8Administrative Cost1,586221,4856.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,20761,783-32.3%
13Extracurricular Activities3951826847.4%
16Median Teacher Salary51,759464,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

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

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,159 students and 93.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.40:1.[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]

Awards and recognition

Lincoln Middle School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.[4]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:[6]

Elementary school
Middle school
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Dunellen School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ McGreevey Celebrates Schools that are "Getting it Right": Schools of Excellence Winners Demonstrate Effectiveness of Governor’s Education Priorities, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated November 21, 2003. Accessed December 15, 2009.
  5. ↑ School Data for the Dunellen Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 6, 2014.
  6. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Dunellen Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 6, 2014.
  7. ↑ John P. Faber School, Dunellen Public Schools. Accessed November 6, 2014.
  8. ↑ Lincoln Middle School, Dunellen Public Schools. Accessed November 6, 2014.
  9. ↑ Dunellen High School, Dunellen Public Schools. Accessed November 6, 2014.
  10. ↑ Administration, Dunellen Public Schools. Accessed November 6, 2014.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Middlesex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 6, 2014.

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Coordinates: 40°34′59″N 74°28′01″W / 40.58296°N 74.467019°W