Rumson School District

Rumson School District
Type and location
Grades K-8
Address 60 Forrest Avenue
Rumson, NJ 07760
District information
Superintendent Maryrose Caulfield-Sloan
Business administrator Denise Friedmann
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 982 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 75.5 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.01:1
Other information
District Factor Group J
Website http://www.rumson.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-8
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$17,28842$18,891-8.5%
1Budgetary Cost12,9652514,159-8.4%
2Classroom Instruction7,829248,659-9.6%
6Support Services2,037422,167-6.0%
8Administrative Cost1,691571,5479.3%
10Operations & Maintenance1,320211,612-18.1%
13Extracurricular Activities8738104-16.3%
16Median Teacher Salary62,7105361,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Rumson School District is a community public school district that serves students in grades Kindergarten through eighth grade from the Borough of Rumson, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 982 students and 75.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.01:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the 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]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, a regional, four-year comprehensive public high school, serving students from both Fair Haven and Rumson.[4] As of the 2011-12 school year, the Rumson-based high school had an enrollment of 910 students.[5]

Awards and recognition

For the 2001-02 school year, Forrestdale Middle School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:

Administrators

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Rumson School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 3, 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 October 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 22, 2015. "The boroughs of Rumson and Fair Haven are residential communities zoned principally for single family dwellings. These adjacent communities are located in Northern Monmouth County, within forty miles of New York City and within a mile of the Atlantic Ocean."
  5. ↑ District information for the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed December 21, 2009.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Rumson School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ Deane-Porter Elementary School, Rumson School District. Accessed June 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Administrative Office, Rumson School District. Accessed June 9, 2014.
  10. ↑ Forrestdale Middle School, Rumson School District. Accessed June 9, 2014.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 9, 2014.

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