West Essex Regional School District

West Essex Regional School District
Type and location
Grades 7-12
Address West Greenbrook Road
North Caldwell, NJ 07006
District information
Superintendent Barbara Longo
Business administrator Pamela Hinman
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,617 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 142.4 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 11.36:1
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website http://www.westex.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		7-12
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$22,96235$18,89121.5%
1Budgetary Cost17,0133614,58616.6%
2Classroom Instruction9,675378,33916.0%
6Support Services2,202202,1144.2%
8Administrative Cost1,962431,56125.7%
10Operations & Maintenance2,274371,79826.5%
13Extracurricular Activities8932767332.7%
16Median Teacher Salary70,6272865,769
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of 7-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47

The West Essex Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students in seventh through twelfth grade from Essex Fells, Fairfield, North Caldwell and Roseland, four municipalities in western Essex County, New Jersey, United States.[3] These four suburban residential communities located approximately 25 miles (40 km) from New York City have a combined population of approximately 23,000 people and cover an area of 18 square miles (47 km2).

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 1,617 students and 142.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.36:1.[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.[4]

West Essex Regional is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Schools

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

Administration

Members of the district administration are:[11][12]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 16th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 36th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[13] The magazine ranked the school 48th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[14]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for West Essex Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ West Essex Regional High School 2014 School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 23, 2015. "West Essex Regional High School is located in North Caldwell and serves the four area sending districts of Essex Fells, Fairfield, North Caldwell, and Roseland. "
  4. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2009.
  5. ↑ School Data for the West Essex Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 4, 2014.
  6. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the West Essex Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 30, 2013.
  7. ↑ West Essex Middle School, West Essex Regional School District. Accessed August 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 About Us, West Essex Regional Middle School. Accessed August 4, 2014.
  9. ↑ West Essex High School, West Essex Regional School District. Accessed August 4, 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 About Us, West Essex High School. Accessed August 4, 2014.
  11. ↑ District Administration, West Essex Regional School District. Accessed August 4, 2014.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Essex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 4, 2014.
  13. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 2, 2012.
  14. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 31, 2011.

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