Green Brook School District

Green Brook School District
132 Jefferson Avenue
Green Brook, NJ 08812
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Kevin Carroll
Business administrator Gregory Brennan
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 964 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 80.5 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 11.98:1
Other information
District Factor Group GH
Website http://www.gbtps.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-8
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$17,70450$18,891-6.3%
1Budgetary Cost13,3603314,159-5.6%
2Classroom Instruction7,616148,659-12.0%
6Support Services2,016402,167-7.0%
8Administrative Cost1,804721,54716.6%
10Operations & Maintenance1,448361,612-10.2%
13Extracurricular Activities1817910474.0%
16Median Teacher Salary53,9701161,136
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 Green Brook School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Green Brook Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 964 students and 80.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.98:1.[1]

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

Green Brook's public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren Township. Students from Green Brook and from the neighboring communities of Watchung, Warren Township (in Somerset County), and Long Hill Township (in Morris County) attend the school.[4][5]

Awards and recognition

For the 1998-99 school year, Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon School 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:[8][9]

Elementary school
Middle school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Green Brook Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  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 February 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed February 2, 2015. "GREEN BROOK / K-8 / Grades 9-12 Sent to Watchung Hills"
  5. ↑ Green Brook School District 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 19, 2015. "Our scores have historically been above the state average and very competitive within Somerset County, including the other schools that send students to the Watchung Hills Regional High School District, the district where we send our students in grades 9-12."
  6. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed March 28, 2011.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Green Brook School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Green Brook School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed SFebruary 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ 2013-2014 Somerset County Public School Directory, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School, Green Brook Township Public Schools. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School - Administration - Principal, Green Brook School District. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ Green Brook Middle School, Green Brook Township Public Schools. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ Green Brook Middle School - Administration - Principal, Green Brook School District. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Somerset County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  15. ↑ Superintendent, Green Brook Township School District. Accessed February 2, 2015.
  16. ↑ Business Administrator, Green Brook Township School District. Accessed February 2, 2015.

External links

Coordinates: 40°36′13″N 74°28′01″W / 40.6035°N 74.466842°W / 40.6035; -74.466842

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