Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District

Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District
Evergreen Avenue & Cedar Stree
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Dr. Margaret W. Hayes
Business administrator Deborah S. Saridaki
Schools 8
Students and staff
Enrollment 5,479 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 401.9 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.63:1
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website http://www.spfk12.org/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$16,15619$18,891-14.5%
1Budgetary Cost12,7911914,783-13.5%
2Classroom Instruction7,729148,763-11.8%
6Support Services1,823222,392-23.8%
8Administrative Cost1,175111,485-20.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,760631,783-1.3%
13Extracurricular Activities281632684.9%
16Median Teacher Salary63,4404364,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students from two communities in Union County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade, who come from the Township of Scotch Plains and the Borough of Fanwood.[3] The district has five elementary schools (PreK-Grade 4), two middle schools (Grades 5-8) and a comprehensive high school (Grades 9-12).[4]

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's eight schools had an enrollment of 5,479 students and 401.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.63:1.[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.[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7]

Elementary schools
Middle schools

Park Middle School[13] (5-8; 919)

High school

Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School[15] (9-12, 1,506)

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[16]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 22, 2015. "We are indebted to the communities of Scotch Plains and Fanwood for their support, involvement, and constant commitment to educational excellence. As you review our educational programs, outcomes, and the resources that support them, I hope you will agree that our status as a preschool through grade 12 regional school district promotes sound fiscal policy and practice."
  4. ↑ About Us, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Public Schools. Accessed August 18, 2014. "Scotch Plains-Fanwood is a regional school district comprised of students in Grades Preschool-Grade12 from the Township of Scotch Plains and the Borough of Fanwood. The district has five elementary schools (Preschool-Grade 4), 2 middle schools (Grades 5-8), and one comprehensive high school (Grades 9-12)."
  5. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
  6. ↑ School Data for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  7. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  8. ↑ Howard B. Brunner Elementary School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  9. ↑ J. Ackerman Coles School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  10. ↑ Evergreen School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  11. ↑ William J. McGinn School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  12. ↑ School One, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  13. ↑ Park Middle School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  14. ↑ Terrill Middle School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  15. ↑ Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  16. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Union County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  17. ↑ Home Page, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  18. ↑ Business Office, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed August 18, 2014.

External links

Coordinates: 40°38′23″N 74°22′00″W / 40.639709°N 74.366592°W / 40.639709; -74.366592

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