Belvidere School District

Belvidere School District
809 Oxford Street
Belvidere, NJ 07823
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Christopher Carrubba
Business administrator Rachelle Tjalma
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 738 (as of 2013-14)[1]
Faculty 70.8 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 10.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website http://www.belvideresd.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,56210$18,891-12.3%
1Budgetary Cost14,6783114,783-0.7%
2Classroom Instruction8,354268,763-4.7%
6Support Services1,882192,392-21.3%
8Administrative Cost1,983481,48533.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,778351,783-0.3%
13Extracurricular Activities66744268148.9%
16Median Teacher Salary54,7101164,043
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 Belvidere School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Belvidere in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2013-14 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 738 students and 70.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1.[1]

Students from Harmony Township, Hope Township and White Township attend the district's high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective districts.[3][4]

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, having been approved on July 14, 2000, to participate in the program.[5] Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.[6]

The district has a nine-member Board of Education, with one additional member from each of the three sending districts.[7]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.[8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2013-14 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10][11][12]

Elementary school
  • Third Street School[13] (Grades K-3; 104 students)
Middle school
  • Oxford Street Elementary School[14] (4-8; 183)
High school

Administration

Senior members of the district's administration are:[16][17]

  • Christopher Carrubba, Superintendent
  • Rachelle Tjalma, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Belvidere School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Municipal Guide to Public School Districts, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed August 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ Belvidere High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 7, 2017. "The District serves students from the Belvidere K-12 district and three surrounding K-8 districts; Hope, Harmony, and White."
  5. ↑ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  6. ↑ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction Archived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Machine., New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  7. ↑ Board of Education members, Belvidere School District. Accessed October 30, 2016.
  8. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 25, 2015.
  9. ↑ School Data for the Belvidere School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ Schools, Belvidere School District. Accessed February 25, 2015.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Belvidere School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 30, 2016.
  12. ↑ Municipal Guide to Public School Districts Archived 2015-02-26 at the Wayback Machine., Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed February 25, 2015.
  13. ↑ Third Street School, Belvidere School District. Accessed October 30, 2016.
  14. ↑ Oxford Street Elementary School, Belvidere School District. Accessed October 30, 2016.
  15. ↑ Belvidere High School, Belvidere School District. Accessed October 30, 2016.
  16. ↑ Administration, Belvidere School District. Accessed October 30, 2016.
  17. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Warren County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 40°49′27″N 75°03′56″W / 40.824041°N 75.065671°W / 40.824041; -75.065671

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