Dumont Public Schools

Dumont Public Schools
25 Depew Street
Dumont, NJ 07628
District information
Grades PreK-12
Superintendent Emanuele Triggiano
Business administrator Kevin Cartotto
Schools 5
Students and staff
Enrollment 2,675 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 212.9 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 12.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website http://www.dumontnj.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,54727$18,891-7.1%
1Budgetary Cost14,1284014,783-4.4%
2Classroom Instruction8,678508,763-1.0%
6Support Services1,56032,392-34.8%
8Administrative Cost1,746571,48517.6%
10Operations & Maintenance1,764491,783-1.1%
13Extracurricular Activities3542226832.1%
16Median Teacher Salary65,4604464,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

The Dumont Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Dumont, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its five schools had an enrollment of 2,675 students and 212.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1.[1]

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

History

Genevieve Via Cava, a former special education teacher for the district, left the school district $1 million after her 2011 death. She retired from teaching in 1990 and had no remaining immediate family. The donation was revealed in 2018.[4]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:[6][7][8]

Elementary schools
  • Grant School[9] (K-5) with 362 students; opened 1911
    • Richard Gronda, Principal
  • Honiss School[10] (K-8) with 666 students; opened 1955
    • Dr. Karen Bennett, Principal
  • Lincoln School[11] (K-5) with 200 students; opened 1911
    • Luis Lopez, Principal
  • Selzer School[12] (PreK-8) with 532 students; opened 1960
    • John Podesta, Principal
    • Jacqueline J. Bello, Vice Principal
High school
  • Dumont High School[13] (9-12) with 809 students; opened 1932
    • James Wichmann, Principal
    • Ryanne Hutchinson, Assistant Principal
    • Michael Weber, Assistant Principal

Administration

Core members of the schools administration are:[14][15]

  • Emanuele Triggiano, Superintendent
  • Kevin Cartotto, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Dumont Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  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 December 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Madeleine; Kwegyirba Croffie (2018-06-11). "45 years to helping students with disabilities. Now she's leaving them $1 million". CNN. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  5. ↑ School Data for the Dumont Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ District Schools, Dumont Public Schools. Accessed October 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ Dumont Public School System, Borough of Dumont. Accessed October 11, 2017.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Dumont Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ Grant School, Dumont Public Schools. Accessed October 12, 2017.
  10. ↑ Honiss School, Dumont Public Schools. Accessed October 12, 2017.
  11. ↑ Lincoln School, Dumont Public Schools. Accessed October 12, 2017.
  12. ↑ Selzer School, Dumont Public Schools. Accessed October 12, 2017.
  13. ↑ Dumont High School, Dumont Public Schools. Accessed October 12, 2017.
  14. ↑ Office of Superintendent, Dumont Public Schools. Accessed October 12, 2017.
  15. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 40°56′14″N 73°59′15″W / 40.937201°N 73.987629°W / 40.937201; -73.987629

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