Essex Fells School District

Essex Fells School District
102 Hawthorne Road
Essex Fells, NJ 07021
District information
Grades K-6
Superintendent Michelle V. Gadaleta
Business administrator Steven Lella
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 348 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 29.1 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 12.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group J
Website http://www.efsk-6.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-6
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$22,76653$18,89120.5%
1Budgetary Cost17,7835313,64930.3%
2Classroom Instruction11,345558,36635.6%
6Support Services2,659442,16123.0%
8Administrative Cost1,983551,46735.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,772421,55214.2%
13Extracurricular Activities4139-89.7%
16Median Teacher Salary60,3253857,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

The Essex Fells School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Essex Fells, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 348 students and 29.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.[1]

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

Students in public school for seventh through twelfth grades attend the West Essex Regional School District, a regional school district serving students from Essex Fells, Fairfield, North Caldwell and Roseland.[4][5] Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are West Essex Middle School[7] (grades 7-8; 581 students) and West Essex High School[8] (grades 9-12; 1,070 students).[9]

Awards and recognition

In 2016, the school was one of ten schools in New Jersey recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education, a recognition celebrating excellence in academics.[10][11]

School

Essex Fells School had an enrollment of 209 students as of the 2014-15 school year.[12]

  • Michelle V. Gadaleta, Principal[13]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13][14]

  • Michelle V. Gadaleta, Superintendent
  • Steven Lella, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Essex Fells 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 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ West Essex Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 4, 2016. "The West Essex Regional School District is a comprehensive high school serving the communities of Essex Fells, Fairfield, North Caldwell, and Roseland in northern New Jersey."
  5. ↑ School History, West Essex Regional School District. Accessed June 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ School Data for the West Essex Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ West Essex Middle School, West Essex Regional School District. Accessed December 26, 2016.
  8. ↑ West Essex High School, West Essex Regional School District. Accessed December 26, 2016.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the West Essex Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 26, 2016.
  10. ↑ 2016 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Non‐Public, National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Accessed November 13, 2016.
  11. ↑ Clark, Adam. "These 10 N.J. schools earn Blue Ribbon honors", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 28, 2016. Accessed November 13, 2016. "The U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday announced that 10 New Jersey schools have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools, a recognition celebrating excellence in academics."
  12. ↑ School Data for the Essex Fells School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 26, 2016.
  13. 1 2 Welcome to the Administration Section of EFS, Essex Fells School. Accessed December 26, 2016.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Essex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 26, 2016.

Coordinates: 40°49′49″N 74°16′49″W / 40.830321°N 74.280283°W / 40.830321; -74.280283

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