Florham Park School District

Florham Park School District
Address
67-71 Ridgedale Avenue
Florham Park, NJ 07932
United States
Coordinates 40°46′38″N 74°24′01″W / 40.777286°N 74.400282°W / 40.777286; -74.400282Coordinates: 40°46′38″N 74°24′01″W / 40.777286°N 74.400282°W / 40.777286; -74.400282
District information
Grades PreK-8
Superintendent Dr. Melissa Varley
Business administrator John Csatlos
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 982 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 89.0 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 11.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website http://www.fpks.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,46259$18,891-2.3%
1Budgetary Cost14,7865914,1594.4%
2Classroom Instruction8,393378,659-3.1%
6Support Services2,556692,16718.0%
8Administrative Cost1,757681,54713.6%
10Operations & Maintenance1,756611,6128.9%
13Extracurricular Activities1757810468.3%
16Median Teacher Salary57,5212161,136
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 Florham Park School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Florham Park, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its three schools had an enrollment of 982 students and 89.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.[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.[3]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades are served by the Hanover Park Regional High School District, attending Hanover Park High School together with students from East Hanover Township, where the school is located. The district also serves students from the neighboring community of Hanover Township at Whippany Park High School in the Whippany section of Hanover Township.[4] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 876 students and 85.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.3:1.[5]

Schools

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

Elementary schools
  • Briarwood Elementary School[9] (grades PreK-2; 352 students)
    • Sherri Glaab, Principal[10]
  • Brooklake Elementary School[11] (3-5; 304)
    • Dr. Steven Caponegro, Principal[10]
Middle school
  • Ridgedale Middle School[12] (6-8; 333)
    • Peter Christ, Principal[10]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][13]

  • Dr. Melissa Varley, Superintendent[14]
  • John Csatlos, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Florham Park Public Schools, 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 November 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ Hanover Park Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 2, 2017. "The Hanover Park Regional High School District is comprised of two high schools. Hanover Park High School is located in East Hanover, receives students from East Hanover and Florham Park, and has an enrollment of 827 students. Whippany High School is located in Hanover Township, receives students from Hanover Township and has an enrollment of 706 students."
  5. ↑ School data for Hanover Park High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ School data for the Florham Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  7. ↑ Schools, Florham Park School District. Accessed January 2, 2017.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Florham Park School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ Briarwood Elementary School, Florham Park School District. Accessed January 2, 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Contacts, Florham Park School District. Accessed January 2, 2017.
  11. ↑ Brooklake Elementary School, Florham Park School District. Accessed January 2, 2017.
  12. ↑ Ridgedale Middle School, Florham Park School District. Accessed January 2, 2017.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  14. ↑ Superintendent's Newsletter, Florham Park School District. Accessed September 26, 2015.
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