Garfield Public Schools

Garfield Public Schools
125 Outwater Lane
Garfield, NJ 07026
District information
Grades PreK-12
Superintendent Nicholas Perrapato
Business administrator Dr. Edward Izbicki
Schools 12
Affiliation(s) Former Abbott district
Students and staff
Enrollment 5,279 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 447.0 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 11.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group B
Website www.gboe.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,46679$18,8918.3%
1Budgetary Cost14,8405914,7830.4%
2Classroom Instruction9,023658,7633.0%
6Support Services2,549702,3926.6%
8Administrative Cost1,373381,485-7.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,654551,783-7.2%
13Extracurricular Activities18224268-32.1%
16Median Teacher Salary58,0591764,043
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 Garfield Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Garfield, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide,[3] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[4][5]

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its 12 schools had an enrollment of 5,279 students and 447.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-lowest 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.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8][9]

Preschool
  • Garfield Early Childhood Learning Center[10] (329 students; in PreK)
  • Garfield Public Preschool Annex[11] (138; PreK)
Elementary schools
  • Washington Irving School #4[12] (422; K-5)
  • Woodrow Wilson School #5[13] (310; K-5)
  • Abraham Lincoln Elementary School #6[14] (360; PreK-5)
  • Roosevelt School #7[15] (355; K-5)
  • Christopher Columbus School #8[16] (413; PreK-5)
  • James Madison School #10[17] (393; K-5)
Middle school
  • Garfield Middle School[18] (981; 6-8)
High school
Alternative
  • Garfield Auxiliary Middle School & High School[20] (63; 6-12)

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[21][22]

  • Nicholas Perrapato, Superintendent
  • Dr. Edward Izbicki, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Garfield 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. ↑ Abbott School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ About SDA Archived 2016-08-16 at the Wayback Machine., New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ SDA Capital Program Archived 2016-11-09 at the Wayback Machine., New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  6. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 11, 2014.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Garfield Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ Schools, Garfield Public Schools. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Garfield Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ Garfield Early Childhood Center, Garfield Public Schools. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  11. ↑ Garfield Public Preschool Annex, Garfield Public Schools. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  12. ↑ Washington Irving School #4, Garfield Public Schools. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  13. ↑ Woodrow Wilson School #5, Garfield Public Schools. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  14. ↑ Abraham Lincoln Elementary School #6, Garfield Public Schools. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  15. ↑ Roosevelt School #7, Garfield Public Schools. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  16. ↑ Christopher Columbus School #8, Garfield Public Schools. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  17. ↑ James Madison School #10, Garfield Public Schools. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  18. ↑ Garfield Middle School, Garfield Public Schools. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  19. ↑ Garfield High School, Garfield Public Schools. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  20. ↑ Garfield Auxiliary Middle School & High School, Garfield Public Schools. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  21. ↑ Office of the Superintendent Archived 2011-03-19 at the Wayback Machine., Garfield Public Schools. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  22. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 40°52′54″N 74°06′47″W / 40.881549°N 74.113151°W / 40.881549; -74.113151

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