Hackensack Public Schools

Hackensack Public Schools
191 Second Street
Hackensack, NJ 07601
District information
Grades PreK to 12
Superintendent Joseph Cicchelli (Acting)
Business administrator Pamela Hinman
Schools 6
Students and staff
Enrollment 5,225 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 411.0 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 12.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website www.hackensackschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$24,04698$18,89127.3%
1Budgetary Cost15,7467414,7836.5%
2Classroom Instruction10,173938,76316.1%
6Support Services2,419612,3921.1%
8Administrative Cost1,274231,485-14.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,611511,783-9.6%
13Extracurricular Activities268612680.0%
16Median Teacher Salary81,5089764,043
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 Hackensack Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the City of Hackensack, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its six schools had an enrollment of 5,225 students and 411.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.7:1.[1]

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

The district's high school serves students from South Hackensack, Rochelle Park and Maywood as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective districts.[4]

Awards and recognition

Hackensack High School (HHS) was named one of America's best high schools by Newsweek magazine in its 2013 rankings.[5] Ranked among the top six percent of high schools in the country, HHS was recognized based on various criteria including Advanced Placement (AP) programs, the four-year, on-time graduation rate and number of graduates accepted into a two- or four-year college program.

Jackson Avenue Elementary School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.[6]

Schools

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

Elementary schools
  • Fairmount Elementary School[10] (634 students; in grades PreK-4)
    • Rhonda Ashton-Loeb, Principal
  • Fanny Meyer Hillers School[11] (611; PreK-4)
    • Joy Dorsey Whitting, Principal
  • Jackson Avenue School[12] (488; PreK-4)
    • Andrea Oates-Parchment, Principal
  • Nellie K. Parker School[13] (663; PreK-4)
    • Lillian Whitaker, Principal
Middle school
  • Hackensack Middle School[14] serves grades 5-8 (1,418)
    • Corey Jones, Principal
High school

Administration

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

  • Joseph Cicchelli, Acting Superintendent
  • Pamela Hinman, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Hackensack 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 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ Alvarado, Monsy. "Maywood to study sending high schoolers to Paramus over Hackensack", The Record (Bergen County), January 14, 2011. Accessed April 29, 2013. "Besides 250 students from Maywood, Hackensack High School also serves about 120 students from Rochelle Park and 80 students from South Hackensack."
  5. ↑ Staff. "2013 America's Best High Schools", Newsweek, May 6, 2013. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  6. ↑ McGreevey Celebrates Schools that are "Getting it Right": Schools of Excellence Winners Demonstrate Effectiveness of Governor's Education Priorities Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine., New Jersey Department of Education press release dated November 21, 2003. Accessed December 15, 2009.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Hackensack Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ Schools, Hackensack Public Schools. Accessed October 11, 2017.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Hackensack Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ Fairmount Elementary School, Hackensack Public Schools. Accessed October 11, 2017.
  11. ↑ Fanny Meyer Hillers School, Hackensack Public Schools. Accessed October 11, 2017.
  12. ↑ Jackson Avenue School, Hackensack Public Schools. Accessed October 11, 2017.
  13. ↑ Nellie K. Parker School, Hackensack Public Schools. Accessed October 11, 2017.
  14. ↑ Hackensack Middle School, Hackensack Public Schools. Accessed October 11, 2017.
  15. ↑ Hackensack High School, Hackensack Public Schools. Accessed October 11, 2017.
  16. ↑ Contact Page, Hackensack Public Schools. Accessed October 11, 2017.
  17. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 40°53′23″N 74°02′31″W / 40.889732°N 74.041821°W / 40.889732; -74.041821

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