Haledon School District

Haledon School District
70 Church Street
Haledon, NJ 07508
District information
Grades PreK-8
Superintendent Dr. Miguel Hernandez
Business administrator John A. Serapiglia
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,429 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 95.5 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 15.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group B
Website http://www.haledon.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,44914$18,891-18.2%
1Budgetary Cost13,2242914,159-6.6%
2Classroom Instruction8,650468,659-0.1%
6Support Services1,891272,167-12.7%
8Administrative Cost1,420271,547-8.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,14481,612-29.0%
13Extracurricular Activities10248104-1.9%
16Median Teacher Salary56,0201461,136
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 Haledon School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Haledon, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 1,429 students and 95.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.0:1.[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.[3]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Manchester Regional High School, located in Haledon, which also serves students from North Haledon, and Prospect Park.[4][5] The Manchester district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows non-resident students to attend the district's schools without cost to their parents, with tuition paid by the state. Available slots are announced annually by grade.[6] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 896 students and 64.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9:1.[7]

School

Schools in the district are:[8]

  • Haledon Public School, which had an enrollment of 1,038 students in the 2011-12 school year.[9]
    • Beth Barnhill - Vice Principal, Curriculum and Instruction[10]
    • James Queli - Vice Principal, Student Affairs[10]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]

  • Dr. Miguel Hernandez, Superintendent. Hernandez serves as a joint superintendent with the Manchester Regional High School District.[12]
  • John A. Serapiglia, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Haledon 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 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 30, 2016. "Manchester Regional High School (MRHS) serves 903 students from the Passaic County boroughs of Haledon, North Haledon and Prospect Park. It is also one of only two Interdistrict Public Choice Schools in the county providing a quality college preparatory curriculum to students outside the district who want to avail themselves of this program. One hundred four students from Essex, Bergen and Passaic Counties are enrolled at the school."
  5. ↑ Staff. "Diversity ruling halts school maneuver, Justices said a borough's money-saving bid to leave a district would remove too many white students.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 12, 2004. Accessed May 1, 2011. "The state Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a Passaic County school district cannot withdraw its students from a regional high school because it would take away too many white students, resulting in a racially imbalanced enrollment. The 6-0 decision said North Haledon students must continue to attend Manchester Regional High School in Haledon because the state constitution requires education officials to prevent segregation in public schools."
  6. ↑ Interdistrict Public School Choice: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 1, 2011.
  7. ↑ School data for Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  8. ↑ Passaic County 2016-17 Public School Directory, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed January 27, 2015.
  9. ↑ School Data for the Haledon Public School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  10. 1 2 3 Administration, Haledon School District. Accessed July 13, 2017.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Passaic County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  12. ↑ Superintendent’s Office, Haledon School District. Accessed July 13, 2017.
  13. ↑ Business Office, Haledon School District. Accessed July 13, 2017.

Coordinates: 40°56′28″N 74°10′57″W / 40.941064°N 74.18245°W / 40.941064; -74.18245

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