Midland Park School District

Midland Park School District
Address
31 Highland Avenue
Midland Park, NJ 07432
United States
Coordinates 40°59′29″N 74°08′25″W / 40.991386°N 74.140414°W / 40.991386; -74.140414Coordinates: 40°59′29″N 74°08′25″W / 40.991386°N 74.140414°W / 40.991386; -74.140414
District information
Grades PreK-12
Superintendent Dr. Marie Cirasella
Business administrator Stacy C. Garvey
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,033 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 97.7 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 10.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group GH
Website midlandparkschools.k12.nj.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,42639$18,8918.1%
1Budgetary Cost15,6113614,7835.6%
2Classroom Instruction8,806338,7630.5%
6Support Services2,611392,3929.2%
8Administrative Cost1,983481,48533.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,603261,783-10.1%
13Extracurricular Activities56638268111.2%
16Median Teacher Salary52,900664,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

The Midland Park School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Midland Park, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its three schools had an enrollment of 1,033 students and 97.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.6:1.[1]

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

Awards and recognition

For the 2000-01 school year, Highland-Godwin Elementary School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.[4]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:[6]

  • Godwin School[7] (217 students in grades PreK-2)
    • Danielle Bache, Principal[8]
  • Highland School[9] (291; 3-6)
    • Peter Galasso, Principal[10]
  • Midland Park High School[11] (483; 7-12)
    • Nicholas Capuano, Principal[12]
    • Jason Cata, Assistant Principal[13]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14][15]

  • Dr. Marie Cirasella, Superintendent
  • Stacy C. Garvey, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of Education

The district is overseen by a nine-member board of education, who are elected at-large to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year. At an annual reorganization meeting held after each election, the board selects a president and a vice president from among its membership. Members of the district's board of education are President James Canellas (term ends 2017), Vice President Richard Formicola (2019), MaryAlice Thomas (2017), William Sullivan (2018), Brian McCourt (2019), Patricia Fantulin (2018), Sandra Criscenzo (2019), Timothy Thomas (2018) and Peter Triolo (2017).[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Midland Park 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 September 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient detail 2000-01 school year, Highland-Godwin Elementary School, New Jersey Department of Education, Backed up by the Internet Archive as of August 1, 2006. Accessed May 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ School Data for the Midland Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 4, 2014.
  6. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Midland Park School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  7. ↑ Godwin School, Midland Park School District. Accessed November 13, 2017.
  8. ↑ Administration, Godwin School. Accessed November 13, 2017.
  9. ↑ Highland School, Midland Park School District. Accessed November 13, 2017.
  10. ↑ Administration, Highland School. Accessed November 13, 2017.
  11. ↑ Park High School, Midland Park School District. Accessed November 13, 2017.
  12. ↑ Principal's Message, Midland Park High School. Accessed November 13, 2017.
  13. ↑ Assistant Principal, Midland Park High School. Accessed November 13, 2017.
  14. ↑ District Administration, Midland Park School District. Accessed November 13, 2017.
  15. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  16. ↑ Board of Education Members, Midland Park School District. Accessed September 4, 2014.
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