Palisades Park Public School District

Palisades Park Public School District
270 First Street
Palisades Park, NJ 07650
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Dr. Joseph Cirillo
Business administrator Paul Stabile
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,666 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 144.7 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 11.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website http://www.palpkschools.org/
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,5359$18,891-12.5%
1Budgetary Cost12,163814,783-17.7%
2Classroom Instruction8,247258,763-5.9%
6Support Services92612,392-61.3%
8Administrative Cost1,42781,485-3.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,18641,783-33.5%
13Extracurricular Activities313726816.8%
16Median Teacher Salary49,507264,043
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 Palisades Park Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Palisades 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 1,666 students and 144.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1.[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]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5]

  • Dr. Charles R. Smith Early Childhood Center[6] with 364 students in grades K-1
    • Jillian Vivanco, Vice Principal[7]
  • Lindbergh Elementary School[8] with 710 students in grades 2-7
    • Toni Bongard, Principal[7]
    • Laura Pieratos, Vice Principal[7]
  • Palisades Park High School[9] with 529 students in grades 8-12
    • Frank Donohue, Principal[7]
    • Patrick Bott, Vice Principal[7]
    • Joseph Galeazza, Vice Principal[7]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration include:[7][10]

  • Dr. Joseph Cirillo, Superintendent of Schools
  • Paul Stabile, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

Coordinates: 40°50′50″N 73°59′50″W / 40.847295°N 73.9971°W / 40.847295; -73.9971

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.