Rochelle Park School District

Rochelle Park School District
300 Rochelle Avenue
Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
District information
Grades PreK-8
Superintendent Dr. Geoffrey W. Zoeller, Jr.
Business administrator Jennifer Pfohl
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 668 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 40.6 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 16.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website http://www.rp.bergen.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,93928$18,891-5.0%
1Budgetary Cost11,160514,159-21.2%
2Classroom Instruction7,15058,659-17.4%
6Support Services1,27132,167-41.3%
8Administrative Cost1,537191,547-0.6%
10Operations & Maintenance1,110101,612-31.1%
13Extracurricular Activities6015104-42.3%
16Median Teacher Salary71,5365961,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Rochelle Park Public School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Rochelle Park, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 668 students and 40.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.5:1.[1]

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

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Hackensack High School in Hackensack, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Hackensack Public Schools, together with students from Maywood and South Hackensack.[4][5][6] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,815 students and 135.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1.[7] Rochelle Park is about 2.6 miles from Hackensack High School which is about an eight-minute drive on average.

Schools

Administration

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

  • Dr. Geoffrey W. Zoeller Jr., Superintendent.[12]
  • Jennifer Pfohl, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Rochelle 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 December 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ Rochelle Park School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 26, 2016. "Upon graduation, our students attend Hackensack High School, as part of a long-term sending/receiving relationship or have the option of applying to the Bergen County Academies and Technical Schools or a private school."
  5. ↑ Alvarado, Monsy. "Maywood to study sending high schoolers to Paramus over Hackensack", The Record (Bergen County), January 14, 2011. Accessed July 18, 2013. "Besides 250 students from Maywood, Hackensack High School also serves about 120 students from Rochelle Park and 80 students from South Hackensack."
  6. ↑ Alvarado, Monsy. 'Rochelle Park considers Hackensack tuition plan", The Record (Bergen County), June 22, 2011. Accessed January 21, 2017. "Rochelle Park sends about 120 students to Hackensack High School, and that number is expected to increase next year, Oberkehr said.... Hackensack, which also serves high school students from South Hackensack and Maywood, reached tuition agreements with South Hackensack earlier this year."
  7. ↑ School data for Hackensack High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  8. ↑ Midland School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ A Message from the Principal, Rochelle Park Board of Education. Accessed January 21, 2017.
  10. ↑ Faculty and Staff, Rochelle Park Board of Education. Accessed January 21, 2017.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  12. ↑ Message from the Superintendent of Schools, Rochelle Park Board of Education. Accessed January 21, 2017.
  13. ↑ Business Office, Rochelle Park Board of Education. Accessed January 21, 2017.

Coordinates: 40°54′20″N 74°04′38″W / 40.905431°N 74.077227°W / 40.905431; -74.077227

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