Rutherford School District

Rutherford School District
Address
176 Park Avenue
Rutherford, NJ 07070
United States
Coordinates 40°49′32″N 74°06′31″W / 40.825688°N 74.108637°W / 40.825688; -74.108637Coordinates: 40°49′32″N 74°06′31″W / 40.825688°N 74.108637°W / 40.825688; -74.108637
District information
Grades PreK-12
Superintendent Jack Hurley
Business administrator Joseph Kelly
Schools 5
Students and staff
Enrollment 2,606 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 207.4 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 12.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group GH
Website www.rutherfordschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,47725$18,891-7.5%
1Budgetary Cost13,1522114,783-11.0%
2Classroom Instruction8,052328,763-8.1%
6Support Services1,708102,392-28.6%
8Administrative Cost1,522341,4852.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,577311,783-11.6%
13Extracurricular Activities27792683.4%
16Median Teacher Salary67,2144964,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

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

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its six schools had an enrollment of 2,606 students and 207.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1.[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]

History

Public education began in Rutherford prior to 1900, but the oldest permanent school structure was the Park School, built in 1902. It is currently the home of the Rutherford borough hall, on Park Avenue.

Rutherford formerly had three "neighborhood" schools for grades K-5 (Washington, Lincoln, and Sylvan) which fed into two "magnet" schools for 6-8 (Union and Pierrepont). The magnet schools also served as elementary schools for their neighborhoods. Since the 2005-2006 school year, the Rutherford Schools have changed this format.

Sylvan School has since been closed by the Rutherford Board of Education; it houses YMCA Programs, the District Special Services Department, as well as a Handicapped Pre-School Program run by the South Bergen Jointure Commission.

Rutherford now has two elementary schools, Washington and Lincoln, for grades K-3. In grades 4-8 the students attend Union and Pierrepont Schools. For years before the realignment, the Rutherford School System underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation, which effected all of its buildings, with the most substantial amount of work taking place at Washington, Lincoln and Union Schools.

Schools

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

Elementary schools
  • Kindergarten Center[6] (opened in 2014)
  • Lincoln School[7] (475 students; in grades PreK-3)
    • Jeanna Velechko, Principal
  • Washington School[8] (269; 1-3)
    • Bill Mulcahy, Principal
  • Pierrepont School[9] (516; 4-8)
    • Joan Carrion, Principal
  • Union School[10] (484; 4-8)
    • Kurt Schweitzer, Principal
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12]

  • Jack Hurley, Superintendent[13]
  • Joseph Kelly, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Rutherford 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 March 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ School Data for the Rutherford School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Rutherford School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ Kindergarten Center, Rutherford Public Schools. Accessed November 18, 2017.
  7. ↑ Lincoln School, Rutherford Public Schools. Accessed November 18, 2017.
  8. ↑ Washington School, Rutherford Public Schools. Accessed November 18, 2017.
  9. ↑ Pierrepont School, Rutherford Public Schools. Accessed November 18, 2017.
  10. ↑ Union School, Rutherford Public Schools. Accessed November 18, 2017.
  11. ↑ Rutherford High School, Rutherford Public Schools. Accessed November 18, 2017.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  13. ↑ Office of the Superintendent, Rutherford Public Schools. Accessed November 18, 2017.
  14. ↑ Business Office, Rutherford Public Schools. Accessed November 18, 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.