Saddle Brook Public Schools

Saddle Brook Public Schools
Address
355 Mayhill Street
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
United States
Coordinates 40°54′19″N 74°05′23″W / 40.905323°N 74.089793°W / 40.905323; -74.089793Coordinates: 40°54′19″N 74°05′23″W / 40.905323°N 74.089793°W / 40.905323; -74.089793
District information
Grades PreK-12
Superintendent Anthony Riscica (interim)
Business administrator Raymond Karaty
Schools 5
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,780 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 141.2 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 12.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website www.saddlebrookschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$23,70845$18,89125.5%
1Budgetary Cost13,9672714,783-5.5%
2Classroom Instruction7,881228,763-10.1%
6Support Services2,500372,3924.5%
8Administrative Cost1,562201,4855.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,659321,783-7.0%
13Extracurricular Activities340926826.9%
16Median Teacher Salary58,4752264,043
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 Saddle Brook Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Saddle Brook, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its five schools had an enrollment of 1,780 students and 141.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1.[1]

The district's schools are accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.

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

Preschool / special education
  • Washington School[6] which houses a number of the district's early intervention special education programs (38 students; PreK)
Elementary schools
  • Franklin Elementary School[7] (300; K-6)
    • Salvatore Cusmano, Principal
  • Salome H. Long Memorial Elementary School[8] (293; K-6)
    • Jim Marchesani, Principal
  • Helen I. Smith Elementary School[9] (283; K-6)
    • Anthony Grosso, Principal
High School
  • Saddle Brook High/Middle School[10] for grades 7-12, combining both middle school and high school in a single building (759 students)
    • John Lawlor, Principal
    • David Gelber, High School Vice Principal
    • Brenda Coffey, Middle School Vice Principal

Construction projects

The district underwent a $23 million expansion and renovation campaign to update facilities and providing new instructional space for its growing enrollment. Renovations at the three elementary schools were completed toward the conclusion of the 2004-05 school year with full occupancy at the opening of the 2005-06 school year in September. At the middle/high school, two large additions went up during the school year. One area houses a state-of-the-art library/media center and six new classrooms, while the other area houses a new gymnasium/fitness center. Renovations that began in the summer of 2005 brought updated science labs to the middle/high school.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[11][12]

  • Anthony Riscica, Interim Superintendent[13]
  • Raymond Karaty, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Saddle Brook 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 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ School Data for the Saddle Brook Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Saddle Brook Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ Washington School, Saddle Brook Public Schools. Accessed November 19, 2017.
  7. ↑ Franklin Elementary School, Saddle Brook Public Schools. Accessed November 19, 2017.
  8. ↑ Long Memorial Elementary School, Saddle Brook Public Schools. Accessed November 19, 2017.
  9. ↑ Helen I. Smith Elementary School, Saddle Brook Public Schools. Accessed November 19, 2017.
  10. ↑ Saddle Brook High/Middle School, Saddle Brook Public Schools. Accessed November 19, 2017.
  11. ↑ Central Office Personnel, Saddle Brook Public Schools. Accessed November 19, 2017.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  13. ↑ Welcome to the 2017-2018 School Year, Saddle Brooks Public Schools, August 28, 2017. Accessed November 19, 2017.
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