Totowa Borough Public Schools

Totowa Borough Public Schools
10 Crews Street
Totowa, NJ 07512
District information
Grades Pre-K to 8
Superintendent Matthew Reynolds
Business administrator Vincent W. Varcadipane
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,486 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 79.0 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 18.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website www.totowa.k12.nj.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,97619$18,891-15.4%
1Budgetary Cost14,5625014,1592.8%
2Classroom Instruction8,504418,659-1.8%
6Support Services2,438602,16712.5%
8Administrative Cost1,891751,54722.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,706591,6125.8%
13Extracurricular Activities82104-92.3%
16Median Teacher Salary62,7435561,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Totowa Borough Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Totowa, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 1,486 students and 79.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 18.8:1.[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]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Passaic Valley Regional High School, which also serves students from Little Falls Township and Woodland Park (formerly West Paterson). The school facility is located in Little Falls Township.[4] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,355 students and 104.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1.[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7][8]

  • Memorial School which houses students in pre-kindergarten through second grade (405 students)
    • Joe Compel, Principal[9]
  • Washington Park School for grades three through eight (671)
    • Michael O'Brien, Principal[9]
    • Jonathan Kruzel, Vice Principal[9]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]

  • Patricia Capitelli, Superintendent
  • Vincent W. Varcadipane, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

Coordinates: 40°54′11″N 74°12′57″W / 40.903134°N 74.215962°W / 40.903134; -74.215962

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