Watchung Borough Schools

Watchung Borough Schools
One Parenty Way
Watchung, NJ 07069
District information
Grades PreK-8
Superintendent Dr. Barbara Resko
Business administrator Irfan Evcil
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,016 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 61.1 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 16.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website www.watchungschools.com
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,76336$18,891-0.7%
1Budgetary Cost13,3021914,159-6.1%
2Classroom Instruction7,773158,659-10.2%
6Support Services2,086262,167-3.7%
8Administrative Cost1,612271,5474.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,662391,6123.1%
13Extracurricular Activities114301049.6%
16Median Teacher Salary59,2503061,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

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

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 1,016 students and 61.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.6:1.[1]

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

Watchung's students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren Township together with students from the neighboring communities of Green Brook Township and Warren Township (in Somerset County) and Long Hill Township (in Morris County).[4][5] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,286 students and 94.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8][9][10]

Elementary school
  • Bayberry Elementary School[11] with 363 students in grades PreK – 4
    • Michael Vignola, Principal[12]
Middle school
  • Valley View School[13] with 327 students in grades 5 – 8
    • Mary Nunn, Principal[12]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][14]

  • Dr. Barbara A. Resko, Superintendent
  • Irfan Evcil, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Watchung Borough Public 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 February 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ Watchung Hills Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 4, 2016. "Close to 2150 students from Green Brook, Long Hill, Warren, and Watchung meet high academic standards and broaden their worldviews as they explore and take risks, discover their passions, and find individual pathways to success."
  5. ↑ Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed June 4, 2016. "WATCHUNG HILLS ** 9-12 RECEIVES 9-12 FROM GREEN BROOK, WARREN, WATCHUNG, LONGHILL"
  6. ↑ School data for Warren Hills Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Watchung Borough Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ Schools, Watchung Borough Schools. Accessed February 3, 2015.
  9. ↑ 2016-2017 Somerset County Public School Directory, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed May 19, 2017.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Watchung Borough Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ Bayberry Elementary School, Watchung Borough Schools. Accessed February 28, 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 Administration, Watchung Borough Schools. Accessed February 28, 2017.
  13. ↑ Valley View School, Watchung Borough Schools. Accessed February 28, 2017.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Somerset County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

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