Weehawken School District

Weehawken School District
53 Liberty Place
Weehawken, NJ 07086
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Dr. Robert R. Zywicki
Business administrator Hwey-Hwey "Vicky" Guo
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,389 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 109.0 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 12.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website http://www.weehawken.k12.nj.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$19,59836$18,8913.7%
1Budgetary Cost14,1242914,783-4.5%
2Classroom Instruction8,371278,763-4.5%
6Support Services1,905202,392-20.4%
8Administrative Cost1,718291,48515.7%
10Operations & Maintenance1,487191,783-16.6%
13Extracurricular Activities4352526862.3%
16Median Teacher Salary55,5571264,043
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 Weehawken School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from the Township of Weehawken, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its three schools had an enrollment of 1,389 students and 109.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.7:1.[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]

Awards, recognition and rankings

In 2017, the International Center for Leadership in Education named Weehawken “one of the twelve most innovative districts in the nation.”[4] Niche.com ranked Weehawken 79th on its list of the top 100 school districts in New Jersey with each of the district's schools receiving an A rating.[5] The Washington Post ranked Weehawken High School in the top 12% of all high schools in the United States --including 79th in the state and highest-ranked in Hudson County -- on its 2017 list of "America’s Most Challenging High Schools."[6][7]

Schools

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

Elementary schools
  • Daniel Webster School[10] served 425 students in PreK through 2nd grade
    • Anna Rudowsky, Principal
  • Theodore Roosevelt School[11] served 381 students in grades 3-6
    • Suzanne Mera, Principal
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13][14]

  • Dr. Robert R. Zywicki, Superintendent of Schools
  • Hwey-Hwey "Vicky" Guo, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Weehawken Board Of Education, 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. ↑ Zeitlinger, Ron. "Weehawken school district one of 12 to win 'Innovative' honor", The Jersey Journal, February 8, 2017. Accessed August 13, 2017. "The Weehawken school district has been named an "Innovative District" for 2017 by the International Center for Leadership in Education, officials announced.Weehawken is one of the 12 districts chosen for the award, and representatives from the district will share its best practices at the 25th annual Model Schools Conference in Nashville in June."
  5. ↑ Weehawken Board of Education, Niche (company). Accessed August 13, 2017.
  6. ↑ Matthews, Jay. "America’s Most Challenging High Schools", The Washington Post', May 5, 2017. Accessed August 13, 2017.
  7. ↑ Staff. "Weehawken ranked Hudson County’s top school district", The Hudson Reporter, August 11, 2017. Accessed August 13, 2017. "Niche.com, a Pittsburgh-based internet firm that analyzes dozens of public data sets and millions of reviews to produce comprehensive rankings, report cards, and profiles for every K-12 school, college, and neighborhood in the U.S., has ranked Weehawken Township school district the number one district in Hudson County."
  8. ↑ School Data for the Weehawken School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Weehawken School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ Daniel Webster School, Weehawken School District. Accessed August 13, 2017.
  11. ↑ Theodore Roosevelt School, Weehawken School District. Accessed August 13, 2017.
  12. ↑ Weehawken High School, Weehawken School District. Accessed August 13, 2017.
  13. ↑ Staff, Weehawken School District. Accessed August 13, 2017.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Hudson County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 40°46′27″N 74°01′06″W / 40.774141°N 74.018294°W / 40.774141; -74.018294

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