West Milford Township Public Schools

West Milford Township Public Schools
46 Highlander Drive
West Milford, NJ 07480
District information
Grades PreK-12
Superintendent Dr. Alex Anemone
Business administrator Barbara Francisco
Schools 8
Students and staff
Enrollment 3,713 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 298.7 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 12.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website http://www.wmtps.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$19,63470$18,8913.9%
1Budgetary Cost16,0768014,7838.7%
2Classroom Instruction9,642848,76310.0%
6Support Services2,439632,3922.0%
8Administrative Cost1,588731,4856.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,893751,7836.2%
13Extracurricular Activities293692689.3%
16Median Teacher Salary63,8204664,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The West Milford Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from West Milford, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its eight schools had an enrollment of 3,713 students and 298.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1.[1]

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

The district has six elementary schools (grades K-6), one middle school (grade 7-8), and one high school (grades 9-12), and also supports a Center for Adult/Community Education. The school system has 361 certified staff members, over 50% of whom have a master's degree or higher.[4]

History

The old Newfoundland, two-room schoolhouse is now the Grasshopper Restaurant. The old Hillcrest School is now the township's community center. The few one-room schoolhouses are all gone; the last one was the Hewitt School, destroyed by fire set by vandals (it had been the former Methodist church before a new, larger church was built).

Students from West Milford had attended Butler High School for grades 9-12 as part of a longstanding sending/receiving relationship that existed until September 1962, when West Milford opened its own high school.[5] The Butler Public Schools had served students from large parts of Morris and Passaic counties, until soaring local enrollment led the district to notify feeder communities in 1954 that they would have to find alternative education options for their high school students.[6]

Awards and recognition

NAMM named the district in its 2009 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 124 school districts nationwide.[7]

The district was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Music Education in America 2005" by the American Music Conference.[8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10][11][12]

Elementary schools
  • Apshawa Elementary School[13] (260 students in grades K-6)
    • Stephanie Primavera, Principal[14]
  • Maple Road Elementary School[15] (284; K-6)
    • William Kane, Principal[14]
  • Marshall Hill Elementary School[16] (285; PreK-6)
    • Michael McCormick, Principal[14]
  • Paradise Knoll Elementary School[17] (324; K-6)
    • Jennifer Miller, Principal[14]
  • Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School[18] (327; PreK-6)
    • Dr. Gregory Matlosz, Principal[14]
  • Westbrook Elementary School[19] (366; K-6)
    • Siobhan Tauchert, Principal[14]
Middle school
  • Macopin Middle School[20] (579; 7-8)
    • Marc Citro, Principal[14]
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14][22]

  • Dr. Alex Anemone, Superintendent of Schools
  • Barbara Francisco, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for West Milford Township 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 October 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ Home page, West Milford Township Public Schools. Accessed August 27, 2008.
  5. ↑ Fox v. BD. OF ED. OF W. MILFORD TP., Justia, decided January 19, 1967. Accessed September 13, 2017. "The school system comprises four elementary schools and a new high school which opened in September 1962. Before that date, pupils of secondary grades were sent to Butler High School in Morris County."
  6. ↑ Staff. "ENROLLMENTS TAX SCHOOLS IN BERGEN; Auxiliary Rooms Are Being Converted for Classes and Construction Is Pushed", The New York Times, September 5, 1954. Accessed September 13, 2017. "Butler, in near-by Morris County, is taking drastic action to relieve congestion in its high school... Four of these 'sending districts' -- Riverdale, Jefferson Township, Kinnelon and Pequannock Township -- are in Morris County. The others -- Wanaque, Ringwood, West Milford and Bloomingdale -- are in Passaic County. Butler has given Pequannock Township and the four districts in Passaic until 1958 to complete withdrawal of their students."
  7. ↑ "Nationwide Survey Finds the 'Best Communities for Music Education' in U.S.", NAMM, April 16, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2009.
  8. ↑ Best 100 (101!) Communities for Music Education in America, 2005, Accessed December 12, 2006.
  9. ↑ School Data for the West Milford Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  10. ↑ Schools, West Milford Township Public Schools. Accessed August 26, 2017.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the West Milford Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  12. ↑ Passaic County 2016-17 Public School Directory Archived 2015-01-18 at the Wayback Machine., Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed August 26, 2017.
  13. ↑ Apshawa School, West Milford Township Public Schools. Accessed August 26, 2017.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 District Administration, West Milford Township Public Schools. Accessed August 26, 2017.
  15. ↑ Maple Road Elementary School, West Milford Township Public Schools. Accessed August 26, 2017.
  16. ↑ Marshall Hill Elementary School, West Milford Township Public Schools. Accessed August 26, 2017.
  17. ↑ Paradise Knoll Elementary School, West Milford Township Public Schools. Accessed August 26, 2017.
  18. ↑ Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School, West Milford Township Public Schools. Accessed August 26, 2017.
  19. ↑ Westbrook Elementary School, West Milford Township Public Schools. Accessed October 1, 2014.
  20. ↑ Macopin Middle School, West Milford Township Public Schools. Accessed August 26, 2017.
  21. ↑ West Milford High School Archived 2014-10-02 at Archive.is, West Milford Township Public Schools. Accessed August 26, 2017.
  22. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Passaic County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

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