Saddle Brook Public Schools
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355 Mayhill Street Saddle Brook, NJ 07663 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | K-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Anthony Riscica (interim) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Raymond Karaty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 1,695 (as of 2011-12)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 132.5 FTEs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student-teacher ratio | 12.79:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Saddle Brook Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Saddle Brook, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 1,695 students and 132.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.79:1.[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 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5][6]
- Preschool / special education
- Washington School[7] which houses a number of the district's early intervention special education programs (23 students; PreK)
- Elementary schools (K-6)
- Franklin Elementary School[8] (253 students)
- Salvatore Cusmano, Principal
- Long Memorial Elementary School[9] (312 students)
- Jim Marchesani, Principal
- Helen I. Smith Elementary School[10] (307 students)
- Anthony Grosso, Principal
- High School
- Saddle Brook High/Middle School[11] for grades 7-12, combining both middle school and high school in a single building (802 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:[12][13]
- Anthony Riscica, Interim Superintendent
- Raymond Karaty, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
- 1 2 District information for Saddle Brook School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 8, 2014.
- ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 8, 2014.
- ↑ School Data for the Saddle Brook Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 8, 2014.
- ↑ School Directory, Saddle Brook Public Schools. Accessed September 8, 2014.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Saddle Brook Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 8, 2014.
- ↑ Washington School, Saddle Brook Public Schools. Accessed September 8, 2014.
- ↑ Franklin Elementary School, Saddle Brook Public Schools. Accessed September 8, 2014.
- ↑ Long Memorial Elementary School, Saddle Brook Public Schools. Accessed September 8, 2014.
- ↑ Helen I. Smith Elementary School, Saddle Brook Public Schools. Accessed September 8, 2014.
- ↑ Saddle Brook High/Middle School, Saddle Brook Public Schools. Accessed September 8, 2014.
- ↑ Administration, Saddle Brook Public Schools. Accessed November 6, 2016.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 8, 2014.
External links
- Saddle Brook Public Schools
- Saddle Brook Public Schools's 2014–15 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the Saddle Brook Public Schools. National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°54′19″N 74°05′23″W / 40.905323°N 74.089793°W