North Bergen School District

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North Bergen School District
7317 Kennedy Boulevard
North Bergen, NJ 07047
District information
Grades pre-K to 12
Superintendent Dr. George J. Solter, Jr.
Business administrator Steven Somick
Schools 7
Students and staff
Enrollment 8,114 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 564.9 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 14.36:1
Other information
District Factor Group B
Website www.northbergen.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1A Total Spending $15,430 7 $18,891 -18.3%
1 Budgetary Cost 12,534 14 14,783 -15.2%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,468 9 8,763 -14.8%
6 Support Services 1,638 12 2,392 -31.5%
8 Administrative Cost 1,621 77 1,485 9.2%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,477 34 1,783 -17.2%
13 Extracurricular Activities 239 49 268 -10.8%
16 Median Teacher Salary 72,250 87 64,043
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 North Bergen School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from North Bergen, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's seven schools had an enrollment of 8,114 students and 564.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.36:1.[1]

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

Students from Guttenberg attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Guttenberg Public School District.[4][5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7][8]

Elementary schools
  • Franklin School[9] (grades 1–8; 619 students)
  • Robert Fulton School[10] (K-8; 1,216)
  • John F. Kennedy School[11] (1–8; 528)
  • Lincoln School[12] (PreK-8; 1,586)
  • Horace Mann School[13] (1–8; 1,098)
  • McKinley School[14] (K-8; 449)
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[16][17]

  • Dr. George J. Solter, Jr., Superintendent
  • Steven Somick, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 District information for North Bergen Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  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 January 1, 2015.
  4. Shortell, Tom. "3 candidates on ballot to be Guttenberg's mayor", The Jersey Journal, November 2, 2008. Accessed January 1, 2015. "Scoullos, who has worked as a budget analyst, said he also plans to audit the town's contracts in order to find ways to cut taxes. Scoullos said in the late 1990s, North Bergen overcharged the town for services at North Bergen High School, which takes Guttenberg students as part of a sending/receiving network."
  5. North Bergen High School 2013-2014 Profile, North Bergen School District. Accessed January 1, 2015. "The Communities - North Bergen & Guttenberg: The urban townships of North Bergen and Guttenberg are located in Hudson County directly between the George Washington Bridge and the Lincoln Tunnel."
  6. School Data for the North Bergen School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  7. Directions & Maps, North Bergen School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  8. New Jersey School Directory for the North Bergen School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  9. Franklin School, North Bergen School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  10. Robert Fulton School, North Bergen School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  11. John F. Kennedy School, North Bergen School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  12. Lincoln School, North Bergen School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  13. Horace Mann School, North Bergen School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  14. McKinley School, North Bergen School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  15. North Bergen High School, North Bergen School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  16. Board Office Administrators, North Bergen School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  17. New Jersey School Directory for Hudson County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 1, 2015.

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