Clark Public School District

Clark Public School District
365 Westfield Avenue
Clark, NJ 07066
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Edward Grande (interim)
Business administrator Mark Kenney
Schools 4
Students and staff
Enrollment 2,306 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 192.0 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 12.01:1
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website http://www.clarkschools.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$16,05011$18,891-15.0%
1Budgetary Cost12,8011814,783-13.4%
2Classroom Instruction7,529178,763-14.1%
6Support Services2,022312,392-15.5%
8Administrative Cost1,433211,485-3.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,368141,783-23.3%
13Extracurricular Activities4304626860.4%
16Median Teacher Salary54,743364,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

The Clark Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Clark, in Union County, New Jersey, United States. Students from Garwood, attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Garwood Public Schools.[3][4]

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 2,306 students and 192.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.01:1.[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.[5]

Schools

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

Elementary schools (K-5)
Middle school (6-8)
High school (9-12)

Administration

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

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Clark Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ About Us, Garwood Public Schools. Accessed May 13, 2013. "High school students attend ALJ High School in Clark, NJ"
  4. ↑ Clark Township Public Schools 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015. "The district enjoys a very positive and collaborative send/receive relationship with the Garwood Public Schools. Students from Garwood are educated in their local K-8 District, then subsequently attend Grades 9-12 at our Arthur L. Johnson High School here in Clark."
  5. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
  6. ↑ School Data for the Clark Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  7. ↑ Other Schools, Clark Public School District. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Clark Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  9. ↑ Frank K. Hehnly Elementary School, Clark Public School District. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  10. ↑ Valley Road Elementary School, Clark Public School District. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  11. ↑ Carl H. Kumpf Middle School, Clark Public School District. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  12. ↑ Arthur L. Johnson High School, Clark Public School District. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  13. ↑ Meet Our Administrative Team, Clark Public School District. Accessed August 10, 2015.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Union County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 18, 2014.

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