Kearny School District

Kearny School District
100 Davis Avenue
Kearny, NJ 07032
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Patricia Blood
Business administrator Michael DeVita
Schools 7
Students and staff
Enrollment 5,921 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 442.6 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.38:1
Other information
District Factor Group B
Website www.kearnyschools.com
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$14,8543$18,891-21.4%
1Budgetary Cost12,5321314,783-15.2%
2Classroom Instruction7,892178,763-9.9%
6Support Services1,13612,392-52.5%
8Administrative Cost1,725901,48516.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,512371,783-15.2%
13Extracurricular Activities19328268-28.0%
16Median Teacher Salary68,3837364,043
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 Kearny School District is a public school district that provides public education for students from the Town of Kearny, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's seven schools had an enrollment of 5,921 students and 442.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.38:1.[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]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5][6]

Elementary schools
Middle School
High school

Haiti relief effort

On January 22, 2010, the entire school district held a "dress-down day" in an effort to raise money to help the Haitian people after suffering from the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The students were allowed to wear whatever they wanted, and at their discrepancy they could and were encouraged to donate to those in need in Haiti. The high school alone reported early on that they had raised over $6,500. Shortly after, it was posted on the district website that in total, all seven schools were able to raise $27,210. This number has since increased to $29,000[14] All funds were donated to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.

Administration

As of 2014, core members of the school administration are:[15][16]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Kearny School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 27, 2014.
  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 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ School Data for the Kearny School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ Schools, Kearny School District. Accessed July 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Kearney School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 27, 2014.
  7. ↑ Franklin School, Kearny School District. Accessed August 3, 2014.
  8. ↑ Garfield School, Kearny School District. Accessed August 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ Roosevelt School, Kearny School District. Accessed August 3, 2014.
  10. ↑ Schuyler School, Kearny School District. Accessed August 3, 2014.
  11. ↑ Washington School, Kearny School District. Accessed August 3, 2014.
  12. ↑ Lincoln School, Kearny School District. Accessed August 3, 2014.
  13. ↑ Kearny High School, Kearny School District. Accessed August 3, 2014.
  14. ↑ Home page, Kearny School District. Accessed July 29, 2010
  15. ↑ Administration, Kearny School District. Accessed July 27, 2014.
  16. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Hudson County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 27, 2014.

External links

Coordinates: 40°45′24″N 74°08′53″W / 40.756695°N 74.148102°W / 40.756695; -74.148102

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