Millburn Township Public Schools

Millburn Township Public Schools
434 Millburn Avenue
Millburn, NJ 07041
District information
Grades pre-K to 12
Superintendent Dr. Christine Burton
Business administrator Steven DiGeronimo
Schools 7
Students and staff
Enrollment 4,854 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 371.8 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.06:1
Other information
District Factor Group J
Website www.millburn.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$18,57952$18,891-1.7%
1Budgetary Cost14,6085614,783-1.2%
2Classroom Instruction8,868598,7631.2%
6Support Services2,465662,3923.1%
8Administrative Cost1,445511,485-2.7%
10Operations & Maintenance1,463311,783-17.9%
13Extracurricular Activities3197926819.0%
16Median Teacher Salary82,86810164,043
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 Millburn Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Millburn, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's seven schools had an enrollment of 4,854 students and 371.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.06:1.[1]

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

Awards and recognition

During the 2007-08 school year, Millburn School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,[4][5] the highest award an American school can receive.[6][7]

The district's high school was the 8th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 1st in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[8]

The district was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Music Education in America 2006" by the American Music Conference.[9]

Schools

Millburn Middle School

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[10]) are:[11][12]

Elementary schools
Middle school
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[20][21]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Millburn School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 18, 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 March 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ Addison, Kasi; and Juri, Carmen. "Three Essex schools capture blue ribbon", The Star-Ledger, October 7, 2007. Accessed October 14, 2007. "Principals in three Essex County schools found out last week their buildings joined an exclusive club of exemplary schools when the U.S. Department of Education named the nation's latest batch of No Child Left Behind -- Blue Ribbon Schools.... The three Essex County schools are Oakview School in Bloomfield, Millburn High School and Harriet Tubman School in Newark."
  5. ↑ No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools Program: 2007 Schools, United States Department of Education. Accessed October 15, 2007.
  6. ↑ "CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department", Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
  7. ↑ "Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test", The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
  8. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed May 1, 2013.
  9. ↑ Best 100 Communities for Music Education in America, 2006, American Music Conference. Accessed December 12, 2006.
  10. ↑ School Data for the Millburn Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 24, 2014.
  11. ↑ Schools, Millburn Township Public Schools. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Millburn Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  13. ↑ Deerfield Elementary School, Millburn Township Public Schools. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  14. ↑ Glenwood Elementary School, Millburn Township Public Schools. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  15. ↑ Hartshorn Elementary School, Millburn Township Public Schools. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  16. ↑ South Mountain Elementary School, Millburn Township Public Schools. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  17. ↑ Wyoming Elementary School, Millburn Township Public Schools. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  18. ↑ Millburn Middle School, Millburn Township Public Schools. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  19. ↑ Millburn High School, Millburn Township Public Schools. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  20. ↑ School District Contacts, Millburn Township Public Schools. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  21. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Essex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 18, 2014.

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Coordinates: 40°43′20″N 74°18′50″W / 40.722129°N 74.313801°W / 40.722129; -74.313801

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