North Haledon School District

North Haledon School District
515 High Mountain Road
North Haledon, NJ 07508
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Nicholas S. Coffaro
Business administrator Virginia Merlino
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 698 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 51.3 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.61:1
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website http://www.nhschools.net
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-8
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$16,20214$18,891-14.2%
1Budgetary Cost11,327614,159-20.0%
2Classroom Instruction7,37778,659-14.8%
6Support Services1,588132,167-26.7%
8Administrative Cost1,393121,547-10.0%
10Operations & Maintenance90131,612-44.1%
13Extracurricular Activities449104-57.7%
16Median Teacher Salary51,755461,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The North Haledon School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from North Haledon, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 698 students and 51.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.61:1.[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.[3]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Manchester Regional High School, which serves students from Haledon, North Haledon, and Prospect Park.[4][5] The school is located in Haledon. North Haledon's students attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship. The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows non-resident students to attend the district's schools without cost to their parents, with tuition paid by the state. Available lots are announced annually by grade.[6] North Haledon residents had successfully voted in 2003 to leave the district, choosing to send their high school aged students to Midland Park High School in nearby Bergen County, New Jersey. In August 2004, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided against North Haledon, citing that the town's exit from the district would shift the ethnic and racial balance of the high school.[7]

In recent years however, many students have been attending many other schools, with a smaller number attending Manchester Regional High School. These schools include DePaul Catholic High School, Paramus Catholic High School, Don Bosco Preparatory High School, Bergen Catholic High School, and Passaic County Technical Institute.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10]

Elementary school
Middle school

Administration

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

References

  1. 1 2 District information for North Haledon School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 26, 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 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ Passaic County Manchester Regional High School 2013 New Jersey School Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 26, 2015. "The school serves the communities of Haledon, North Haledon, and Prospect Park as well as a select number of Choice students from Bergen, Passaic and Essex Counties."
  5. ↑ Zaremba, Justin. "Judge recommends revisions to Manchester Regional High School funding formula", The Gazette (Hawthorne), March 29, 2011. Accessed January 26, 2015. "For the past two decades, North Haledon has sought to redress the taxation rate for the Manchester Regional School District, contending that residents pay a disproportionate amount per pupil compared to Haledon and Prospect Park. North Haledon has also attempted to withdraw from the district, which would drastically increase the tax rate on the two smaller municipalities."
  6. ↑ Interdistrict Public School Choice: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ In the Matter of the Petition for Authorization to Conduct a Referendum on the Withdrawal of North Haledon School District from the Passaic County Manchester Regional High School District (A-13-03), New Jersey Supreme Court, decided August 11, 2004. Accessed January 26, 2015.
  8. ↑ School Data for the North Haledon School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the North Haledon School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 26, 2015.
  10. ↑ Passaic County 2014-15 Public School Directory, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed January 27, 2015.
  11. ↑ Memorial School, North Haledon School District. Accessed January 26, 2015.
  12. ↑ High Mountain School, North Haledon School District. Accessed January 26, 2015.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Passaic County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 26, 2015.
  14. ↑ Office of the Superintendent, North Haledon School District. Accessed January 26, 2015.

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