Highland Park Public Schools

For the school district serving Highland Park, Michigan (Detroit area), see Highland Park Schools.

Highland Park Public Schools
Address
435 Mansfield Street
Highland Park
, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 08904
United States
Coordinates40°29′46″N 74°25′21″W / 40.496118°N 74.422631°W / 40.496118; -74.422631
District information
Gradespre-K to 12
SuperintendentKristina Nicosia
Business administratorLinda Hoefele
Schools4
Students and staff
Enrollment1,558 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty145.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupGH
Websitewww.hpschools.net
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,55841$18,8918.8%
1Budgetary Cost15,0063414,7831.5%
2Classroom Instruction8,825348,7630.7%
6Support Services2,678402,39212.0%
8Administrative Cost1,729301,48516.4%
10Operations & Maintenance1,406131,783−21.1%
13Extracurricular Activities3661426836.6%
16Median Teacher Salary61,5992864,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

The Highland Park Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Highland Park, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,558 students and 145.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Highland Park Boro School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Highland Park Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Highland Park Public Schools. Accessed March 10, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades PreK through 12 in the Highland Park School District. Composition: The Highland Park School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Highland Park."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 8, 2014.