Boonton Public Schools

Boonton Public Schools
Address
434 Lathrop Avenue
Boonton
, Morris County, New Jersey, 07005
United States
Coordinates40°54′05″N 74°24′06″W / 40.901393°N 74.401667°W / 40.901393; -74.401667
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentRobert Presuto
Business administratorSteven Gardberg
Schools3
Students and staff
Enrollment1,457 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty132.8 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.boontonschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$22,38642$18,89118.5%
1Budgetary Cost17,7774514,78320.3%
2Classroom Instruction10,001448,76314.1%
6Support Services3,550472,39248.4%
8Administrative Cost1,735321,48516.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,696331,783−4.9%
13Extracurricular Activities79548268196.6%
16Median Teacher Salary68,0834464,043
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 Boonton Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Boonton, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,457 students and 132.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.[1]

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

The district's high school serves students from Boonton and also those from Lincoln Park, who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Lincoln Park Public Schools, with Lincoln Park students accounting for a majority of students at the high school.[5] The two districts have sought to sever the more-than-50-year-old relationship, citing cost savings that could be achieved by both districts and complaints by Lincoln Park that it is granted only one seat on the Boonton Public Schools' Board of Education, less than the number of seats that would be allocated based on the percentage of students of population.[6] In April 2006, the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education rejected the request.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Boonton Town 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. ^ Boonton Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Boonton Public Schools. Accessed March 20, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through twelve in the Town of Boonton School District. Composition: The Town of Boonton School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Town of Boonton."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 4, 2014.
  5. ^ Lincoln Park School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 19, 2016. "Lincoln Park participates in a sending-receiving relationship with Boonton High School, which offers a comprehensive educational program for children in grades 9 through 12. The Lincoln Park School District sends approximately 295 students to Boonton High School. Approximately 55 high school age students attend The Academies of Morris County."
  6. ^ English v. Board Of Educ. Of Town Of Boonton, 161 F. Supp. 2d 344 (D.N.J. 2001), Justia, decided August 21, 2001. Accessed January 15, 2020. "As described in greater detail in this Court's March 26, 2001 Opinion, the town of Lincoln Park maintains its own elementary school system, but entered into a sending-receiving relationship with the town of Boonton over 50 years ago for education of its high school students at Boonton High School. N.J.S.A. 18A:38-8 provides that Lincoln Park, the sending district, shall have one seat on Boonton's Board of Education, irrespective of the relative populations of the two towns.... Thus, pursuant to the Commissioner's proposal, Lincoln Park would be given three seats on the Boonton Board comprised of twelve total members, representing 25% of the total board vote on issues within the purview of section 8.1."
  7. ^ Commissioner of Education Decision, New Jersey Department of Education, April 25, 2006. Accessed March 21, 2011.