Bound Brook School District

Bound Brook School District
Address
111 West Union Avenue
Bound Brook
, Somerset County, New Jersey, 08805
Coordinates40°33′49″N 74°32′20″W / 40.563575°N 74.539009°W / 40.563575; -74.539009
District information
GradesPreK to 12
SuperintendentAlvin Freeman
Business administratorVacant
Schools5
Students and staff
Enrollment1,975 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty172.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websitewww.bbrook.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,3805$18,891−18.6%
1Budgetary Cost13,4432014,783−9.1%
2Classroom Instruction7,308108,763−16.6%
6Support Services1,744102,392−27.1%
8Administrative Cost1,692261,48513.9%
10Operations & Maintenance2,314491,78329.8%
13Extracurricular Activities3511026831.0%
16Median Teacher Salary58,7202364,043
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 Bound Brook School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Bound Brook, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 1,975 students and 172.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1.[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.[4]

Students from South Bound Brook, New Jersey, attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the South Bound Brook School District.[5] At the beginning of the 2011–12 school year, the district joined the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows students from other area communities to attend the Bound Brook schools.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Bound Brook 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. ^ Bound Brook Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Bound Brook School District. Accessed July 27, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-K through twelve in the Bound Brook School District. Composition: The Bound Brook School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Bound Brook."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 8, 2020.
  5. ^ Somerset County School Districts - Sending / Receiving / Regional, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed July 23, 2017. "Bound Brook PreK-12 Receives 9-12 From South Bound Brook"
  6. ^ Calefati, Jessica. "N.J. adds 56 districts to interdistrict school choice roster for upcoming year", The Star-Ledger, April 14, 2011. Accessed January 31, 2015.