North Bergen School District

North Bergen School District
Address
7317 Kennedy Boulevard
, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07047
United States
Coordinates40°45′27″N 74°02′45″W / 40.75738°N 74.045839°W / 40.75738; -74.045839
District information
Gradespre-K to 12
SuperintendentGeorge J. Solter Jr.
Business administratorSteven Somick
Schools7
Students and staff
Enrollment7,576 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty581.8 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websitewww.northbergen.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District
spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
average
%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,4307$18,891−18.3%
1Budgetary Cost12,5341414,783−15.2%
2Classroom Instruction7,46898,763−14.8%
6Support Services1,638122,392−31.5%
8Administrative Cost1,621771,4859.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,477341,783−17.2%
13Extracurricular Activities23949268−10.8%
16Median Teacher Salary72,2508764,043
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
McKinley School (left) and North Bergen High School (right)

The North Bergen School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from North Bergen, in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of seven schools, had an enrollment of 7,576 students and 581.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.0:1.[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.[3]

Students from Guttenberg attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Guttenberg Public School District.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for North Bergen School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  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 1, 2015.
  4. ^ Shortell, Tom. "3 candidates on ballot to be Guttenberg's mayor", The Jersey Journal, November 2, 2008. Accessed January 1, 2015. "Scoullos, who has worked as a budget analyst, said he also plans to audit the town's contracts in order to find ways to cut taxes. Scoullos said in the late 1990s, North Bergen overcharged the town for services at North Bergen High School, which takes Guttenberg students as part of a sending/receiving network."
  5. ^ North Bergen High School 2019-2020 Profile, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 7, 2020. "The Communities - North Bergen & Guttenberg: The urban townships of North Bergen and Guttenberg are located in Hudson County directly between the George Washington Bridge and the Lincoln Tunnel."