Union City School District (New Jersey)

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Union City School District
The Union City Board of Education building
Address
3912 Bergen Turnpike
Union City
, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07087
United States
Coordinates40°46′42″N 74°01′53″W / 40.778268°N 74.031458°W / 40.778268; -74.031458
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentSilvia Abbato
Business administratorAnthony N. Dragona (Business Administrator)
Justin Mercado (Board Secretary)
Schools14
Affiliation(s)Former Abbott district
Students and staff
Enrollment13,768 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty837.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio16.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupA
Websitewww.ucboe.us
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,54682$18,8918.8%
1Budgetary Cost17,0759014,78315.5%
2Classroom Instruction8,555458,763−2.4%
6Support Services3,349972,39240.0%
8Administrative Cost1,404441,485−5.5%
10Operations & Maintenance3,2931031,78384.7%
13Extracurricular Activities1125268−58.2%
16Median Teacher Salary64,9005164,043
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

Union City School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in Union City, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke[3] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[4][5] As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising 14 schools, had an enrollment of 13,768 students and 837.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.4:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the 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.[6]

The city's single public high school, Union City High School, opened September 3, 2009,[7] and was built on the site of the former Roosevelt Stadium.[8] The $178 million school, whose signature feature is an athletic field on its second floor roof, replaced the former Emerson High School and Union Hill High School, which converted to middle schools.[9]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Union City 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. ^ What We Do: History, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the Abbott v. Burke case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."
  4. ^ What We Do, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.
  5. ^ SDA Districts, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.
  6. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 18, 2014.
  7. ^ Rappaport, Melissa. "Back to school; New buildings, new amenities for 2009", The Hudson Reporter, August 30, 2009. Accessed July 6, 2017.
  8. ^ Hu, Winnie. "After 88 Years of Rivalry, the Last as Us and Them", The New York Times, November 22, 2007. Accessed July 6, 2017. "But today's so-called Turkey Game signals the end of the tradition. Next fall, the two schools will merge in a new $176 million building.... The new Union City High School will take up 4.5 acres (18,000 m2) in the center of the city, squeezed between row houses and commercial strips. It will have a football field and bleachers built on the roof so that players will no longer have to share the facilities at José Martí Middle School."
  9. ^ Thorbourne, Ken. "Eagles ready to soar at new Union City High School", The Jersey Journal, August 30, 2009. Accessed July 6, 2017.