Woodland Park School District (New Jersey)

Woodland Park School District
Address
853 McBride Avenue
Woodland Park
, Passaic County, New Jersey, 07424
United States
Coordinates40°53′45″N 74°12′02″W / 40.895743°N 74.200639°W / 40.895743; -74.200639
District information
GradesK-8
SuperintendentMichele Pillari
Business administratorThomas DiFluri
Schools3
Students and staff
Enrollment1,080 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty88.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,67717$18,891−17.0%
1Budgetary Cost12,5311914,159−11.5%
2Classroom Instruction7,618158,659−12.0%
6Support Services2,046432,167−5.6%
8Administrative Cost1,516371,547−2.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,345261,612−16.6%
16Median Teacher Salary61,5154761,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Woodland Park School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from the Borough of Woodland Park (formerly known as West Paterson), in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,080 students and 88.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1.[1]

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

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Passaic Valley Regional High School, which also serves students from Little Falls and Totowa. The school facility is located in Little Falls.[5] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,186 students and 102.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Woodland Park 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. ^ Woodland Park Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Woodland Park School District. Accessed June 21, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Woodland Park School District. Composition: The Woodland Park School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Woodland Park."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 28, 2015.
  5. ^ Superintendent's Message, Passaic Valley Regional High School. Accessed June 21, 2020. "We are planning for another exciting school year to begin on September 4, 2019. This year Passaic Valley Regional High School will celebrate seventy nine years of educating the students of Little Falls, Totowa, and Woodland Park."
  6. ^ School data for Passaic Valley Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.