Bloomfield Public Schools

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Bloomfield Public Schools
Address
155 Broad Street
, Essex County , New Jersey , 07003
Coordinates 40°47′57″N74°11′48″W / 40.799133°N 74.196779°W / 40.799133; -74.196779
District information
Grades PreK-12
SuperintendentSalvatore Goncalves
Business administratorHwey-Hwey "Vicky" Guo
Schools11
Students and staff
Enrollment6,191 (as of 2021–22) [1]
Faculty538.5 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio11.5:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website Official website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,84812$18,891−16.1%
1Budgetary Cost12,2811014,783−16.9%
2Classroom Instruction7,594128,763−13.3%
6Support Services1,42652,392−40.4%
8Administrative Cost1,682871,48513.3%
10Operations & Maintenance1,17691,783−34.0%
13Extracurricular Activities19931268−25.7%
16Median Teacher Salary53,300464,043
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

The Bloomfield Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Bloomfield, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [3]

Contents

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of 11 schools, had an enrollment of 6,191 students and 538.5 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 "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]

Awards and recognition

During the 2007-08 school year, Oak View Elementary School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, [5] [6] the highest award an American school can receive. [7] [8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [9] ) are: [10] [11] [12]

Early childhood
Elementary schools
Middle school
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [24] [25]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2013) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. [28] [29] [30]

In November 2015, Kent Weisert was elected to the school board according to preliminary results even though he died two weeks before the election results came in. [31]

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  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. Bloomfield Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Bloomfield Public Schools. Accessed February 6, 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 Bloomfield School District. Composition: The Bloomfield School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Bloomfield."
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  5. Addison, Kasi; and Juri, Carmen. "Three Essex schools capture blue ribbon" Archived October 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , The Star-Ledger , October 7, 2007. Accessed October 14, 2007. "Principals in three Essex County schools found out last week their buildings joined an exclusive club of exemplary schools when the U.S. Department of Education named the nation's latest batch of No Child Left Behind -- Blue Ribbon Schools.... The three Essex County schools are Oakview School in Bloomfield, Millburn High School and Harriet Tubman School in Newark."
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  29. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Bloomfield Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 9, 2024. "The Board is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board consists of elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District."
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