Bound Brook School District

Bound Brook School District
Address
111 West Union Avenue Bound Brook , Somerset County , New Jersey , 08805
Coordinates	40°33′49″N74°32′20″W / 40.563575°N 74.539009°W / 40.563575; -74.539009
District information
Grades	PreK to 12
Superintendent	Alvin Freeman
Business administrator	Vacant
Schools	5
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,975 (as of 2020–21) [1]
Faculty	172.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.5:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	B
Website	www.bbrook.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $15,380 5 $18,891 −18.6% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,443 20 14,783 −9.1% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,308 10 8,763 −16.6% 6 Support Services 1,744 10 2,392 −27.1% 8 Administrative Cost 1,692 26 1,485 13.9% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,314 49 1,783 29.8% 13 Extracurricular Activities 351 10 268 31.0% 16 Median Teacher Salary 58,720 23 64,043 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, comprised of 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]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[7] ) are: ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Elementary schools

• LaMonte-Annex Elementary School ^[11] with 195 students in grades PreK-Kindergarten
  • Hipolita Hernandez-Sicignano, principal ^[12]
• Lafayette Elementary School ^[11] with 266 students in grades 1-2
  • Erika Clarke, principal ^[12]
• Smalley Elementary School ^[11] with 545 students in grades 3-6
  • Nicholas Edwards, principal ^[12]

Middle school

• Community Middle School ^[13] with 283 students in grades 7-8
  • Joseph Santicerma, principal ^[14]

High school

• Bound Brook High School ^[15] with 652 students in grades 9-12
  • Edward Smith, principal ^[16]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[17] [18]}

• Alvin Freeman, superintendent ^[19]
• Vacant, business administrator and board secretary ^[20]

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 2012) as part of the November general election. A tenth, appointed member, represents the interests of the South Bound Brook district. 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. ^{[21] [22] [17]}

References

1. 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.
7. School Data for the Bound Brook School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
8. Public Schools Directory 2023–2024, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed March 12, 2024.
9. School Performance Reports for the Bound Brook School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
10. New Jersey School Directory for the Bound Brook School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
11. Bound Brook Elementary Schools, Bound Brook School District. Accessed July 27, 2022.
12. Elementary Administration, Bound Brook Elementary Schools. Accessed July 27, 2022.
13. Community Middle School, Bound Brook School District. Accessed July 27, 2022.
14. Administration, Bound Brook Middle School. Accessed July 27, 2022.
15. Bound Brook High School, Bound Brook School District. Accessed July 27, 2022.
16. Administration Contacts, Bound Brook High School. Accessed July 27, 2022.
17. Board of Education, Bound Brook School District. Accessed July 27, 2022.
18. New Jersey School Directory for Somerset County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
19. Superintendent, Bound Brook School District. Accessed July 27, 2022.
20. Business Office, Bound Brook School District. Accessed July 27, 2022.
21. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
22. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Bound Brook 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."

External links

• Bound Brook School District
• School Performance Reports for the Bound Brook School District , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Bound Brook School District, National Center for Education Statistics