Englewood Public School District

Englewood Public School District
Address
12 Tenafly Road Englewood , Bergen County , New Jersey , 07631 United States
Coordinates	40°53′50″N73°58′46″W / 40.897206°N 73.979371°W / 40.897206; -73.979371
District information
Grades	pre-K to 12
Superintendent	Marnie Hazelton
Business administrator	Cheryl Balletto
Schools	5
Students and staff
Enrollment	2,923 (as of 2021–22) [1]
Faculty	247.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.8:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	www.epsd.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $21,231 61 $18,891 12.4% 1 Budgetary Cost 16,544 63 14,783 11.9% 2 Classroom Instruction 9,368 61 8,763 6.9% 6 Support Services 2,924 61 2,392 22.2% 8 Administrative Cost 1,811 59 1,485 22.0% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,073 62 1,783 16.3% 13 Extracurricular Activities 337 18 268 25.7% 16 Median Teacher Salary 58,950 17 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2] *Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

The Englewood Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Englewood, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^[3] The district's offices are in the Administration Building at the Russell C. Major Liberty School. ^[4]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,923 students and 247.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1. ^[1]

Students from Englewood Cliffs attend Dwight Morrow High School, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Englewood Cliffs Public Schools. ^[5] In 2013, the Englewood Cliffs district announced plans to consider ending the sending relationship by creating its own high school, possibly in conjunction with the Englewood Cliffs campus of Saint Peter's University. ^[6]

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at Dwight Morrow High School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program. ^[7] Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education. ^[8] The Dwight Morrow choice program has been the state's largest. ^{[5] [9]}

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. ^[10]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) ^[11] are: ^{[12] [13]}

Preschool

• D. A. Quarles Early Childhood Center ^[14] with 430 students in grades PreK-K
  • Arlene Ng, principal

Elementary schools

• Dr. John Grieco Elementary School ^[15] with 348 students in grades 1-2
  • Daniela Small-Bailey, principal
• Dr. Leroy McCloud School ^[16] with 490 students in grades 3-5. The school had been known as Cleveland School until 2009, when it was named in memory of the district's first African-American principal, Dr. Leroy McCloud, who had a 50-year career in the district. ^[17]
  • Dorian Milteer, principal

Middle school

• Janis E. Dismus Middle School ^[18] with 547 students in grades 6-8
  • Lamarr Thomas, principal

High school

• Dwight Morrow High School ^[19] / Academies @ Englewood ^[20] with 1,003 students in grades 9-12
  • Joe Armental, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[21] [22] [23]}

• Marnie Hazelton, superintendent ^[24]
• Cheryl Balletto, business administrator and board secretary

Ronel Cook, who had taken office as superintendent for the 2022-23 school year, was killed in a car crash in November 2022. ^[25]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees 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 2014) 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. ^{[22] [26] [27]}

Academic performance

As of 2017 ^[update] the district's averages in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) examinations were below the averages of the State of New Jersey and of Bergen County as a whole. ^[28]

References

1. District information for Englewood Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Englewood Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Englewood Public School District. Accessed June 6, 2023. "Purpose: The Englewood Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-K through 12 for students of the City of Englewood Public Schools. Classification: The City of Englewood Public School District shall be classified as a Type II district. Composition: The City of Englewood Public School District is comprised of all of the area within the municipal boundaries of the City of Englewood."
4. Homepage. Englewood Public School District. Accessed April 19, 2013. "Englewood Public School District, Russell C. Major Liberty School-District Administrative Building, 12 Tenafly Rd., Englewood, NJ 07631"
5. Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 27, 2020. "Dwight Morrow High School is a progressive community of learners consisting of approximately 1112 students and 118 faculty members. Our 9th through 12th grade school is a part of a send/receive relationship between the City of Englewood and the Borough of Englewood Cliffs. Additionally, our campus is the home to the Interdistrict Public School Choice program, Academies@Englewood."
6. Simone, Stephanie. "Englewood Cliffs to study creating its own high school", Northern Valley Suburbanite, April 18, 2013. Accessed April 19, 2013. "The Board of Education and St. Peter's University Englewood Cliffs Campus partnered to conduct a feasibility study on expanding the K-8 district to include a high school."
7. Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
8. Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: For Parents and Students, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 24, 2016.
9. Capuzzo, Jill P. "The Little Land of Big Houses", The New York Times , June 4, 2013. Accessed December 24, 2016. "Dwight Morrow is also home to the Academies@Englewood, the state's largest interdistrict public school, which is by application only."
10. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 3, 2014.
11. School Data for the Englewood Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
12. School Performance Reports for the Englewood Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 14, 2024.
13. New Jersey School Directory for the Englewood Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
14. D. A. Quarles Early Childhood Center, Englewood Public School District. Accessed December 22, 2023.
15. Dr. John Grieco Elementary School, Englewood Public School District. Accessed December 22, 2023.
16. Dr. Leroy McCloud School, Englewood Public School District. Accessed December 22, 2023.
17. Fabiano, Giovanna. "Englewood school gets new addition, and a new name", The Record , October 21, 2009. Accessed December 3, 2014. "Englewood's Cleveland Elementary School has been renamed the Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School in honor of the district's first African-American principal."
18. Janis E. Dismus Middle School, Englewood Public School District. Accessed December 22, 2023.
19. Dwight Morrow High School, Englewood Public School District. Accessed December 22, 2023.
20. Academies @ Englewood, Englewood Public School District. Accessed Accessed December 22, 2023.
21. Staff Directory, Englewood Public School District. Accessed December 22, 2023.
22. Board of Education, Englewood Public School District. Accessed May 27, 2020.
23. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 24, 2016.
24. Superintendent, Englewood Public School District. Accessed December 22, 2023.
25. Noda, Stephanie; and Katzban, Nicholas. "Englewood superintendent dies, son injured in Yonkers car crash", North Jersey , November 21, 2022.Accessed November 23, 2022. "The Englewood Public School District’s superintendent, who had just begun working for the district in August, died Sunday in a car crash. The Westchester County Police Department received a call about the crash that killed Superintendent Ronel Cook, 51, of Newburgh, N.Y., at 1:16 p.m. on Sunday afternoon."
26. 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.
27. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Englewood City School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2022. Accessed December 22, 2023. "The Englewood Board of Education (the 'Board' or the 'District') is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an education institution. The Board consists of nine elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A Superintendent of Schools is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District. A School Business Administrator/Board Secretary is also appointed by the Board and oversees the business functions of the District."
28. Shkolnikova, Svetlana (October 21, 2017). "Englewood students score below state on PARCC". The Journal News . Retrieved January 28, 2020.

External links

• New Jersey portal
• Schools portal

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