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125 Outwater Lane , Bergen County , New Jersey , 07026United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°52′54″N74°06′47″W / 40.881549°N 74.113151°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grades | PreK-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superintendent | Richard D. Tomko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business administrator | Kathlene Derych | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Affiliation(s) | Former Abbott district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Enrollment | 4,713 (as of 2020–21) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty | 438.1 FTEs [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Student–teacher ratio | 10.8:1 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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District Factor Group | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Garfield Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Garfield, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [3] [4] 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 [5] 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. [6] [7]
As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of 12 schools, had an enrollment of 4,713 students and 438.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1. [1]
The district had been 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. [8]
In 2023, Washington Irving School #4 was one of nine schools in New Jersey that was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education. [9] [10]
Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [11] ) are: [12] [13]
Core members of the district's administration are: [26] [27] Richard D. Tomko, superintendent of schools, was hired in March 2014 [28]
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. 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. [29] [30] [31]
Until 2020, Garfield had been one of about a dozen districts statewide (five of which are in Bergen County) which held school elections in April and in which voters also decided on passage of the annual school budget. [32] [33] In June 2020, the city council voted to shift school elections from April to November, with the first election under the new calendar to take place in 2021; this change will also mean that voters no longer vote on the school budget, as long as spending increases are within the state-mandated threshold. [34]
In January 2025, the city council voted to shift school elections back to April and was granted an injunction to prevent the school board from moving the date back to November. The city council argued that the return to April would allow the public to vote on adoption of the district's budget, but a 2024 law restricts voting on the budget to situations where a 2% cap is exceeded. [35]
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