Moonachie School District

Moonachie School District
Address
20 West Park Street Moonachie , Bergen County , New Jersey , 07074 United States
Coordinates	40°50′36″N74°02′54″W / 40.843243°N 74.048383°W / 40.843243; -74.048383
District information
Grades	Pre-K to 8
Superintendent	James S. Knipper
Business administrator	Laurel Spadavecchia
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	317 (as of 2018–19) [1]
Faculty	30.7 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	10.3:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	B
Website	www.moonachieschool.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $28,733 68 $18,891 52.1% 1 Budgetary Cost 19,815 60 14,159 39.9% 2 Classroom Instruction 11,628 62 8,659 34.3% 6 Support Services 3,913 61 2,167 80.6% 8 Administrative Cost 1,985 70 1,547 28.3% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,058 49 1,612 27.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 106 26 104 1.9% 16 Median Teacher Salary 66,980 64 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2] *Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

The Moonachie Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Moonachie, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^{[3] [4]}

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 317 students and 30.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.3:1. ^[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. ^[5]

For ninth through twelfth grades, approximately 100 public school students attend Wood-Ridge High School in Wood-Ridge, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Wood-Ridge School District. ^{[6] [7]} As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 583 students and 46.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1. ^[8]

Schools

Students in PreK-8 attend the Robert L. Craig School which served 310 students (based on 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics). ^[9]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^[10]

• Mr. James S. Knipper, superintendent and principal ^[11]
• Laurel Spadavecchia, business administrator and board secretary ^[12]
• Dana Genatt, director of curriculum and instruction ^[13]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of five 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 either one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2012) 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. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

References

1. District information for Moonachie 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. School Performance Reports for the Moonachie School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
4. New Jersey School Directory for the Moonachie School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
5. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 7, 2014.
6. Moonachie School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 14, 2017. "We service students from grades Pre-k to 8. We send our high school students to Woodridge High School."
7. Gavin, John A. "Council tells district to lower student estimates", The Record , May 17, 2010. Accessed September 7, 2014. "The Borough Council wants the one-school district to lower estimates of how many students will attend Wood-Ridge High School, its receiving school, and predictions about how many students will be placed in special education programs outside the district.... The school had calculated that 104 students would enroll in the high school, Vaccaro said."
8. School data for Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
9. School Data for the Moonachie School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
10. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
11. Superintendent / Principal, Moonachie School District. Accessed May 9, 2021.
12. Board of Education Office, Moonachie School District. Accessed May 11, 2020.
13. , Moonachie School District. Accessed May 9, 2021.
14. 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.
15. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Moonachie School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed May 11, 2020. "The Moonachie 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 five elected officials and is responsible for the Fiscal control of the district."
16. Board of Education, Moonachie School District. Accessed May 11, 2020.

External links

• Robert L. Craig School
• School Performance Reports for the Moonachie School District , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Moonachie School District, National Center for Education Statistics
• School Performance Report for Wood Ridge High School , New Jersey Department of Education