Rochelle Park School District

Rochelle Park School District
Address
300 Rochelle Avenue Rochelle Park , Bergen County , New Jersey , 07662 United States
Coordinates	40°54′20″N74°04′38″W / 40.905431°N 74.077227°W / 40.905431; -74.077227
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Sue DeNobile
Business administrator	James Riley
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	502 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Faculty	48.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	10.5:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	www.rochellepark.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,939 28 $18,891 −5.0% 1 Budgetary Cost 11,160 5 14,159 −21.2% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,150 5 8,659 −17.4% 6 Support Services 1,271 3 2,167 −41.3% 8 Administrative Cost 1,537 19 1,547 −0.6% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,110 10 1,612 −31.1% 13 Extracurricular Activities 60 15 104 −42.3% 16 Median Teacher Salary 71,536 59 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2] *Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Rochelle Park Public School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Rochelle Park, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 502 students and 48.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1. ^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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. ^[6]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Hackensack High School in Hackensack, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Hackensack Public Schools, together with students from South Hackensack. ^{[7] [8] [9]} As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,852 students and 130.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.2:1. ^[10]

Schools

Midland School served 521 students in grades PreK-8 (as of the 2021–22 school year, per the National Center for Education Statistics ^[11] )

• Courtney Carmichael, principal ^[12]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^[13]

• Sue DeNobile, superintendent ^[14]
• James Riley, business administrator and board secretary ^[15]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of seven 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 two three 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. ^{[16] [17]}

References

1. District information for Rochelle Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Rochelle Park Board of Education Bylaws 0110 - Identification, Rochelle Park School District. Accessed October 13, 2023. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Rochelle Park School District. Composition: The Rochelle Park School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Rochelle Park."
4. School Performance Reports for the Rochelle Park School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
5. New Jersey School Directory for the Rochelle Park School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 5, 2014.
7. Rochelle Park School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 26, 2016. "Upon graduation, our students attend Hackensack High School, as part of a long-term sending/receiving relationship or have the option of applying to the Bergen County Academies and Technical Schools or a private school."
8. Alvarado, Monsy. "Maywood to study sending high schoolers to Paramus over Hackensack", The Record , January 14, 2011. Accessed July 18, 2013. "Besides 250 students from Maywood, Hackensack High School also serves about 120 students from Rochelle Park and 80 students from South Hackensack."
9. Alvarado, Monsy. 'Rochelle Park considers Hackensack tuition plan", The Record , June 22, 2011. Accessed January 21, 2017. "Rochelle Park sends about 120 students to Hackensack High School, and that number is expected to increase next year, Oberkehr said.... Hackensack, which also serves high school students from South Hackensack and Maywood, reached tuition agreements with South Hackensack earlier this year."
10. School data for Hackensack High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
11. Midland School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
12. A Message from the Principal, Rochelle Park Board of Education. Accessed October 13, 2023.
13. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
14. Message from the Superintendent of Schools, Rochelle Park Board of Education. Accessed October 13, 2023.
15. Business Office, Rochelle Park Board of Education. Accessed October 13, 2023.
16. 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.
17. Board of Education, Rochelle Park School District. Accessed October 15, 2023.

External links

• Rochelle Park Board of Education
• School Performance Reports for the Rochelle Park Board of Education , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Rochelle Park Board of Education, National Center for Education Statistics