Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District

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Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District
Address
512 Cedar Street
Scotch Plains
, Union County , New Jersey , 07076
United States
Coordinates 40°38′23″N74°22′00″W / 40.639709°N 74.366592°W / 40.639709; -74.366592
District information
Grades PreK–12
SuperintendentJoan Mast
Business administratorChristopher Jones
Schools8
Students and staff
Enrollment5,758 (as of 2023–24) [1]
Faculty451.7 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio12.8:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website www.spfk12.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,15619$18,891−14.5%
1Budgetary Cost12,7911914,783−13.5%
2Classroom Instruction7,729148,763−11.8%
6Support Services1,823222,392−23.8%
8Administrative Cost1,175111,485−20.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,760631,783−1.3%
13Extracurricular Activities281632684.9%
16Median Teacher Salary63,4404364,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students from two communities in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, who come from the adjoining municipalities of Scotch Plains and Fanwood. [3] [4] The district has five elementary schools (PreK–4), two middle schools (grades 5–8) and a comprehensive high school (grades 9–12). [5]

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As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of eight schools, had an enrollment of 5,758 students and 451.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1. [1]

History

The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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]

Shackamaxon School, was built in 1951 (the same year as Evergreen School) and operated until 1981, when it was leased to the Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey as their Jewish Community Center and offices. The Federation bought the building outright five years later. [7]

In 2021, Park Middle School, was renamed to honor Malcolm E. Nettingham, who had served during World War II with the Tuskegee Airmen. [8]

Awards and recognition

In 2022, the United States Department of Education announced that William J. McGinn School was named as a National Blue Ribbon School, along with eight other schools in the state and 297 schools nationwide. [9] [10]

Schools

Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School SPFHS.jpg
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School

Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [11] ) are: [12] [13] [14]

Elementary schools
Middle schools
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [23] [24]

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. 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. [26] [27] Seats on the board of education are allocated based on the population of the constituent districts, with seven seats assigned to Scotch Plains and two to Fanwood. [28] [29]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District, adopted June 28, 2012. Accessed October 5, 2025. "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 twelve in the Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District. Composition: The Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Scotch Plains Township and the Borough of Fanwood."
  4. ↑ Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 27, 2020. "We are indebted to the communities of Scotch Plains and Fanwood for their support, involvement, and constant commitment to educational excellence."
  5. ↑ Construction Management Request for Proposal, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Public Schools. Accessed October 5, 2025. "The Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District is comprised of 9 school buildings including one high school, two middle schools, and six elementary schools (grades K-4 with one school only containing Pre-Kindergarten classes)."
  6. ↑ District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ Dyckman, Susan M. "Single Classroom, Built in 1768, Marks Beginning of Public School District" Archived March 12, 2003, at the Wayback Machine , Our Towns, October 28, 1999. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  8. ↑ Russell, Suzanne. "'He just served': Scotch Plains Tuskegee Airman's school now bears his name", Courier News , November 11, 2021. Accessed August 12, 2022. "So the renaming of his former high school, most recently known as Park Middle School, to Malcolm E. Nettingham Middle School, during a Veterans Day ceremony on Thursday, would have been beyond his imagination, according to his son, Malcolm V. Nettingham."
  9. ↑ 2022 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Non‐Public Schools, National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Accessed June 26, 2023.
  10. ↑ William J. McGinn Elementary School - Scotch Plains, NJ, National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Accessed June 26, 2023.
  11. ↑ School Data for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Our Schools, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  13. ↑ School Performance Reports for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 1, 2025.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  15. ↑ Brunner Elementary School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  16. ↑ Coles Elementary School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  17. ↑ Evergreen Elementary School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  18. ↑ McGinn Elementary School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  19. ↑ School One Elementary School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  20. ↑ Nettingham Middle School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  21. ↑ Terrill Middle School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  22. ↑ Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  23. ↑ District Administration, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  24. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Union County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  25. ↑ Business Office, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  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 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2024. Accessed October 5, 2025. "The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District is one of 678 school districts in the State of New Jersey and one of 28 public school districts in the County of Union. The School District provides education to students in grade levels Pre-K through twelve. Geographically, the District is comprised of the Borough of Fanwood and the Township of Scotch Plains. An elected nine-member Board of Education (the 'Board') serves as the policy maker for the School District. The Board adopts an annual budget and directly approves all expenditures which serve as the basis for control over and authorization for all expenditures of School District tax money. The Superintendent is the chief executive officer of the School District, responsible to the Board for total educational and support operations. The Business Administrator/Board Secretary is the chief financial officer of the School District..." See "Roster of Officials" on page 13.
  28. ↑ Board of Education, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  29. ↑ Wilkes-Edrington, Lindsay. "School Board Candidates to State Their Cases Tonight", Scotch Plains-Fanwood, NJ Patch, April 6, 2019. Accessed October 5, 2025. "Scotch Plains-Fanwood has nine total Board of Education members, split geographically based on population – seven from Scotch Plains and two from Fanwood."
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