Woodland Park School District

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Woodland Park School District
853 McBride Avenue
Woodland Park, NJ 07424
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Dr. Michele Pillari
Business administrator Thomas DiFluri
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,087 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 80.1 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.57:1
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website http://www.wpschools.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1A Total Spending $15,677 17 $18,891 -17.0%
1 Budgetary Cost 12,531 19 14,159 -11.5%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,618 15 8,659 -12.0%
6 Support Services 2,046 43 2,167 -5.6%
8 Administrative Cost 1,516 37 1,547 -2.0%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,345 26 1,612 -16.6%
16 Median Teacher Salary 61,515 47 61,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Woodland Park School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from the Borough of Woodland Park (formerly known as West Paterson), in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,087 students and 80.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.57:1.[1]

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.[3]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Passaic Valley Regional High School, which also serves students from Little Falls and Totowa. The school facility is located in Little Falls Township.[4]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:[6][7]

Elementary schools
  • Charles Olbon School[8] (grades K-2; 349 students)
    • Linda Dewey - Principal
  • Beatrice Gilmore School[9] (3-4; 233)
    • Margaret Odoksta - Principal
Middle school
  • Memorial Middle School[10] (5-8; 505)
    • Charles Silverstein - Principal

Administration

Members of the district's administration are:[11][12]

  • Dr. Michele Pillari, Superintendent
  • Thomas DiFluri, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Woodland Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ District Information, Passaic Valley High School. Accessed March 23, 2015. "The regional district which is served by Passaic Valley High School is comprised of the communities of Little Falls, Totowa Borough and Woodland Park."
  5. ↑ Educational statistics for the West Paterson School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 10, 2014.
  6. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Woodland Park School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 28, 2015.
  7. ↑ Passaic County 2014-15 Public School Directory, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed January 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ Charles Olbon School, Woodland Park School District. Accessed January 28, 2015.
  9. ↑ Beatrice Gilmore School, Woodland Park School District. Accessed January 28, 2015.
  10. ↑ Memorial Middle School, Woodland Park School District. Accessed January 28, 2015.
  11. ↑ Board of Education Members, Woodland Park School District. Accessed January 28, 2015.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Passaic County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 28, 2015.

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