East Newark School District

The East Newark School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from East Newark, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

East Newark School District
Address
501-11 North Third Street
East Newark, NJ 07029
United States
Coordinates40.74633°N 74.157669°W / 40.74633; -74.157669
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentDr. Richard Corbett
Business administratorRobert Clark
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment247 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty15.9 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio15.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupA
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$13,1101$18,891−30.6%
1Budgetary Cost9,980114,159−29.5%
2Classroom Instruction5,72018,659−33.9%
6Support Services1,515112,167−30.1%
8Administrative Cost1,36491,547−11.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,310131,612−18.7%
13Extracurricular Activities4316104−58.7%
16Median Teacher Salary44,041261,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 247 students and 15.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.5:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the 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.[3]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Harrison High School in Harrison, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Harrison Public Schools.[4] Citing rising tuition costs, the district announced in 2013 that it was seeking to sever its relationship with Harrison and send its students to Kearny High School, where tuition costs for students would be substantially lower than the $14,674 per student paid to Harrison for the 2012-13 school year.[5] In 2015, the district agreed to a new six-year sending agreement with the Harrison school district under which East Newark would pay $13,000 per student, rising by 2% annually, a drop from the $16,100 cost per student paid as of the 2014-15 school year.[6] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 692 students and 54.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1.[7]

Schools
  • East Newark Public School (grades PreK-8). As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 239 students.[8]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]

  • Dr. Richard Corbett, Superintendent / Principal
  • Robert Clark, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education has five members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type I school district, the board's trustees are appointed by the Mayor to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two members up for reappointment each year. Of the more than 600 school districts statewide, East Newark is one of 15 districts with appointed school boards.[9][11][12][13]

References
  1. District information for East Newark 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. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 3, 2014.
  4. Duger, Rose. "East Newark Harrison merging dispatch service", The Jersey Journal, December 30, 2010. Accessed September 3, 2014. "Kearny handles all health-related functions through its Board of Health, while East Newark high school children attend Harrison High School and the borough contracts with Harrison to provide street cleaning, snow removal, ambulance and library services."
  5. Leir, Ron. "Where will E. Newark kids end up?", The Observer, June 19, 2013. Accessed September 3, 2014. "For much of its entire 118-year history, since it broke away from Kearny's First Ward, the borough of East Newark (population 2,400) has maintained a single public school for kindergarten to grade 8 and has consistently sent its graduates to high school in neighboring Harrison.... For that reason, Smith said, the borough is exploring the possibility of sending its kids to Kearny High School. The tuition rate would be lower than Harrison's and there's room at KHS for East Newark's kids, according to Smith."
  6. Duger, Rose. "East Newark to continue sending high school students to Harrison", The Jersey Journal, April 23, 2015. Accessed November 3, 2016. "East Newark will continue to send its high school students to Harrison High under a pact approved by the school boards in the two towns. The agreement calls for East Newark to pay tuition of $13,000 per student next year, with tuition hikes of 2 percent in each of the next six years. That's significantly less than the $16,100 per student tuition East Newark currently pays."
  7. School data for Harrison High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  8. School Data for the East Newark Public School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  9. Board of Education, East Newark School District. Accessed May 9, 2020.
  10. New Jersey School Directory for Hudson County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. 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.
  12. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the East Newark School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed May 1, 2020. "The East Newark School District (the "District") is a Type I District located in the County of Hudson, State of New Jersey. As a Type I District, the members are appointed by the Mayor. A Board of School Estimate approves the school district levy after the final budget is determined by the Board of Education (the "Board"). The members of the Board of School Estimate include the Mayor, two members of the local school board and two members of the governing body."
  13. Roll, Erin. "Montclair Parents Debate Appointed Vs. Elected School Board", Montclair Local, April 4, 2019. Accessed May 9, 2020. "Montclair is one of 11 school districts in New Jersey in which the board of education is appointed by the mayor, rather than elected. And a debate is ensuing among some Montclair residents over whether Montclair should stick with an appointed board, or switch to an elected board.... As of 2018, Montclair was one of only 11 Type I school districts in New Jersey. The other 10 are Ventnor, Port Republic, Rockleigh, Pine Valley, East Orange, East Newark, Union City, Harrison, Trenton and Summit."
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