South Bound Brook School District

The South Bound Brook School District is a community public school district that serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from South Bound Brook, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.[3]

South Bound Brook School District
Address
122 Elizabeth Street
South Bound Brook, NJ 08880
United States
Coordinates40.553908°N 74.531022°W / 40.553908; -74.531022
District information
GradesPreK to 8
SuperintendentDr. Lorise Goeke
Business administratorVincent Caravello
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment449 (as of 2017–18)[1]
Faculty37.5 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websitewww.southboundbrookk8.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,79018$18,891−11.1%
1Budgetary Cost14,8193914,1594.7%
2Classroom Instruction8,378288,659−3.2%
6Support Services2,599492,16719.9%
8Administrative Cost1,500181,547−3.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,516281,612−6.0%
13Extracurricular Activities7217104−30.8%
16Median Teacher Salary69,1285761,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 449 students and 37.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.[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.[4]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Bound Brook High School in Bound Brook as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Bound Brook School District.[5][6] As of the 2017–18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 601 students and 45.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1.[7]

Schools

Robert Morris School had an enrollment of 465 students as of the 2017–18 school year.[8]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10][11]

  • Dr. Lorise Goeke, Superintendent / Principal
  • Vincent Caravello, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, with nine 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 three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election.[12]

References
  1. District information for South Bound Brook Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. South Bound Brook Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, South Bound Brook School District, Accessed April 2, 2020. "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 South Bound Brook School District. Composition: The South Bound Brook School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of South Bound Brook."
  4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 8, 2014.
  5. Somerset County School Districts - Sending / Receiving / Regional, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed July 23, 2017. "Bound Brook PreK-12 Receives 9-12 From South Bound Brook"
  6. "Local Government Budget Review: Borough of Bound Brook Board of Education", New Jersey Department of the Treasury, February 1999. Accessed September 8, 2014. "The neighboring town of South Bound Brook sends 110 students to the Bound Brook High School on a tuition paying basis."
  7. School data for Bound Brook High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  8. School Data for the South Bound Brook School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  9. Administration, South Bound Brook School District. Accessed August 4, 2017.
  10. 2016-2017 Somerset County Public School Directory, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed May 19, 2017.
  11. New Jersey School Directory for Somerset County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  12. 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.
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