North Arlington School District

The North Arlington School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from North Arlington in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.[3]

North Arlington School District
Address
222 Ridge Road North Arlington, NJ 07031 United States
Coordinates	40.788921°N 74.132834°W / 40.788921; -74.132834
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Dr. Stephen Yurchak
Business administrator	Samantha Dembowski
Schools	5
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,869 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	135.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	13.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $15,972 8 $18,891 −15.5% 1 Budgetary Cost 11,890 7 14,783 −19.6% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,114 9 8,763 −18.8% 6 Support Services 1,315 2 2,392 −45.0% 8 Administrative Cost 1,551 18 1,485 4.4% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,431 15 1,783 −19.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 293 6 268 9.3% 16 Median Teacher Salary 54,520 10 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 1,869 students and 135.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1.[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.[4]

In the 1970s and 1980s, declining enrollment led North Arlington to be one of the few school districts in the state that featured involuntary "combined classes" whereby classes at their Roosevelt School for grades 4 and 5 and for grades 6 and 7 were combined into a single classroom with a single teacher for each pair of grades.[5]

Awards and recognition

In 2010, Roosevelt Elementary School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon Schools Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 school enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8]

Elementary schools

• Thomas Jefferson Elementary School[9] with 298 students in grades K-5
  • Jennifer Rodriguez, Principal
• Franklin Roosevelt Elementary School[10] with 226 students in grades K-5
  • Marie Griggs, Principal
• George Washington Elementary School[11] with 357 students in grades K-5
  • Elaine Jaume, Principal

Middle school

• North Arlington Middle School[12] with 422 students in grades 6-8
  • Nicole Campbell Russo, Principal

High school

• North Arlington High School[13] with 532 students in grades 9-12
  • Patrick D. Bott, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14][15]

• Dr. Stephen M. Yurchak, Superintendent[16]
• Samantha Dembowski[17]

Board of education

The district's board of education, with five 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 one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district.[14][18][19]

References

1. District information for North Arlington 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. North Arlington Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 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 twelve in the North Arlington School District. Composition: The North Arlington School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of North Arlington."
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 1, 2014.
5. Mancino, Colleen. "For students in smallest district, combined classes are a way of life", The Record, October 5, 1988. Accessed June 9, 2020. "The students in the seventh grade at Roosevelt School love their school. But they don'y like sharing a teacher and a classroom with the sixth grade.... Combined classes came out of dwindling enrollment and budgets that could not support individual classes with few students."
6. National Blue Ribbon Schools Program Schools Recognized 1982 Through 2016, United States Department of Education. Accessed September 24, 2017.
7. School Data for the North Arlington School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
8. New Jersey School Directory for the North Arlington School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
9. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.
10. Franklin Roosevelt Elementary School, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.
11. George Washington Elementary School, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.
12. North Arlington Middle School, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.
13. North Arlington High School, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.
14. Board of Education Members, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.
15. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
16. Superintendent, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.
17. Business Office, North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.
18. 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.
19. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the North Arlington School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed June 9, 2020. "The North Arlington School District is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an education institution. The District is a Type II District located in the county of Bergen, State of New Jersey. As a Type II, the District functions independently through a Board of Education (the 'Board'). The Board is comprised of five members appointed [sic] to three-year terms. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades K-12."

External links

• North Arlington School District
• North Arlington School District's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the North Arlington School District, National Center for Education Statistics