Weehawken School District

The Weehawken School District is a comprehensive community public school district consisting of three schools serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the Township of Weehawken, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

Weehawken School District
Address
53 Liberty Place Weehawken, NJ 07086 United States
Coordinates
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Eric Crespo
Business administrator	Matthew Whitford
Schools	3
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,458 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	120.5 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	CD
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $19,598 36 $18,891 3.7% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,124 29 14,783 −4.5% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,371 27 8,763 −4.5% 6 Support Services 1,905 20 2,392 −20.4% 8 Administrative Cost 1,718 29 1,485 15.7% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,487 19 1,783 −16.6% 13 Extracurricular Activities 435 25 268 62.3% 16 Median Teacher Salary 55,557 12 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 three schools, had an enrollment of 1,458 students and 120.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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]

Awards, recognition and rankings

In 2017, the International Center for Leadership in Education named Weehawken “one of the twelve most innovative districts in the nation.”[4] Niche.com ranked Weehawken 79th on its list of the top 100 school districts in New Jersey with each of the district's schools receiving an A rating.[5] The Washington Post ranked Weehawken High School in the top 12% of all high schools in the United States --including 79th in the state and highest-ranked in Hudson County -- on its 2017 list of "America’s Most Challenging High Schools."[6][7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9]

Elementary schools

• Daniel Webster School[10] served 418 students in PreK through 2nd grade
  • Anna Rudowsky, Principal
• Theodore Roosevelt School[11] served 420 students in grades 3-6
  • Suzanne Mera, Principal

High school

• Weehawken High School[12] served 569 students in grades 7-12
  • Robert Ferullo, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13]

• Eric Crespo, Superintendent of Schools[14]
• Matthew Whitford, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[15]

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 as part of the April school election.[16] As one of the 13 districts statewide with school elections in April, voters also decide on passage of the annual school budget.[17][18][19]

References

1. District information for Weehawken Public 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 March 18, 2015.
4. Zeitlinger, Ron. "Weehawken school district one of 12 to win 'Innovative' honor", The Jersey Journal, February 8, 2017. Accessed August 13, 2017. "The Weehawken school district has been named an "Innovative District" for 2017 by the International Center for Leadership in Education, officials announced. Weehawken is one of the 12 districts chosen for the award, and representatives from the district will share its best practices at the 25th annual Model Schools Conference in Nashville in June."
5. Weehawken Board of Education, Niche (company). Accessed August 13, 2017.
6. Matthews, Jay. "America’s Most Challenging High Schools", The Washington Post, May 5, 2017. Accessed August 13, 2017.
7. Staff. "Weehawken ranked Hudson County’s top school district", The Hudson Reporter, August 11, 2017. Accessed August 13, 2017. "Niche.com, a Pittsburgh-based internet firm that analyzes dozens of public data sets and millions of reviews to produce comprehensive rankings, report cards, and profiles for every K-12 school, college, and neighborhood in the U.S., has ranked Weehawken Township school district the number one district in Hudson County."
8. School Data for the Weehawken School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
9. New Jersey School Directory for the Weehawken School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
10. Daniel Webster School, Weehawken School District. Accessed April 7, 2020.
11. Theodore Roosevelt School, Weehawken School District. Accessed April 7, 2020.
12. Weehawken High School, Weehawken School District. Accessed April 7, 2020.
13. New Jersey School Directory for Hudson County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
14. "Weehawken School Board Appoints New Superintendent", Weehawken School District, dated August 1, 2019. Accessed January 24, 2020. "The Weehawken Township Board of Education is excited to announce its appointment of a new superintendent to lead the Weehawken excited to announce its appointment of a new superintendent to lead the Weehawken Township School District. The school board signed a three-year contract with Eric Crespo, 39, who has been an assistant superintendent of academic services and special programs at the Paterson Public Schools for the last three years."
15. Board of Education, Weehawken School District. Accessed January 24, 2020.
16. 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.
17. Mazzola, Jessica. "13 N.J school districts held elections Tuesday and - surprise! - hardly anyone voted. See how bad it was", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 18, 2018, updated May 14, 2019. Accessed February 17, 2020. "The rest of their 530 counterparts across the state have switched to November elections – most made the change immediately after a 2012 law allowing school district votes to move from April to the fall, held in tandem with the general election. But voters in 13 New Jersey towns went to the polls Tuesday to cast votes for their local boards of education, and in most cases, on whether or not to pass the district budgets."
18. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Weehawken School District, New Jersey Department of Education, year ended June 30, 2013. Accessed January 24, 2020. "The Weehawken School District (the 'District') is a Type II district located in the County of Hudson, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the District functions independently through the Weehawken Board of Education (the 'Board'). The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms."
19. 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.

External links

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