Rutherford School District
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The Rutherford School District is a comprehensive community public school district
that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Rutherford
, in Bergen County
, New Jersey
, United States.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 2,470 students and 193.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third 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.
began in Rutherford prior to 1900, but the oldest permanent school structure was the Park School, built in 1902. It is currently the home of the Rutherford borough hall, on Park Avenue.
Rutherford formerly had three "neighborhood" schools for grades K-5 (Washington, Lincoln, and Sylvan) which fed into two "magnet" schools for 6-8 (Union & Pierrepont). The magnet schools also served as elementary schools for their neighborhoods. Since the 2005-2006 School Year, the Rutherford Schools have changed this format.
Sylvan Schools has since been closed by the Rutherford Board of Education, it houses YMCA Programs, the District Special Services Department, as well as a Handicapped Pre-School Program run by the South Bergen Jointure Commission.
Rutherford now has two elementary schools, Washington and Lincoln, for grades K-3. In grades 4-8 the students attend Union and Pierrepont Schools. For years before the reformatting, the Rutherford School System underwent a multi-million dollar renovation, which effected all of its buildings, with the most substantial amount of work taking place at Washington, Lincoln, & Union Schools.
) are:
Elementary Schools (K-3)
Middle Schools (4-8)
High School (9-12)
School district
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that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Rutherford
Rutherford, New Jersey
Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 18,061. It is an inner-ring suburb of New York City, located west of Midtown Manhattan....
, in Bergen County
Bergen County, New Jersey
Bergen County is the most populous county of the state of New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 905,116. The county is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Hackensack...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 2,470 students and 193.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
New Jersey Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered in Trenton.The Department is responsible for ensuring that...
as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third 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.
History
Public educationPublic education
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began in Rutherford prior to 1900, but the oldest permanent school structure was the Park School, built in 1902. It is currently the home of the Rutherford borough hall, on Park Avenue.
Rutherford formerly had three "neighborhood" schools for grades K-5 (Washington, Lincoln, and Sylvan) which fed into two "magnet" schools for 6-8 (Union & Pierrepont). The magnet schools also served as elementary schools for their neighborhoods. Since the 2005-2006 School Year, the Rutherford Schools have changed this format.
Sylvan Schools has since been closed by the Rutherford Board of Education, it houses YMCA Programs, the District Special Services Department, as well as a Handicapped Pre-School Program run by the South Bergen Jointure Commission.
Rutherford now has two elementary schools, Washington and Lincoln, for grades K-3. In grades 4-8 the students attend Union and Pierrepont Schools. For years before the reformatting, the Rutherford School System underwent a multi-million dollar renovation, which effected all of its buildings, with the most substantial amount of work taking place at Washington, Lincoln, & Union Schools.
Schools
Today's public schools (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education Statistics
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) are:
Elementary Schools (K-3)
- Lincoln (357 students)
- Jeanna Velechko, Principal
- Washington (341)
- William Mulcahy, Principal
Middle Schools (4-8)
- Pierrepont (501)
- Joan Carrion, Principal
- James Manco, Assistant Principal
- Union (489)
- Kenneth Polakowski, Principal
- Kurt Schweitzer, Assistant Principal
High School (9-12)
- Rutherford High School (782), built in 1922 and expanded in 1959 and 2005
- Jack Hurley, Principal
- Robert Klie, Acting Assistant Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:- Elaine Baldwin, Interim Superintendent
- Robert Brown, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
External links
- Rutherford School District
- Data for the Rutherford School District, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...