Cedar Grove Schools

The Cedar Grove Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Cedar Grove, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.[3]

Cedar Grove Schools
520 Pompton Avenue Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Michael Fetherman
Business administrator	Michael Devita
Schools	4
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,612 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty	151.5 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	10.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	I
Website	Official website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,166 16 $18,891 −9.1% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,544 23 14,783 −8.4% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,106 8 8,763 −18.9% 6 Support Services 1,871 17 2,392 −21.8% 8 Administrative Cost 1,980 45 1,485 33.3% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,096 44 1,783 17.6% 13 Extracurricular Activities 488 32 268 82.1% 16 Median Teacher Salary 57,563 17 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 2017-18 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,612 students and 151.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.6:1.[1]

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

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:[6][7][8]

Elementary schools

• North End Elementary School[9] with 258 students in grades PreK-4
  • Traci Dyer, Principal
• South End Elementary School[10] with 300 students in grades PreK-4
  • Lynn DiMatteo, Principal

Middle school

• Cedar Grove Memorial Middle School[11] with 499 students in grades 5-8
  • Nicholas DeCorte, Principal
  • Derrick Chell, Vice Principal

High school

• Cedar Grove High School[12] with 519 students in grades 9-12
  • Richard Mangili, Principal
  • Jody Inglis, Vice Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[7][13]

• Michael J. Fetherman, Superintendent
• Michael Devita, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

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 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.[7][14][15]

References

1. District information for Cedar Grove Township School District, 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. Cedar Grove Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Cedar Grove Schools. Accessed February 11, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through twelve in the Cedar Grove School District. Composition The Cedar Grove School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Cedar Grove."
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 1, 2019.
5. School Data for the Cedar Grove Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
6. Our Schools, Cedar Grove Schools. Accessed February 11, 2020. "North End Elementary and South End Elementary Schools serve grades PreK-4, Memorial Middle School serves grades 5-8 and Cedar Grove High School serves grades 9-12."
7. Board of Education, Cedar Grove School District. Accessed February 11, 2020.
8. New Jersey School Directory for the Cedar Grove Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
9. North End Elementary School, Cedar Grove Schools. Accessed February 11, 2020.
10. South End Elementary School, Cedar Grove Schools. Accessed February 11, 2020.
11. Cedar Grove Memorial Middle School, Cedar Grove Schools. Accessed February 11, 2020.
12. Cedar Grove High School, Cedar Grove Schools. Accessed February 11, 2020.
13. New Jersey School Directory for Essex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
14. 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.
15. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Cedar Grove School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed February 11, 2020. "The Cedar Grove Public Schools (the "Board" or the "District") is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an education institution. The Board consists of five elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District."

External links

• Cedar Grove Schools website
• Cedar Grove Schools's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Cedar Grove Schools, National Center for Education Statistics