Edgewater Public Schools

The Edgewater Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through sixth grades from Edgewater, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.[3]

Edgewater Public Schools
Address
251 Undercliff Avenue Edgewater, NJ 07020 United States
Coordinates	40.822044°N 73.978714°W
District information
Grades	PreK-6
Superintendent	Mr. Nicholas Perrapato (interim)
Business administrator	Kathleen Marano (interim)
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,022 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	70.3 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	14.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	GH
Website	www.edgewaterschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-6 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,457 20 $18,891 −12.9% 1 Budgetary Cost 11,280 6 13,649 −17.4% 2 Classroom Instruction 6,932 5 8,366 −17.1% 6 Support Services 1,459 7 2,161 −32.5% 8 Administrative Cost 1,320 13 1,467 −10.0% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,510 26 1,552 −2.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 16 12 39 −59.0% 16 Median Teacher Salary 51,816 9 57,437 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 1,022 students and 70.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1.[1] With district enrollment increasing rapidly, George Washington School opened in September 2012, having been constructed with a third floor to accommodate enrollment growth in the district that was anticipated to rise from 628 in 2011 to as much as 925 in 2015.[4]

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.[5]

For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students from the borough are sent to the Leonia Public Schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[6][7] Schools in the district attended by Edgewater students (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are Leonia Middle School[9] with 533 students in grades 6 - 8 (Edgewater students attend for grades 7&8) and Leonia High School[10] with 740 students in grades 9 - 12.[11][12]

School

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[13]) are:[14][15]

• George Washington School[16] with 554 students in grades PreK-2
  • Billy J. Cunningham, Principal
• Eleanor Van Gelder School[17] with 447 students in grades 3-6
  • Nicholas Perrapato, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[18][19]

• Nicholas Perrapato, Interim Superintendent[20]
• Kathleen Marano, Interim Board Secretary / Business Administrator

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.[21][22]

References

1. District information for Edgewater 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. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Edgewater School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed May 26, 2020. "The Edgewater Public School System, including the Eleanor Van Gelder Elementary School and the George Washington School, constitute the District's reporting entity.... The Edgewater Public School System is comprised of two elementary schools (Special Education Pre-K to Grade 6), serving approximately 982 students."
4. Almenas, Maxim. "Edgewater's George Washington school to get a third floor", Edgewater View, June 13, 2011, backed up by the Internet Archive as of April 2, 2015. Accessed September 13, 2017.
5. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 27, 2014.
6. Leonia High School Overview, Leonia Public Schools. Accessed May 26, 2020. "The high school continues to increase in numbers as approximately 780 students from both Edgewater and Leonia are enrolled in grades 9-12 at Leonia High School."
7. Leonia Public Schools 2016 School Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 26, 2020. "The high school continues to increase in numbers as now approximately 725 students from both Edgewater and Leonia are enrolled in grades 9-12 at Leonia High School."
8. School Data for the Leonia Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
9. Leonia Middle School, Leonia Public Schools. Accessed May 26, 2020.
10. Leonia High School, Leonia Public Schools. Accessed May 26, 2020.
11. District Schools, Leonia Public Schools. Accessed May 26, 2020.
12. New Jersey School Directory for the Leonia Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
13. School Data for the Edgewater Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
14. Our District, Edgewater Public Schools. Accessed May 26, 2020. "The Edgewater School District, located in Edgewater, New Jersey, is governed by a five-member Board of Education. Members are elected to rotating three-year terms. The fastest growing school system in Bergen County, the district currently serves 1,000 students in Grades Pre-K to 6 in two schools. The George Washington School, built in 2012, houses our Pre-K to Grade 2 students, and the Eleanor Van Gelder School serves Grades 3 to 6. Edgewater students in Grades 7 to 12 attend the Leonia Public Schools in the nearby town of Leonia, New Jersey."
15. New Jersey School Directory for the Edgewater Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
16. George Washington School, Edgewater Public Schools. Accessed May 26, 2020.
17. Eleanor Van Gelder School, Edgewater Public Schools. Accessed May 26, 2020.
18. Staff Directory, Edgewater Public Schools. Accessed May 26, 2020.
19. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 21, 2016.
20. Superintendent, Edgewater Public Schools. Accessed May 26, 2020.
21. 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.
22. Board of Education Members, Edgewater Public Schools. Accessed May 26, 2020.

External links

• Edgewater Schools School
• Eleanor Van Gelder School's 2015–16 School Performance Report from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Edgewater Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
• Leonia Public Schools