Garfield Public Schools

The Garfield Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Garfield, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.

Garfield Public Schools
Address
125 Outwater Lane
, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07026
United States
Coordinates40.881549°N 74.113151°W / 40.881549; -74.113151
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentNicholas Perrapato (interim)
Business administratorGiovanni Cusmano
Schools12
Affiliation(s)Former Abbott district
Students and staff
Enrollment4,713 (as of 2020–21)
Faculty438.1 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio10.8:1
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websitewww.gboe.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,46679$18,8918.3%
1Budgetary Cost14,8405914,7830.4%
2Classroom Instruction9,023658,7633.0%
6Support Services2,549702,3926.6%
8Administrative Cost1,373381,485−7.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,654551,783−7.2%
13Extracurricular Activities18224268−32.1%
16Median Teacher Salary58,0591764,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of 12 schools, had an enrollment of 4,713 students and 438.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.

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

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