Rochelle Park School District

Rochelle Park School District
Address
300 Rochelle Avenue Rochelle Park , Bergen County, New Jersey, 07662 United States
Coordinates	40°54′20″N 74°04′38″W / 40.905431°N 74.077227°W / 40.905431; -74.077227
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Sue DeNobile
Business administrator	James Riley
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	502 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty	48.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	10.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	www.rochellepark.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,939 28 $18,891 −5.0% 1 Budgetary Cost 11,160 5 14,159 −21.2% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,150 5 8,659 −17.4% 6 Support Services 1,271 3 2,167 −41.3% 8 Administrative Cost 1,537 19 1,547 −0.6% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,110 10 1,612 −31.1% 13 Extracurricular Activities 60 15 104 −42.3% 16 Median Teacher Salary 71,536 59 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Rochelle Park Public School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Rochelle Park, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3][4][5]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 502 students and 48.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.^[6]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Hackensack High School in Hackensack, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Hackensack Public Schools, together with students from South Hackensack.^[7][8][9] As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,852 students and 130.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.2:1.^[10]

Midland School served 521 students in grades PreK-8 (as of the 2021–22 school year, per the National Center for Education Statistics^[11])

• Courtney Carmichael, principal^[12]

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

• Sue DeNobile, superintendent^[14]
• James Riley, business administrator and board secretary^[15]

The district's board of education, comprised of seven 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 two three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^[16][17]

• Rochelle Park Board of Education
• School Performance Reports for the Rochelle Park Board of Education, New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Rochelle Park Board of Education, National Center for Education Statistics