Weehawken School District

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Weehawken School District
53 Liberty Place
Weehawken, NJ 07086
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Dr. John T. Fitzsimons (interim)
Business administrator Hwey-Hwey "Vicky" Guo
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,232 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 106.7 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 11.55:1
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website http://www.weehawken.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1A Total Spending $19,598 36 $18,891 3.7%
1 Budgetary Cost 14,124 29 14,783 -4.5%
2 Classroom Instruction 8,371 27 8,763 -4.5%
6 Support Services 1,905 20 2,392 -20.4%
8 Administrative Cost 1,718 29 1,485 15.7%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,487 19 1,783 -16.6%
13 Extracurricular Activities 435 25 268 62.3%
16 Median Teacher Salary 55,557 12 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

The Weehawken School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from the Township of Weehawken, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,232 students and 106.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.55:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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.[3]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5][6]

Elementary schools
  • Daniel Webster School,[7] served 480 students in PreK through 2nd grade
    • Anthony Colasurdo, Principal[5]
  • Theodore Roosevelt School[8] served 339 students in grades 3-6
    • Alfred Orecchio, Principal[5]
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]

  • Dr. John T. Fitzsimons, Interim Superintendent
  • Hwey-Hwey "Vicky" Guo, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Weehawken School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ School Data for the Weehawken School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Schools, Weehawken School District. Accessed July 26, 2014. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Schools" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Weehawken School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 26, 2014.
  7. ↑ Daniel Webster School, Weehawken School District. Accessed March 23, 2011.
  8. ↑ Theodore Roosevelt School, Weehawken School District. Accessed March 23, 2011.
  9. ↑ Weehawken High School, Weehawken School District. Accessed March 23, 2011.
  10. ↑ Administration, Weehawken School District. Accessed July 7, 2015.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Hudson County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 26, 2014.

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