Upper Saddle River School District

Upper Saddle River School District
395 West Saddle River Road
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Dr. Monica M. Browne
Business administrator Dana Imbasciani
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,341 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 100.5 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.34:1
Other information
District Factor Group J
Website http://www.usronline.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,05457$18,891-4.4%
1Budgetary Cost15,0576414,1596.3%
2Classroom Instruction8,724498,6590.8%
6Support Services2,598722,16719.9%
8Administrative Cost1,731631,54711.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,889711,61217.2%
13Extracurricular Activities1156010410.6%
16Median Teacher Salary58,3502461,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Upper Saddle River School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade in Upper Saddle River in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,341 students and 100.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.34:1.[1]

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

As of 2012, school elections were shifted from April to the November general election as part of an effort to reduce the costs of a standalone April vote.[4]

For high school, public school students in Allendale for grades nine through twelve attend Northern Highlands Regional High School, which also serves students from Ho-Ho-Kus, Upper Saddle River and some of Saddle River's students (who have the option of attending either Northern Highlands or Ramsey High School, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the two districts).[5][6] As of the 2013-14 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,349 students and 117.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1.[7]

Schools

The schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10]

Elementary schools
Middle school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration include:[14][15]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Upper Saddle River School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 20, 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 September 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ Kleimann, Karen; Clyde, John. "Districts moving school elections", Town Journal, February 15, 2012. Accessed November 30, 2014. "The Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Northern Highlands, Saddle River and Upper Saddle River boards of education voted to move their respective school elections to November for at least the next four annual elections. The five districts, along with a majority of school boards across the state, are moving their elections from April to November in hopes of sparing taxpayers the expense of a separate election, according to the New Jersey School Boards Association."
  5. ↑ Staff. "Tuition to rise $219 under new contract", Town Journal, November 19, 2009. Accessed November 30, 2014. "With no high school in the borough, Saddle River students have the option of enrolling in either Ramsey High School or Northern Highlands."
  6. ↑ Northern Highlands Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 31, 2016. "A four-year public high school, Northern Highlands strives to address the needs of all of its students who come from four towns in northern Bergen County: Allendale, Upper Saddle River, Ho-Ho-Kus, and Saddle River."
  7. ↑ School Data for Northern Highlands Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 31, 2016.
  8. ↑ School Data for the Upper Saddle River Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  9. ↑ info/districtprofile.aspx District Profile, Upper Saddle River School District. Accessed September 20, 2014. "The school system consists of three facilities: Reynolds Elementary (Pre-K to 2), Bogert Elementary (3 to 5) and Cavallini Middle School (6-8)."
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Upper Saddle River School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  11. ↑ Robert D. Reynolds Primary School, Upper Saddle River School District. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  12. ↑ Edith A. Bogert Elementary School, Upper Saddle River School District. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  13. ↑ Emil A. Cavallini Middle School, Upper Saddle River School District. Accessed September 20, 2014.
  14. ↑ BOARD OF EDUCATION OFFICE DIRECTORY, Upper Saddle River School District. Accessed April 16, 2011.
  15. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 20, 2014.

Coordinates: 41°03′47″N 74°05′54″W / 41.063007°N 74.098441°W / 41.063007; -74.098441

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