Buena Regional School District
| Buena Regional School District | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Walter Whitaker | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Thomas Kearney | ||||
| Address: | 914 Main Avenue Richland, NJ 08350 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 6 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 2,563 (as of 2009-10)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 177 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 14.48 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | A | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.buena.k12.nj.us | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $12,185 | 25 | $13,632 | -10.6% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 7,139 | 22 | 8,035 | -11.2% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,805 | 32 | 2,166 | -16.7% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,364 | 25 | 1,379 | -1.1% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,399 | 22 | 1,674 | -16.4% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 340 | 28 | 258 | 31.8% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 55,164 | 28 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 1,801-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=70 |
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The Buena Regional School District is a comprehensive regional school district serving approximately 2,100 students in grades K - 12 from two communities in Atlantic County, New Jersey. Municipalities served by the district are Buena Borough and Buena Vista Township. Students from Newfield, a non-operating school district, attend the district's schools for K-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship. Students are sent to the district's high school for grades 9 - 12 from both Estell Manor City and Weymouth Township as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts.[3][4]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 2,563 students and 177 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.48.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the 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.[5]
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[edit] Schools
The Buena Regional School District is operates the following schools (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]):
- Elementary Schools
- Collings Lakes Elementary School (230 students in grades K - 5)
- Daniel J. Benedetto - Principal
- William B. Donini Elementary School (194 students in grades K - 2)
- Joyce Soboloski- Principal
- Edgarton Elementary School (189 students in grades K - 5)
- Joyce Soboloski - Principal
- J.C. Milanesi Elementary School (474 students in grades pre-K - 5)
- Anna Bettini - Principal
- Middle School
- Buena Regional Middle School (536 students in grades 6 - 8)
- Kenneth Nelson - Principal
- Karen Santoro - Vice Principal
- High School
- Buena Regional High School (922 students in grades 9 - 12)
- Moses White- Principal
- Danielle Sneathen - Vice Principal
[edit] Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b District information for the Buena Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 4, 2012.
- ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
- ^ Buena Regional School District 2010 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 4, 2012. "We continue to occupy four elementary facilities serving PK through grade 5 and of course the Buena Regional High School which serves the high school population of Estelle Manor and Weymouth as well."
- ^ About Us, Buena Regional School District. Accessed February 4, 2012. "Students from Weymouth and Estell Manor join students from Buena Vista Township, Buena Borough, and Newfield at the high school."
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ^ Data for the Buena Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 4, 2012.
- ^ Atlantic County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
- ^ Superintendent, Buena Regional School District. Accessed August 14, 2008.
- ^ Business Office, Buena Regional School District. Accessed August 14, 2008.
[edit] External links
- Buena Regional School District
- Buena Regional School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Buena Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 39°30′08″N 74°53′49″W / 39.50213°N 74.896921°W
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