Hoboken Public Schools

Hoboken Public Schools
Superintendent:		Dr. Peter Carter
Business Administrator:		Robert Davis (interim)
Address:		1115 Clinton Street Hoboken, NJ 07030
Grade Range:		K-12
School facilities:		6
Enrollment:		1,873 (as of 2008-09)
Faculty (in FTEs):		191.9
Student–teacher ratio:		9.8
District Factor Group:		FG
Web site:		http://www.hoboken.k12.nj.us/
Ind.	Per Pupil	District Spending	Rank (*)	K-12 Average	%± vs. Average
1	Comparative Cost	$24,808	70	$13,632	82.0%
2	Classroom Instruction	13,020	69	8,035	62.0%
6	Support Services	5,732	70	2,166	164.6%
8	Administrative Cost	1,412	36	1,379	2.4%
10	Operations & Maintenance	3,566	70	1,674	113.0%
13	Extracurricular Activities	692	70	258	168.2%
16	Median Teacher Salary	74,902	69	57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide. *Of K-12 districts with 1,801-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=70

Hoboken Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district located in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States, that serves children in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Hoboken Public Schools serves the city of Hoboken. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 1,873 students and 191.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.8.

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.

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program. Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.

Hoboken's continuing position as an Abbott district is extremely tenuous. By the 2010 census Hoboken is likely to be identified as one of the wealthiest single square miles in the North Eastern United States; yet the pockets of poverty which persist continue to make up a large percentage of the public-school bound population. However it may be increasingly difficult to argue for public school funding into Hoboken from other parts of the state while Hoboken's per capita income begins to rival that of areas such as Park Slope, New York, Cambridge Mass. or the Rittenhouse Square district of Philadelphia.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Elementary schools (K-8)

• Calabro Primary School (162 students)
  • Linda Palumbo, Principal
• Connors Primary School (388)
  • Laurinda Pereira, Principal
  • John Bussanich, Vice Principal
• Wallace Primary School (713)
  • Bartholomew Reilly, Principal
  • Maria Morales, Vice Principal

High schools (9-12)

• Demarest High School (70)
  • Thomas Fitzgibbons, Principal
• Hoboken High School (552)
  • Albert J. Joy, Interim Principal
  • Robin Piccapietra, Vice Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Mark Toback, Superintendent
• Robert Davis, Interim Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Hoboken Public Schools
• Hoboken Public Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Hoboken Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics