Union City School District
| Union City School District | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Stanley Sanger | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Anthony Dragona | ||||
| Address: | 3912 Bergen Turnpike Union City, NJ 07087 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 13 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 9,729 (as of 2007-08)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 773.5 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 12.6 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | A | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.union-city.k12.nj.us | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $17,948 | 102 | $13,632 | 31.7% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 9,360 | 91 | 8,035 | 16.5% |
| 6 | Support Services | 3,325 | 99 | 2,166 | 53.5% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,732 | 103 | 1,379 | 25.6% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 2,559 | 101 | 1,674 | 52.9% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 189 | 30 | 258 | -26.7% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 52,093 | 17 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105 |
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Union City School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through 12th grade in Union City, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide.[3]
As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's 13 schools had an enrollment of 9,729 students and 773.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6.[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.[4]
Through the 2007-08 school year, the city was served by two public high schools, Emerson High School and Union Hill High School. Starting in September 2008 Union Hill and Emerson High Schools merged into a single school called Union City High School in a building on the site of the former Roosevelt Stadium.[5]
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[edit] Awards and recognition
Woodrow Wilson School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive, during the 2004-05 school year[6]
[edit] Schools
Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8]
- Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education (PK-K; 262 students)
- Thomas A. Edison School (PK-8; 1,245)
- Sara M. Gilmore School (PK-5; 360)
- Hudson School (PK-5; 449)
- Jefferson School (PK-5; 318)
- Roosevelt School (K-8; 984)
- Veteran's Memorial School (PK-5; 439)
- Washington School (K-8; 855)
- Robert Waters School (PK-8; 1,121)
- Woodrow Wilson School (1-8; 314)
- Middle school
- Emerson Middle School
- José Martí Freshman Academy (562)
- Emerson Middle School (1,377)
- Union Hill Middle School (1,443)
- High schools
[edit] Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[9]
- Stanley Sanger, Superintendent
- Anthony Dragona, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
[edit] References
- ^ a b District information for the Union City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2009.
- ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
- ^ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ^ Hu, Winnie. "After 88 Years of Rivalry, the Last as Us and Them", The New York Times, November 22, 2007. Accessed January 2, 2008. "But today’s so-called Turkey Game signals the end of the tradition. Next fall, the two schools will merge in a new $176 million building.... The new Union City High School will take up four-and-a-half acres in the center of the city, squeezed between row houses and commercial strips. It will have a football field and bleachers built on the roof so that players will no longer have to share the facilities at José Martí Middle School."
- ^ U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2005 (PDF), accessed June 5, 2006.
- ^ Data for the Union City Board of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 23, 2009.
- ^ Schools, Union City School District. Accessed December 23, 2009.
- ^ Hudson County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Union City Board of Education
- Union City Board of Education's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Union City Board of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°46′42″N 74°01′53″W / 40.778268°N 74.031458°W
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