Saddle Brook Public Schools

Saddle Brook Public Schools
355 Mayhill Street Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
District information
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	Anthony Riscica (interim)
Business administrator	Raymond Karaty
Schools	5
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,695 (as of 2011-12)
Faculty	132.5 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio	12.79:1
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	www.saddlebrookschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $23,708 45 $18,891 25.5% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,967 27 14,783 −5.5% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,881 22 8,763 −10.1% 6 Support Services 2,500 37 2,392 4.5% 8 Administrative Cost 1,562 20 1,485 5.2% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,659 32 1,783 −7.0% 13 Extracurricular Activities 340 9 268 26.9% 16 Median Teacher Salary 58,475 22 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. *Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

The Saddle Brook Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Saddle Brook, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 1,695 students and 132.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.79:1.

The district's schools are accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.

Schools

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

Preschool / special education

• Washington School which houses a number of the district's early intervention special education programs (23 students; PreK)

Elementary schools (K-6)

• Franklin Elementary School (253 students)
  • Salvatore Cusmano, Principal
• Long Memorial Elementary School (312 students)
  • Jim Marchesani, Principal
• Helen I. Smith Elementary School (307 students)
  • Anthony Grosso, Principal

High School

• Saddle Brook High/Middle School for grades 7-12, combining both middle school and high school in a single building (802 students)
  • John Lawlor, Principal
  • David Gelber, High School Vice Principal
  • Brenda Coffey, Middle School Vice Principal

Construction projects

The district underwent a $23 million expansion and renovation campaign to update facilities and providing new instructional space for its growing enrollment. Renovations at the three elementary schools were completed toward the conclusion of the 2004-05 school year with full occupancy at the opening of the 2005-06 school year in September. At the middle/high school, two large additions went up during the school year. One area houses a state-of-the-art library/media center and six new classrooms, while the other area houses a new gymnasium/fitness center. Renovations that began in the summer of 2005 brought updated science labs to the middle/high school.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Anthony Riscica, Interim Superintendent
• Raymond Karaty, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Saddle Brook Public Schools
• School Performance Reports for the Saddle Brook Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Saddle Brook Public Schools. National Center for Education Statistics