Totowa Borough Public Schools

Totowa Borough Public Schools
10 Crews Street Totowa, NJ 07512
District information
Grades	pre-K to 8
Superintendent	Dr. Vincent Varcadipane
Business administrator	Colin J. Monahan
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	989 (as of 2011-12)
Faculty	71.0 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio	13.93:1
Other information
District Factor Group	CD
Website	www.totowa.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $15,976 19 $18,891 −15.4% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,562 50 14,159 2.8% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,504 41 8,659 −1.8% 6 Support Services 2,438 60 2,167 12.5% 8 Administrative Cost 1,891 75 1,547 22.2% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,706 59 1,612 5.8% 13 Extracurricular Activities 8 2 104 −92.3% 16 Median Teacher Salary 62,743 55 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. *Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Totowa Borough Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in Kindergarten through eighth grade in Totowa, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 989 students and 71.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.93:1.

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

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Passaic Valley Regional High School, which also serves students from Little Falls Township and Woodland Park (formerly West Paterson). The school facility is located in Little Falls Township.

Schools

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

• Memorial School which houses students in pre-Kindergarten through second grade (348 students)
  • Joe Compel, Principal
• Washington Park School for grades three through eight (667)
  • Patricia Capitelli, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Vincent Varcadipane, Superintendent
• Colin J. Monahan, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Totowa Public Schools website
• School Performance Reports for the Totowa Borough Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Totowa Borough Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
• Passaic Valley Regional High School