Belleville School District

The Belleville School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Belleville, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

Belleville School District
Address
56 Ralph Street Belleville , Essex County, New Jersey, 07109 United States
Coordinates	40.803849°N 74.162548°W / 40.803849; -74.162548
District information
Grades	Pre-K to 12
Superintendent	Richard D. Tomko
Business administrator	Matthew J. Paladino
Schools	11
Students and staff
Enrollment	4,548 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty	361.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	CD
Website	www.bellevilleschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $15,190 4 $18,891 −19.6% 1 Budgetary Cost 11,100 1 14,783 −24.9% 2 Classroom Instruction 6,724 1 8,763 −23.3% 6 Support Services 1,565 8 2,392 −34.6% 8 Administrative Cost 1,360 34 1,485 −8.4% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,222 11 1,783 −31.5% 13 Extracurricular Activities 162 17 268 −39.6% 16 Median Teacher Salary 67,330 65 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

Bellville Schools administrative building

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising 11 schools, had an enrollment of 4,548 students and 361.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1.^[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.^[4]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[5]) are:^[6][7][8]

Preschool

• Hornblower Early Childhood Center^[9] (60 students; in PreK)
  • Shannon Sharkey, principal

Elementary schools

• School 3^[10] (322; K-5)
  • Jennifer Vernieri, principal
• School 4^[11] (466; PreK-5)
  • Dora Cavallo, principal
• School 5^[12] (375; K-5)
  • Mary Ann Gilligan, principal
• School 7^[13] (404; PreK-5)
  • Brian E. Belton, principal
• School 8^[14] (464; K-5)
  • Charles Giachetti, principal
• School 9^[15] (124; K-5)
  • Joseph Rotonda, principal
• School 10^[16] (152; K-5)
  • Matthew Sullivan, principal

Bellville Middle School

Middle school

• Belleville Middle School^[17] (736; 6-8)
  • Romain Royal, principal

High school

• Belleville High School^[18] (1,358; 9-12)
  • Caleb Rhodes, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[19]

• Richard D. Tomko, superintendent of schools^[20]
• Matthew J. Paladino, business administrator and board secretary^[21]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of seven members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with two or three seats up for election each year held (since 2014) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^[22][23][24]