Elmwood Park Public Schools

Elmwood Park Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Elmwood Park, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

Elmwood Park Public Schools
Address
60 East 53rd Street Elmwood Park , Bergen County, New Jersey, 07407 United States
Coordinates	40.902267°N 74.116652°W / 40.902267; -74.116652
District information
Grades	pre-K to 12
Superintendent	Anthony Iachetti
Business administrator	Mark S. Jacobus
Schools	5
Students and staff
Enrollment	2,586 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty	195.9 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	13.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	CD
Website	www.elmwoodparkschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $14,543 2 $18,891 −23.0% 1 Budgetary Cost 9,469 1 14,783 −35.9% 2 Classroom Instruction 5,015 1 8,763 −42.8% 6 Support Services 1,562 5 2,392 −34.7% 8 Administrative Cost 1,494 32 1,485 0.6% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,105 3 1,783 −38.0% 13 Extracurricular Activities 199 2 268 −25.7% 16 Median Teacher Salary 54,360 1 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 2,586 students and 195.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1.^[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]

Elementary schools

• Gantner Avenue Elementary School^[8] with 327 students in grades K-5
  • Allison Jackter, principal^[9]
• Gilbert Avenue Elementary School^[10] with 392 students in grades K-5
  • Karen Fasouletos, principal^[9]
• Sixteenth Avenue Elementary School^[11] with 427 students in grades PreK-5
  • Dominick Silla, principal^[9]

Middle school

• Memorial Middle School^[12] with 643 students in grades 6-8
  • Corinne DiMartino, principal^[13]

High school

• Elmwood Park Memorial High School^[14] with 742 students in grades 9-12
  • David Warner, principal^[15]

Athletics

The high school's football team had a 41-game losing streak that extended from 2002 until September 30, 2006, when they defeated the Manchester Regional High School Falcons, 33-14, snapping the four-year-long losing streak.^[16][17]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[18][19]

• Anthony Iachetti, superintendent
• Mark S. Jacobus, business administrator and board secretary^[20]

Tom Egan was appointed as fiscal monitor in August 2013 by Secretary of Education Christopher Cerf to address a persistent imbalance in the district's finances, which ended in deficit for two consecutive school years.^[21] Egan was replaced by Angela DeSimone in January 2015.^[22]

Board of education

The district's board of education is composed of nine 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 three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) 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.^[23][24][25]