Middlesex Board of Education

The Middlesex Board of Education is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Middlesex Borough, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3] The district includes three elementary schools, a middle school and a high school.

Middlesex Board of Education
Address
300 John F. Kennedy Drive Middlesex , Middlesex County, New Jersey, 08846 United States
Coordinates	40.57558°N 74.501335°W / 40.57558; -74.501335
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Roberta Freeman
Business administrator	Annette Giordano
Schools	5
Students and staff
Enrollment	2,018 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty	182.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	www.mbschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,253 13 $18,891 −14.0% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,967 19 14,783 −12.3% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,813 22 8,763 −10.8% 6 Support Services 1,984 26 2,392 −17.1% 8 Administrative Cost 1,450 24 1,485 −2.4% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,359 12 1,783 −23.8% 13 Extracurricular Activities 345 20 268 28.7% 16 Median Teacher Salary 61,610 26 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, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,018 students and 182.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.^[1]

The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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

• Hazelwood Elementary School^[8] with 189 students in grades PreK–3
  • ^[9]
• Parker Elementary School^[10] with 178 students in grades K–3
  • Jason Sirna, principal
• Watchung Elementary School^[11] with 256 students in grades K–3
  • Karen Dudley, principal
• Woodland Intermediate School^[12] was split off of the middle school starting in 2020-21 to serve grades 4–5
  • Ryan Regan, principal

Middle school

• Von E. Mauger Middle School^[13] with 759 students in grades 6–8
  • Remi Christofferson, principal

High school

• Middlesex High School^[14] with 619 students in grades 9–12
  • Dana Chibbaro, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[15][16]

• Roberta Freeman, superintendent^[17]
• Annette Giordano, board secretary and business administrator^[18]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of five 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 either one or two 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.^[19][20][21]