Millburn Township Public Schools

The Millburn Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Millburn, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3] The district is includes five K-4 elementary schools, a district-wide fifth grade school, a middle school and a high school.^[4]

Millburn Township Public Schools
Address
434 Millburn Avenue Millburn , New Jersey, 07041 United States
Coordinates	40.722129°N 74.313801°W / 40.722129; -74.313801
District information
Grades	PreK to 12
Superintendent	Christine Burton
Business administrator	Cheryl Schneider
Schools	8
Students and staff
Enrollment	4,697 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty	418.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	J
Website	www.millburn.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,579 52 $18,891 −1.7% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,608 56 14,783 −1.2% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,868 59 8,763 1.2% 6 Support Services 2,465 66 2,392 3.1% 8 Administrative Cost 1,445 51 1,485 −2.7% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,463 31 1,783 −17.9% 13 Extracurricular Activities 319 79 268 19.0% 16 Median Teacher Salary 82,868 101 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

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising eight schools, had an enrollment of 4,697 students and 418.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the 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.^[5]

Awards and recognition

During the 2007-08 school year, Millburn School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,^[6][7] the highest award an American school can receive.^[8][9]

The district's high school was the 8th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 1st in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.^[10]

The district was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Music Education in America 2006" by the American Music Conference.^[11]

Schools

Millburn Middle School

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[12]) are:^[13][14][15]

Elementary schools

• Deerfield Elementary School^[16] with 400 students in grades PreK-4
  • Kelly Salazar, principal
• Glenwood Elementary School^[17] with 357 students in grades K-4
  • David Jasin, principal
• Hartshorn Elementary School^[18] with 393 students in grades K-4
  • Ken Frattini, principal
• South Mountain Elementary School^[19] with 274 students in grades PreK-4
  • Scott Wolfe, principal
• Wyoming Elementary School^[20] with 310 students in grades K-4
  • Kristin Mueller, principal
• Washington School^[21] with 398 students in grade 5
  • Peter Mercurio, principal

Middle school

• Millburn Middle School^[22] with 1,197 students in grades 6-8
  • John Connolly, principal

High school

• Millburn High School^[23] with 1,319 students in grades 9-12
  • William Miron, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[13][24]

• Christine Burton, superintendent^[25]
• Cheryl Schneider, business administrator and board secretary^[26]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised 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 two or 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.^[27][28][29]