Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students from two communities in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, who come from the Township of Scotch Plains and the Borough of Fanwood.^[3][4] The district has five elementary schools (PreK-Grade 4), two middle schools (Grades 5-8) and a comprehensive high school (Grades 9-12).^[5]

Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District
Address
512 Cedar Street Scotch Plains , Union County, New Jersey, 07076 United States
Coordinates	40.639709°N 74.366592°W / 40.639709; -74.366592
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Joan Mast
Business administrator	Christopher Jones
Schools	8
Students and staff
Enrollment	5,649 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	438.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	I
Website	www.spfk12.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,156 19 $18,891 −14.5% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,791 19 14,783 −13.5% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,729 14 8,763 −11.8% 6 Support Services 1,823 22 2,392 −23.8% 8 Administrative Cost 1,175 11 1,485 −20.9% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,760 63 1,783 −1.3% 13 Extracurricular Activities 281 63 268 4.9% 16 Median Teacher Salary 63,440 43 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 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising eight schools, had an enrollment of 5,649 students and 438.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.^[6]

Awards and recognition

In 2022, the United States Department of Education announced that William J. McGinn School was named as a National Blue Ribbon School, along with eight other schools in the state and 297 schools nationwide.^[7][8]

Schools

Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[9]) are:^[10][11][12]

Elementary schools

• Howard B. Brunner Elementary School^[13] with 414 students in grades PreK-4
  • Scott Bortnick, principal
• J. Ackerman Coles School^[14] with 552 students in grades PreK-4
  • Sandra Burghgraef-Fehte, principal
• Evergreen School^[15] with 402 students in grades PreK-4
  • Erin Mullman, principal
• William J. McGinn School^[16] with 512 students in grades K-4
  • Sasha Slocum, principal
• School One^[17] with 412 students in grades PreK-4
  • Justin Fiory, principal

Middle schools

• Malcolm E. Nettingham Middle School^[18] with 909 students in grades 5-8. The school, formerly known as Park Middle School, was renamed in 2021 to honor Nettingham, who had served with the Tuskegee Airmen.^[19]
  • Jocelyn Dumaresq, principal
• Terrill Middle School^[20] with 811 students in grades 5-8
  • Kevin Holloway, principal

High school

• Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School^[21] with 1,574 students in grades 9-12
  • David Heisey, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[22][23]

• Joan Mast, superintendent of schools^[24]
• Christopher Jones, business administrator and board secretary^[25]

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.^[26][27] Seats on the board of education are allocated based on the population of the constituent districts, with seven seats assigned to Scotch Plains and two to Fanwood.^[28][29]