Cedar Grove Schools

Cedar Grove Schools
520 Pompton Avenue Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
District information
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	Michael Fetherman
Business administrator	Renee Taveniere
Schools	4
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,628 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty	120.4 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio	13.52:1
Other information
District Factor Group	I
Website	Official website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,166 16 $18,891 -9.1% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,544 23 14,783 -8.4% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,106 8 8,763 -18.9% 6 Support Services 1,871 17 2,392 -21.8% 8 Administrative Cost 1,980 45 1,485 33.3% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,096 44 1,783 17.6% 13 Extracurricular Activities 488 32 268 82.1% 16 Median Teacher Salary 57,563 17 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

The Cedar Grove Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Cedar Grove, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,628 students and 120.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.52:1.^[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.^[3]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[4]) are:^[5][6][7]

Elementary schools

• North End Elementary School^[8] (315 students; grades K-4)
  • Traci Dyer, Principal
• South End Elementary School^[9] (352; K-4)
  • Lynn Dimateo, Principal

Middle school

• Cedar Grove Memorial Middle School^[10] (519; 5-8)
  • Nicholas DeCorte, Principal

High school

• Cedar Grove High School^[11] (442; 9-12)
  • Richard Mangili, Principal
  • Steve Gallagher, Vice Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[6][12]

• Michael Fetherman, Superintendent
• Renee Taveniere, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

1. District information for Cedar Grove School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 22, 2014.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 22, 2004.
4. School Data for the Cedar Grove Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 22, 2014.
5. Our Schools, Cedar Grove Schools. Accessed December 22, 2014.
6. Board of Education, Cedar Grove School District. Accessed December 22, 2014.
7. New Jersey School Directory for the Cedar Grove Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 22, 2014.
8. North End Elementary School, Cedar Grove Schools. Accessed December 22, 2004.
9. South End Elementary School, Cedar Grove Schools. Accessed December 22, 2004.
10. Cedar Grove Memorial Middle School, Cedar Grove Schools. Accessed December 22, 2004.
11. Cedar Grove High School, Cedar Grove Schools. Accessed December 22, 2004.
12. New Jersey School Directory for Essex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 22, 2014.

External links

• Cedar Grove Schools website
• Cedar Grove Schools's 2014–15 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Cedar Grove Schools, National Center for Education Statistics

Coordinates: 40°51′04″N 74°13′46″W / 40.851206°N 74.229477°W