Cresskill Public Schools

Cresskill Public Schools
Superintendent:		Dr. Loretta Bellina
Business Administrator:		Antoinette Kelly
Address:		1 Lincoln Drive Cresskill, NJ 07626
Grade Range:		K-12
School facilities:		4
Enrollment:		1,690 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs):		103.0
Student–teacher ratio:		16.4
District Factor Group:		I
Web site:		http://www.cresskillboe.k12.nj.us
Ind.	Per Pupil	District Spending	Rank (*)	K-12 Average	%± vs. Average
1	Comparative Cost	$11,708	10	$13,632	-14.1%
2	Classroom Instruction	6,946	16	8,035	-13.6%
6	Support Services	1,830	25	2,166	-15.5%
8	Administrative Cost	1,469	19	1,379	6.5%
10	Operations & Maintenance	1,105	2	1,674	-34.0%
13	Extracurricular Activities	359	11	258	39.1%
16	Median Teacher Salary	57,010	32	57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 0-1800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=45

The Cresskill Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district serve students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Cresskill in Bergen County, New Jersey. The district is governed by a Board of Education and administered by a Superintendent of Schools, a School Business Administrator, and three principals.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,690 students and 103.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.4.^[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]

Awards and recognition

In Newsweek's May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Cresskill High School was listed in 209th place, the fifth-highest ranked school in New Jersey; the school had been ranked 202nd in the 2006 survey and in 93rd in 2005.^[4]

Cresskill High School was the 15th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.^[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[6]) are:

Elementary Schools (K-5)

• Edward H. Bryan School with 548 students
• Merritt Memorial School with 354 students

Middle Schools (6-8)

• Cresskill Middle School

High School (9-12)

• Cresskill High School with 788 students in grades 9-12

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[7]

• Dr. Loretta Bellina - Superintendent^[8]
• Antoinette Kelly - Business Administrator, Board Secretary^[9]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} District information for the Cresskill School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2009.
2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
3. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2009.
4. ^ "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools", Newsweek, May 22, 2007. Accessed May 24, 2007.
5. ^ Top Public High Schools in New Jersey, New Jersey Monthly, September 2006.
6. ^ Cresskill Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 15, 2009.
7. ^ Bergen County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
8. ^ Office of the Superintendent, Cresskill Public Schools. Accessed October 31, 2009.
9. ^ Business Office, Cresskill Public Schools. Accessed October 31, 2009.

External links

• Cresskill Public Schools
• Cresskill Public Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Cresskill Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics

Coordinates: 40°56′42″N 73°57′51″W / 40.945053°N 73.964199°W / 40.945053; -73.964199