Rumson School District

Infobox School District
name = Rumson School District
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grades = K - 8
superintendent = Roger Caruba
students = 972 (as of 2005-06)
teachers = 76.6 (on an FTE basis)
location = Forrest Avenue
Rumson, NJ 07760
contact number = 732-842-4747
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website = [http://www.rumson.k12.nj.us District web site] The Rumson School District is a community public school district that serves students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade from the Borough of Rumson, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 972 students and 76.6 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 12.7. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3414370&DistrictID=3414370 District information for the Rumson School District] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 21, 2008.]

For the 2001-02 school year, Forrestdale Middle School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)] , United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.]

Students in grades 9 - 12 attend the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, a regional, four-year comprehensive public high school, serving students from both Fair Haven and Rumson. [ [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc07/narrative/25/4580/25-4580-000.html Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District 2007 Report Card Narrative] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 30, 2008. "The boroughs of Rumson and Fair Haven are residential communities zoned principally for single family dwellings. These adjacent communities are located in Northern Monmouth County, within forty miles of New York City and within a mile of the Atlantic Ocean."]

chools

Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3414370 Data for the Rumson School District] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 30, 2008.] ) are:
* [http://www.rumson.k12.nj.us/rumson/Deane%20Porter Deane-Porter Elementary School] (K-3, 381 students)
**Richard Karas, Principal
* [http://www.rumson.k12.nj.us/rumson/Forrestdale Forrestdale Middle School] (4-8, 591 students)
**William Freeman, Interim Principal

Administrators

Core members of the district's administration are: [http://www.rumson.k12.nj.us/rumson/District/Administration%20Information Administration Information] , Rumson School District. Accessed July 23, 2008.] [ [http://liberty.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/directory/directory1.pl?string=co_code25&maxhits=1000 New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 23, 2008.]
*Roger Caruba, Superintendent
*Denise Friedmann, Interim Business Administrator

References

External links

* [http://www.rumson.k12.nj.us Rumson School District]
*NJReportCard|25|4570|0|Rumson School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3414370 Data for the Rumson School District] , National Center for Education Statistics