Totowa Borough Public Schools

Totowa Borough Public Schools
10 Crews Street
Totowa, NJ 07512
District information
Grades pre-K to 8
Superintendent Dr. Vincent Varcadipane
Business administrator Colin J. Monahan
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 989 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 71.0 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.93:1
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website www.totowa.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,97619$18,891-15.4%
1Budgetary Cost14,5625014,1592.8%
2Classroom Instruction8,504418,659-1.8%
6Support Services2,438602,16712.5%
8Administrative Cost1,891751,54722.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,706591,6125.8%
13Extracurricular Activities82104-92.3%
16Median Teacher Salary62,7435561,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Totowa Borough Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in Kindergarten through eighth grade in Totowa, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 989 students and 71.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.93:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Passaic Valley Regional High School, which also serves students from Little Falls Township and Woodland Park (formerly West Paterson). The school facility is located in Little Falls Township.[4]

Schools

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

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Totowa School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 27, 2015.
  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 January 27, 2015.
  4. District Information, Passaic Valley High School. Accessed January 27, 2015. "The regional district which is served by Passaic Valley High School is comprised of the communities of Little Falls, Totowa Borough and Woodland Park."
  5. School Data for the Totowa Borough Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 27, 2015.
  6. New Jersey School Directory for the Totowa Borough Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 27, 2015.
  7. Passaic County 2014-15 Public School Directory, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed January 27, 2015.
  8. Board of Education, Totowa Borough Public Schools. Accessed January 27, 2015.
  9. New Jersey School Directory for Passaic County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 27, 2015.

Coordinates: 40°54′11″N 74°12′57″W / 40.903134°N 74.215962°W / 40.903134; -74.215962

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