Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District
Encyclopedia
The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District is a regional public school district
serving students from two communities in Union County
, New Jersey
, United States. The district serves students in Prekindergarten through twelfth grade, who come from the Township of Scotch Plains
and the Borough of Fanwood
. The district has five elementary schools (PreK-Grade 4), two middle schools (Grades 5-8), and one comprehensive high school (Grades 9-12).
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's eight schools had an enrollment of 5,388 students and 400.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.5.
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.
) are:
Elementary Schools
Middle Schools
High School
School district
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serving students from two communities in Union County
Union County, New Jersey
Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 536,499. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Elizabeth. Union County ranks 93rd among the highest-income counties in the United States. It also ranks 74th in...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States. The district serves students in Prekindergarten through twelfth grade, who come from the Township of Scotch Plains
Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Scotch Plains is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the township population increased to a record high of 23,510.-History:...
and the Borough of Fanwood
Fanwood, New Jersey
Fanwood is a borough in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,318.Fanwood was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on October 2, 1895, from portions of Fanwood Township , based on the results of a...
. The district has five elementary schools (PreK-Grade 4), two middle schools (Grades 5-8), and one comprehensive high school (Grades 9-12).
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's eight schools had an enrollment of 5,388 students and 400.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.5.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
New Jersey Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered in Trenton.The Department is responsible for ensuring that...
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.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
) are:
Elementary Schools
- Howard B. Brunner Elementary School (463 students)
- J. Ackerman Coles School (519 students)
- Evergreen School (405 students)
- William J. McGinn School (474 students)
- School One (389 students)
Middle Schools
- Park Middle School (823 students)
- Terrill Middle SchoolTerrill Middle SchoolTerrill Middle School is a public middle school located in Scotch Plains, in Union County, New Jersey, USA, as part of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District, which also serves students from the borough of Fanwood. The school is home to students grades 5-8...
(847 students)
High School
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High SchoolScotch Plains-Fanwood High SchoolScotch Plains-Fanwood High School is a comprehensive regional four-year public high school in Union County, New Jersey, which serves students in Grades 9 through 12 from the Township of Scotch Plains and the Borough of Fanwood, operating as part of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School...
(1,468 students)
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:- Dr. Margaret W. Hayes, Superintendent of Schools
- Anthony DelSordi, Business Administrator & Board Secretary
- Norman "Trip" Whitehouse, Board of Education President
External links
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District
- Data for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...