Garwood Public Schools

Garwood Public Schools
400 Second Avenue
, Union County, New Jersey, 07027
District information
GradesPreK to 8
SuperintendentChristopher Kinney
Business administratorBernadette Pinto
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment360 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty31.6 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio11.4:1
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.garwoodschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,63126$18,891−6.7%
1Budgetary Cost11,125714,159−21.4%
2Classroom Instruction6,35938,659−26.6%
6Support Services1,487102,167−31.4%
8Administrative Cost1,476191,547−4.6%
10Operations & Maintenance1,661271,6123.0%
13Extracurricular Activities1323310426.9%
16Median Teacher Salary58,8143961,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

The Garwood Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Garwood, in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 360 students and 31.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-highest of eight groupings.

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Arthur L. Johnson High School in neighboring Clark as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Clark Public School District. As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 884 students and 69.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1.