Moonachie School District

Moonachie School District
Address
20 West Park Street
, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07074
United States
Coordinates40°50′36″N 74°02′54″W / 40.843243°N 74.048383°W / 40.843243; -74.048383
District information
GradesPre-K to 8
SuperintendentJames S. Knipper
Business administratorLaurel Spadavecchia
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment365 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty35.8 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio10.2:1
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websitewww.moonachieschool.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$28,73368$18,89152.1%
1Budgetary Cost19,8156014,15939.9%
2Classroom Instruction11,628628,65934.3%
6Support Services3,913612,16780.6%
8Administrative Cost1,985701,54728.3%
10Operations & Maintenance2,058491,61227.7%
13Extracurricular Activities106261041.9%
16Median Teacher Salary66,9806461,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

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

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 365 students and 35.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest 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.

For ninth through twelfth grades, approximately 100 public school students attend Wood-Ridge High School in Wood-Ridge, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Wood-Ridge School District. As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 583 students and 46.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1.