Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District

Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District
Address
512 Cedar Street
, Union County, New Jersey, 07076
United States
Coordinates40°38′23″N 74°22′00″W / 40.639709°N 74.366592°W / 40.639709; -74.366592
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentJoan Mast
Business administratorChristopher Jones
Schools8
Students and staff
Enrollment5,649 (as of 2018–19)
Faculty438.0 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio12.9:1
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.spfk12.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,15619$18,891−14.5%
1Budgetary Cost12,7911914,783−13.5%
2Classroom Instruction7,729148,763−11.8%
6Support Services1,823222,392−23.8%
8Administrative Cost1,175111,485−20.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,760631,783−1.3%
13Extracurricular Activities281632684.9%
16Median Teacher Salary63,4404364,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students from two communities in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district serves students in pre-kindergarten 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 a comprehensive high school (Grades 9-12).

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising eight schools, had an enrollment of 5,649 students and 438.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1.

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.