Woodland Park School District (New Jersey)

Woodland Park School District
Address
853 McBride Avenue
, Passaic County, New Jersey, 07424
United States
Coordinates40°53′45″N 74°12′02″W / 40.895743°N 74.200639°W / 40.895743; -74.200639
District information
GradesK-8
SuperintendentMichele Pillari
Business administratorThomas DiFluri
Schools3
Students and staff
Enrollment1,080 (as of 2018–19)
Faculty88.1 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio12.3:1
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,67717$18,891−17.0%
1Budgetary Cost12,5311914,159−11.5%
2Classroom Instruction7,618158,659−12.0%
6Support Services2,046432,167−5.6%
8Administrative Cost1,516371,547−2.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,345261,612−16.6%
16Median Teacher Salary61,5154761,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Woodland Park School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from the Borough of Woodland Park (formerly known as West Paterson), in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,080 students and 88.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-highest of eight groupings. 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, public school students attend Passaic Valley Regional High School, which also serves students from Little Falls and Totowa. The school facility is located in Little Falls. As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,186 students and 102.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1.