Green Brook School District

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Coordinates40°36′13″N 74°28′01″W / 40.6035°N 74.466842°W / 40.6035; -74.466842
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentJames Bigsby
Business administratorJason Weber
Green Brook School District
Address
132 Jefferson Avenue
, Somerset County, New Jersey, 08812
United States
Coordinates40°36′13″N 74°28′01″W / 40.6035°N 74.466842°W / 40.6035; -74.466842
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentJames Bigsby
Business administratorJason Weber
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment770 (as of 2019–20)[1]
Faculty81.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio9.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupGH
Websitewww.gbtps.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,70450$18,891−6.3%
1Budgetary Cost13,3603314,159−5.6%
2Classroom Instruction7,616148,659−12.0%
6Support Services2,016402,167−7.0%
8Administrative Cost1,804721,54716.6%
10Operations & Maintenance1,448361,612−10.2%
13Extracurricular Activities1817910474.0%
16Median Teacher Salary53,9701161,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Green Brook School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Green Brook Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 770 students and 81.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.[4]

Green Brook's public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren Township. Students from Green Brook and from the neighboring communities of Watchung, Warren Township (in Somerset County), and Long Hill Township (in Morris County) attend the school.[5][6] As of the 2019–20 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,948 students and 160.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[7]

For the 1998-99 school year, Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon School Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2019-20 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10][11][12]

Elementary school
  • Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School[13] with 374 students in grades PreK-4
    • Crista Fenton, principal[14]
Middle school
  • Green Brook Middle School[15] with 393 students in grades 5-8
    • Alicia Subervi, principal[14]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14][16]

  • James Bigsby, superintendent of schools
  • Jason Weber, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

References

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