Mount Arlington School District

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Coordinates40°56′02″N 74°37′47″W / 40.933784°N 74.629666°W / 40.933784; -74.629666
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentJane Mullins Jameson (interim)
Business administratorRobin Tedesco
Mount Arlington School District
Address
446 Howard Boulevard
, Morris County, New Jersey, 07856
United States
Coordinates40°56′02″N 74°37′47″W / 40.933784°N 74.629666°W / 40.933784; -74.629666
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentJane Mullins Jameson (interim)
Business administratorRobin Tedesco
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment357 (as of 2023–24)[1]
Faculty42.4 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio8.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupGH
Websitewww.mtarlingtonk8.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$19,86142$18,8915.1%
1Budgetary Cost17,7055514,15925.0%
2Classroom Instruction9,538438,65910.2%
6Support Services3,485552,16760.8%
8Administrative Cost1,985701,54728.3%
10Operations & Maintenance2,479581,61253.8%
13Extracurricular Activities2064610498.1%
16Median Teacher Salary60,9204961,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

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

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 357 students and 42.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.4:1.[1]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Roxbury High School in Roxbury, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Roxbury School District. As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,171 students and 115.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.1:1.[4]

Students from Mount Arlington have been sent to Roxbury High School since the school was created in 1903.[5][6]

The district had been 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.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10]

Schools
  • Edith M. Decker School (with 133 students in grades PreK–2, including a pre-school disabilities program). Along with classrooms, the facility contains a computer lab and a children's library.
  • Mount Arlington Public School (with 217 students in grades 3–8). The facility contains a computer lab, an art and music classrooms, and a media center.

Both schools are located along the eastern bank of Lake Hopatcong.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[11]

  • Jane Mullins Jameson, interim superintendent[12]
  • Robin Tedesco, business administrator and board secretary[13]
  • Joe Coladarci, principal[14]

Board of education

References

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