Franklin Lakes Public Schools

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Franklin Lakes Public Schools
490 Pulis Avenue
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Dr. Frank Romano, III
Business administrator Michael Solokas
Schools 4
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,396 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 138.8 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 10.06:1
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website District web site
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1A Total Spending $23,294 84 $18,891 23.3%
1 Budgetary Cost 20,190 84 14,159 42.6%
2 Classroom Instruction 13,165 84 8,659 52.0%
6 Support Services 3,047 80 2,167 40.6%
8 Administrative Cost 1,948 78 1,547 25.9%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,923 72 1,612 19.3%
13 Extracurricular Activities 104 50 104 0.0%
16 Median Teacher Salary 64,071 61 61,136
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 Franklin Lakes Public Schools are a community public school district serving students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Franklin Lakes, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,396 students and 138.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.06:1.[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.[3]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, a regional district consisting of two four-year public high schools serving students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland and Wyckoff. Students have the option to attend either Indian Hills High School in Oakland or Ramapo High School in Franklin Lakes.[4][5]

Awards and recognition

For the 2005-06 school year, the district was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "Artist Historians" Social Studies program at Franklin Avenue Middle School.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8]

Elementary schools (K-5)
  • Colonial Road School[9] (K-5; 310 students)
    • Christine Gagliardo, Principal[10]
  • High Mountain Road School[11] (PreK-5; 284)
    • Jaclyn Bajzath, Principal[10]
  • Woodside Avenue School[12] (K-5; 297)
    • Kristine Cecere, Principal[10]
Middle school (6-8)
  • Franklin Avenue Middle School[13] (505)
    • Joseph Keiser, Principal[10]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][14]

  • Dr. Frank Romano, III - Superintendent
  • Michael Solokas, Business Administrator

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Franklin Lakes School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2009.
  4. ↑ Van Dusen, Matthew. "Ramapo-Indian Hills schools chief to retire.", The Record (Bergen County), October 24, 2007. "Later, parents of Oakland students protested their lack of choice, and students in Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes and Oakland can now attend either school."
  5. ↑ Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School 2013 District narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 19, 2015. "The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District serves students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff in a comprehensive two-campus setting. Students from the three communities may choose which of the two high schools they wish to attend for their four-year high school experience."
  6. ↑ New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 23, 2006.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Franklin Lakes Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 1, 2014.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Franklin Lakes Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 1, 2014.
  9. ↑ Colonial Road School, Franklin Lakes School District. Accessed July 1, 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Contact the Administration, Franklin Lakes School District. Accessed July 1, 2014.
  11. ↑ High Mountain Road School, Franklin Lakes School District. Accessed July 1, 2014.
  12. ↑ Woodside Avenue School, Franklin Lakes School District. Accessed July 1, 2014.
  13. ↑ Franklin Avenue Middle School, Franklin Lakes School District. Accessed July 1, 2014.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 23, 2015.

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