Belleville School District

The Belleville School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Belleville, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.[3]

Belleville School District
Address
102 Passaic Avenue Belleville, NJ 07109
Coordinates	40.803849°N 74.162548°W
District information
Grades	Pre-K to 12
Superintendent	Dr. Richard D. Tomko
Business administrator	Matthew J. Paladino (acting)
Schools	9
Students and staff
Enrollment	4,583 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty	328.5 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	14.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	CD
Website	www.bellevilleschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $15,190 4 $18,891 −19.6% 1 Budgetary Cost 11,100 1 14,783 −24.9% 2 Classroom Instruction 6,724 1 8,763 −23.3% 6 Support Services 1,565 8 2,392 −34.6% 8 Administrative Cost 1,360 34 1,485 −8.4% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,222 11 1,783 −31.5% 13 Extracurricular Activities 162 17 268 −39.6% 16 Median Teacher Salary 67,330 65 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

Bellville Schools administrative building

As of the 2017-18 school year, the district and its nine schools had an enrollment of 4,583 students and 328.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:[6][7]

Elementary schools

• School 3[8] (344 students; in grades K-5)
  • Ricardo L. Acosta, Principal
• School 4[9] (319; PreK-5)
  • Dora Cavallo, Principal
• School 5[10] (351; K-5)
  • Mary Ann Gilligan, Acting Principal
• School 7[11] (381; PreK-5)
  • Brian E. Belton, Principal
• School 8[12] (442; K-5)
  • Robert Silvera, Interim Principal
• School 9[13] (125; K-5)
  • Joseph Rotonda, Principal
• School 10[14] (171; K-5)
  • Joseph Rotonda, Principal

Bellville Middle School

Middle school

• Belleville Middle School[15] (973; 6-8)
  • Romain Royal, Principal

High school

• Belleville High School[16] (1,397; 9-12)
  • Caleb Rhodes, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[17][18]

• Dr. Richard D. Tomko, Superintendent of Schools
• Matthew J. Paladino, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

The district's board of education has seven members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with two or three seats up for election each year held (since 2014) as part of the November general election.[19][20]

References

1. District information for Belleville Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Belleville Board of Education District Bylaws - Identification, Belleville School District. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Belleville School District. Composition - The Belleville School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Township of Belleville."
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 22, 2014.
5. School Data for the Belleville School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
6. District Directory, Belleville School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.
7. New Jersey School Directory for the Belleville School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
8. School 3, Belleville School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.
9. School 4, Belleville School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.
10. School 5, Belleville School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.
11. School 7, Belleville School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.
12. School 8, Belleville School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.
13. School 9, Belleville School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.
14. School 10, Belleville School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.
15. Belleville Middle School, Belleville School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.
16. Belleville High School, Belleville School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.
17. Staff, Belleville School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.
18. New Jersey School Directory for Essex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
19. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
20. Meet the Belleville Board Trustees, Belleville School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.

External links

• Belleville School District
• Belleville School District's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Belleville School District, National Center for Education Statistics