Bound Brook School District Explained

Bound Brook School District
Superintendent:	Alvin Freeman
Businessadmin:	Vacant
Address:	111 West Union Avenue
City:	Bound Brook
County:	Somerset County
State:	New Jersey
Zipcode:	08805
Coordinates:	40.5636°N -74.539°W
Grades:	PreK to 12
Schools:	5
Enrollment:	1,975 (as of 2020–21)
Faculty:	172.0 FTEs
Ratio:	11.5:1
Free Label:	District Factor Group
Free Text:	B

The Bound Brook School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Bound Brook, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[1]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 1,975 students and 172.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1.^[2]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-lowest 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 from South Bound Brook, New Jersey, attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the South Bound Brook School District.^[4] At the beginning of the 2011–12 school year, the district joined the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows students from other area communities to attend the Bound Brook schools.^[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[6]) are:^{[7] [8] [9]}

Elementary schools

• LaMonte-Annex Elementary School^[10] with 195 students in grades PreK-Kindergarten
  • Hipolita Hernandez-Sicignano, principal^[11]
• Lafayette Elementary School^[10] with 266 students in grades 1-2
  • Erika Clarke, principal^[11]
• Smalley Elementary School^[10] with 545 students in grades 3-6
  • Nicholas Edwards, principal^[11]

Middle school

• Community Middle School^[12] with 283 students in grades 7-8
  • Joseph Santicerma, principal^[13]

High school

• Bound Brook High School^[14] with 652 students in grades 9-12
  • Edward Smith, principal^[15]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^{[16] [17]}

• Alvin Freeman, superintendent^[18]
• Vacant, business administrator and board secretary^[19]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of nine 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 three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. A tenth, appointed member, represents the interests of the South Bound Brook district. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^{[20] [21] [16]}

External links

• Bound Brook School District
  • School Data for the Bound Brook School District, National Center for Education Statistics

Notes and References

1. https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=b6a35a5ad7d04a4aa0e73c6e97fed0c0 Bound Brook Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
2. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3402100&DistrictID=3402100 District information for Bound Brook School District
3. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
4. http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/home/showdocument?id=12598 Somerset County School Districts - Sending / Receiving / Regional
5. Calefati, Jessica. "N.J. adds 56 districts to interdistrict school choice roster for upcoming year", The Star-Ledger, April 14, 2011. Accessed January 31, 2015.
6. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402100 School Data for the Bound Brook School District
7. https://www.co.somerset.nj.us/home/showpublisheddocument/52025/638309014197200000#page=9 Public Schools Directory 2023–2024
8. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/35/0490 School Performance Reports for the Bound Brook School District
9. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0490 New Jersey School Directory for the Bound Brook School District
10. https://bbel.bbrook.org/ Bound Brook Elementary Schools
11. https://bbel.bbrook.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1295155&type=d&pREC_ID=1520985 Elementary Administration
12. https://bbcms.bbrook.org/ Community Middle School
13. https://bbcms.bbrook.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1295687&type=d&pREC_ID=1523402 Administration
14. https://bbhs.bbrook.org/ Bound Brook High School
15. https://bbhs.bbrook.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1322846&type=d&pREC_ID=1521007 Administration Contacts
16. https://www.bbrook.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1289464&type=d&pREC_ID=1497645 Board of Education
17. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/somerset New Jersey School Directory for Somerset County
18. https://www.bbrook.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1290945&type=d&pREC_ID=1498463 Superintendent
19. https://www.bbrook.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1289723&type=d&pREC_ID=1497779 Business Office
20. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
21. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/0490.pdf#page=44 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Bound Brook School District