Weehawken School District Explained

Weehawken School District
Superintendent:Eric Crespo
Businessadmin:Matthew Whitford
Address:53 Liberty Place
City:Weehawken
County:Hudson County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:07086
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.7741°N -74.0183°W
Grades:PreK-12
Schools:3
Enrollment:1,458 (as of 2018–19)
Faculty:120.5 FTEs
Ratio:12.1:1
Free Label:District Factor Group
Free Text:CD
Mascot:Indians
Colors:Red White

The Weehawken School District is a comprehensive community public school district consisting of three schools serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the Township of Weehawken, in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,458 students and 120.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[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.[2]

Awards, recognition and rankings

In 2017, the International Center for Leadership in Education named Weehawken “one of the twelve most innovative districts in the nation.”[3] Niche.com ranked Weehawken 79th on its list of the top 100 school districts in New Jersey with each of the district's schools receiving an A rating.[4] The Washington Post ranked Weehawken High School in the top 12% of all high schools in the United States—including 79th in the state and highest-ranked in Hudson County—on its 2017 list of "America’s Most Challenging High Schools."[5] [6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8] [9]

Elementary schools
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees 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 as part of the April school election. 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.[16] Of the nearly 600 school districts statewide, Weehawken is one of 12 districts with school elections in April, in which voters also decide on passage of the annual school budget.[17] [18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3417310&DistrictID=3417310 District information for Weehawken Public School District
  2. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
  3. Zeitlinger, Ron. "Weehawken school district one of 12 to win 'Innovative' honor", The Jersey Journal, February 8, 2017. Accessed August 13, 2017. "The Weehawken school district has been named an "Innovative District" for 2017 by the International Center for Leadership in Education, officials announced. Weehawken is one of the 12 districts chosen for the award, and representatives from the district will share its best practices at the 25th annual Model Schools Conference in Nashville in June."
  4. https://www.niche.com/k12/d/weehawken-board-of-education-nj/ Weehawken Board of Education
  5. [Jay Matthews|Matthews, Jay]
  6. Staff. "Weehawken ranked Hudson County’s top school district", The Hudson Reporter, August 11, 2017. Accessed August 13, 2017. "Niche.com, a Pittsburgh-based internet firm that analyzes dozens of public data sets and millions of reviews to produce comprehensive rankings, report cards, and profiles for every K-12 school, college, and neighborhood in the U.S., has ranked Weehawken Township school district the number one district in Hudson County."
  7. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417310 School Data for the Weehawken School District
  8. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/5580 New Jersey School Directory for the Weehawken School District
  9. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/17/5580 School Performance Reports for the Weehawken Public School District
  10. http://dws.weehawkenschools.net/ Daniel Webster School
  11. http://trs.weehawkenschools.net/ Theodore Roosevelt School
  12. http://whs.weehawkenschools.net/ Weehawken High School
  13. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/hudson New Jersey School Directory for Hudson County
  14. https://4.files.edl.io/3a75/08/02/19/033223-413418b7-21bf-4004-b7d1-c11d282d31f1.pdf "Weehawken School Board Appoints New Superintendent"
  15. https://www.weehawkenschools.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=367507&type=d&pREC_ID=821604 Board of Education
  16. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  17. Sportelli, Albina. "Your guide to North Jersey spring school board elections", The Record, April 14, 2023. Accessed March 15, 2024. "Of New Jersey's almost 600 school districts, only 12 have elections in April, the rest have opted to hold theirs in November.... Schools that have kept elections in the spring, or switched back after moving them to November, are: Cliffside Park, Fairview, Passaic, Totowa, Fredon, Montague, Irvington, Newark, North Bergen, Weehawken, West New York and New Brunswick."
  18. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/13/5580.pdf#page=42 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Weehawken School District

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