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Bloomfield Public Schools (New Jersey)

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Grades
  
K-12

Business administrator
  
Mark Resnick (interim)

Student-teacher ratio
  
12.6:1

Number of students
  
6,300

Faculty
  
500.5

Superintendent
  
Salvatore Goncalves

Enrollment
  
6,300 (as of 2014-15)

District Factor Group
  
DE

Schools
  
11

The Bloomfield Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Bloomfield, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Map of Bloomfield Public Schools, NJ, USA

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 6,300 students and 500.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.

History

In November 2015, Kent Weisert was elected to the school board according to preliminary results even though he died two weeks before the election results came in.

Awards and recognition

During the 2007-08 school year, Oak View Elementary School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Early childhood
  • Early Childhood Center at Forest Glen (NA; PreK-2)
  • Dr. Natshia Baxter, Principal
  • Elementary schools
  • Berkeley School (441 students; in grades K-6)
  • Dr. Natshia Baxter, Principal
  • Brookdale School (368; K-6)
  • Joseph Fleres, Principal
  • Carteret School (452; K-6)
  • John Baltz, Principal
  • Demarest School (516; K-6)
  • Mary Todaro, Principal
  • Fairview School (534; K-6)
  • Salvatore DeSimone, Principal
  • Franklin School (337; K-6)
  • Marianne Abbasso, Principal
  • Oak View School (372; K-6)
  • Mary DiTrani, Principal
  • Watsessing School (290; K-6)
  • Dr. Gina Rosamilia, Principal
  • Middle school
  • Bloomfield Middle School for grades 7 and 8 (928)
  • Alla Vayda-Manzo, Principal
  • High school
  • Bloomfield High School / Bridges Academy for grades 9-12 (1,937)
  • Christopher Jennings, Principal
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Salvatore Goncalves, Superintendent of Schools
  • Mark Resnick, Interim Business Administrator/Board Secretary
  • References

    Bloomfield Public Schools (New Jersey) Wikipedia