Leonia Public Schools

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Leonia Public Schools
570 Grand Avenue
Leonia, NJ 07605
District information
Grades pre-K to 12
Superintendent Joanne Megargee
Business administrator Julia Depinto Perez
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,822 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 166.1 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 10.97:1
Other information
District Factor Group GH
Website www.leoniaschools.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1A Total Spending $18,189 37 $18,891 -3.7%
1 Budgetary Cost 15,269 53 14,783 3.3%
2 Classroom Instruction 8,714 52 8,763 -0.6%
6 Support Services 2,103 39 2,392 -12.1%
8 Administrative Cost 1,922 65 1,485 29.4%
10 Operations & Maintenance 2,056 61 1,783 15.3%
13 Extracurricular Activities 401 38 268 49.6%
16 Median Teacher Salary 55,460 6 64,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68
Leonia Middle School (the former Leonia High School campus)

The Leonia Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Leonia, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,822 students and 166.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.97:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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 from Edgewater attended the district's schools for grades 7-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Edgewater Public Schools.[4] Edgewater sends approximately 320 students who attend the district's middle school and high school.[5]

In 2005, Leonia Middle School finished the construction of its new addition. That marked the completion of the expansion of the Leonia Public Schools, along with the completion of the high school's math and science wing and Anna C. Scott Elementary School's addition and renovation, completed in 2002 and 2001, respectively.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7][8]

  • Anna C. Scott Elementary School[9] (grades PreK-5, 664 students)
    • Maria Barcelo Martinez - Principal
    • Bridget Hozumi - Vice Principal
  • Leonia Middle School[10] (6-8, 477 students)
    • Nicholas Bernice - Principal
    • David Saco - Vice Principal
  • Leonia High School[11] (9-12, 681 students)
    • Edward Bertolini - Principal
    • Maria DeMarco - Vice Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][13]

  • Joanne Megargee - Superintendent
  • Julia Depinto Perez - Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Leonia School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 2, 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 September 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ Leonia Public Schools 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 20, 2015. "We are a pre K-12 district employing over 300 professional educators and support personnel who serve 1840 students. Our community expands in grades 7-12 to include students from Edgewater. "
  5. ↑ Leonia Schools at a glance, Leonia Public Schools. Accessed September 2, 2014. "Enrollment is 1827. Of this, 319 are Edgewater students in grades 7-12."
  6. ↑ School Data for the Leonia Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 2, 2014.
  7. ↑ Schools, Leonia Public Schools. Accessed September 2, 2104.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Leonia Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 2, 2014.
  9. ↑ Anna C. Scott Elementary School, Leonia Public Schools. Accessed September 2, 2014.
  10. ↑ Leonia Middle School, Leonia Public Schools. Accessed September 2, 2014.
  11. ↑ Leonia High School, Leonia Public Schools. Accessed September 2, 2014.
  12. ↑ Staff, Leonia Public Schools. Accessed September 2, 2014.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 2, 2014.

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