The Guttenberg Public School District is a community
public
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school district
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North America United States
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that serves students in
Pre-kindergarten through
eighth grade from
Guttenberg,
New Jersey
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, United States.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 949 students and 82.8 classroom teachers (on an
FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
[District information for Guttenberg School District]
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
The district is classified by the
New Jersey Department of Education as being in
District Factor Group
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Membership in a District Factor Group (DFG) is an indicator of the socioeconomic status of citizens in school districts of New Jersey. DFGs were first developed by the New Jersey Department of Education in 1975 for ...
"B", the second-lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common
socioeconomic
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characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. Guttenberg, however, is not an
Abbott district
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and therefore does not receive nearly as much state aid as any of the Abbotts do.
For
ninth through
twelfth grade
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s, public school students attend
North Bergen High School
North Bergen High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade from North Bergen, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the North Bergen School District. T ...
in
North Bergen
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, as part of a
sending/receiving relationship
A sending/receiving relationship is one in which a public school district sends some or all of its students to attend the schools of another district. This is often done to achieve costs savings in smaller districts or continues after districts hav ...
with the
North Bergen School District. As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 2,376 students and 165.4 classroom teachers (on an
FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
School
Anna L. Klein School had an enrollment of 941 public school students in grades PreK-8 in the 2018–19 school year.
*Keith Petry, Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
*Michelle Rosenberg, Superintendent
*Jolene Mantineo, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
Board of education
The district's
board of education, with 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 (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district.
Board of Education Trustees
Guttenberg Public School District. Accessed August 19, 2020.
References
External links
Guttenberg School District: Anna L. Klein School
*
School Data for the Guttenberg School District
National Center for Education Statistics
North Bergen High School
{{Hudson County, New Jersey School Districts
Guttenberg, New Jersey
New Jersey District Factor Group B
School districts in Hudson County, New Jersey
Public K–8 schools in New Jersey