The Rahway Public Schools are a comprehensive community

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that serves students in

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through

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from

Rahway Rahway () is a city in southern Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A bedroom community of New York City, it is centrally located in the Rahway Valley region, in the New York metropolitan area. The city is southwest of Manhattan ...

, in Union County, in the

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. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 4,056 students and 325.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 12.5:1.District information for Rahway Public School District

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. Accessed February 15, 2022. The district is classified by the

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as being in

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"CD", the sixth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common

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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.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the

) are: ;Elementary schools *Grover Cleveland Elementary School with 513 students in grades PreK-6 **Al Giambrone, principal *Franklin Elementary School with 618 students in grades PreK-6 **Dr. Aleya Shoieb, principal *Madison Elementary School with 341 students in grades PreK-6 **Patricia Volino-Reinoso, principal *Roosevelt Elementary School with 578 students in grades PreK-6 **Marianne Tankard, principal ;Middle school *Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy with 730 students in grades 7-8 **Wendy Danzy, principal ;High school *

Rahway High School Rahway High School is a four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Rahway, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Rahway Public Schools. The high sc ...

with 1,124 students in grades 9-12 **Dr. Cary Fields, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:''Central Administration Directory 2019-2020''
Rahway Public Schools. Accessed February 16, 2020. *Patricia Camp, superintendent *Stephen Fried, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's

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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. 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.Board of Education
Rahway Public Schools. Accessed February 16, 2020.

References

External links

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School Data for the Rahway Public Schools

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