South Bound Brook School District

The South Bound Brook School District is a community public school district that serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from South Bound Brook, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4][5][6]

South Bound Brook School District
Address
122 Elizabeth Street
, Somerset County, New Jersey, 08880
United States
Coordinates40°33′14″N 74°31′52″W / 40.553908°N 74.531022°W / 40.553908; -74.531022
District information
Gradespre-K to 8
SuperintendentLorise Goeke
Business administratorBeverly Vlietstra (interim)
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment431 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty39.6 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websitewww.southboundbrookk8.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,79018$18,891−11.1%
1Budgetary Cost14,8193914,1594.7%
2Classroom Instruction8,378288,659−3.2%
6Support Services2,599492,16719.9%
8Administrative Cost1,500181,547−3.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,516281,612−6.0%
13Extracurricular Activities7217104−30.8%
16Median Teacher Salary69,1285761,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 431 students and 39.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest 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.[7]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Bound Brook High School in Bound Brook as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Bound Brook School District.[8][9] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 652 students and 48.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1.[10]

Schools

Robert Morris School had an enrollment of 428 students in grades pre-K-8 as of the 2020–21 school year.[11]

Administration

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

  • Lorise Goeke, superintendent and principal
  • Beverly Vlietstra, interium business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of seven 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 either two or 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.[14]

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