Bloomfield Public Schools

Not to be confused with Bloomfield Schools in New Mexico.

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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

Bloomfield Public Schools
Address
155 Broad Street Bloomfield , Essex County, New Jersey, 07003
Coordinates	40.799133°N 74.196779°W / 40.799133; -74.196779
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Salvatore Goncalves
Business administrator	Hwey-Hwey "Vicky" Guo
Schools	11
Students and staff
Enrollment	6,191 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Faculty	538.5 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	Official website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $15,848 12 $18,891 −16.1% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,281 10 14,783 −16.9% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,594 12 8,763 −13.3% 6 Support Services 1,426 5 2,392 −40.4% 8 Administrative Cost 1,682 87 1,485 13.3% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,176 9 1,783 −34.0% 13 Extracurricular Activities 199 31 268 −25.7% 16 Median Teacher Salary 53,300 4 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising 11 schools, had an enrollment of 6,191 students and 538.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1.^[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.^[4]

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,^[5][6] the highest award an American school can receive.^[7][8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[9]) are:^[10][11][12]

Early childhood

• Early Childhood Center at Forest Glen^[13] (165 students; in grade PreK)
  • Linda Colucci, principal

Elementary schools

• Berkeley Elementary School^[14] (446; K-6)
  • Natashia Baxter, principal
• Brookdale Elementary School^[15] (320; K-6)
  • Lauren Barton, principal
• Carteret Elementary School^[16] (375; K-6)
  • John Baltz, principal
• Demarest Elementary School^[17] (480; K-6)
  • Michael Sullivan, principal
• Fairview Elementary School^[18] (452; PreK-6)
  • Ginamarie Mignone, principal
• Franklin Elementary School^[19] (343; K-6)
  • Marianne Abbasso, principal
• Oak View Elementary School^[20] (314; PreK-6)
  • Linda Lo, principal
• Watsessing Elementary School^[21] (270; K-6)
  • Gina Rosamilia, principal

Middle school

• Bloomfield Middle School^[22] (971; 7-8)
  • Alla Vayda-Manzo, principal

High school

• Bloomfield High School / Bridges Academy^[23] (1,986; 9-12)
  • Christopher Jennings, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[24][25]

• Salvatore Goncalves, superintendent of schools^[26]
• Hwey-Hwey "Vicky" Guo, business administrator and board secretary^[27]

Board of education

The district's board of education 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 2013) 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.^[28][29][30]

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.^[31]