Cedar Grove Schools

The Cedar Grove Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Cedar Grove, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

Cedar Grove Schools
Address
520 Pompton Avenue Cedar Grove , Essex County, New Jersey, 07009 United States
Coordinates	40.851206°N 74.229477°W / 40.851206; -74.229477
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Anthony Grosso
Business administrator	Michael DeVita
Schools	4
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,602 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty	152.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	10.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	I
Website	Official website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,166 16 $18,891 −9.1% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,544 23 14,783 −8.4% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,106 8 8,763 −18.9% 6 Support Services 1,871 17 2,392 −21.8% 8 Administrative Cost 1,980 45 1,485 33.3% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,096 44 1,783 17.6% 13 Extracurricular Activities 488 32 268 82.1% 16 Median Teacher Salary 57,563 17 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,602 students and 152.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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

In September 2021, North End School was one of nine schools in New Jersey recognized by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program.^[5][6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[7]) are:^{[8][9][10][11]}

Elementary schools

• North End Elementary School^[12] with 278 students in grades PreK-4
  • Traci Dyer, principal
• South End Elementary School^[13] with 332 students in grades PreK-4
  • Lynn DiMatteo, principal

Middle school

• Cedar Grove Memorial Middle School^[14] with 454 students in grades 5–8
  • Nicholas DeCorte, principal

High school

• Cedar Grove High School^[15] with 507 students in grades 9–12
  • Jody Inglis, principal^[16]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[9][17]

• Anthony Grosso, superintendent
• Michael DeVita, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education is composed of five 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 either one or two 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.^[9][18][19]