Mount Arlington School District

The Mount Arlington School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Mount Arlington, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

Mount Arlington School District
Address
446 Howard Boulevard Mount Arlington , Morris County, New Jersey, 07856 United States
Coordinates	40.933784°N 74.629666°W / 40.933784; -74.629666
District information
Grades	K-8
Superintendent	Monica Rowland
Business administrator	Tonya M. Flowers
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	362 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	35.9 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	10.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	GH
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $19,861 42 $18,891 5.1% 1 Budgetary Cost 17,705 55 14,159 25.0% 2 Classroom Instruction 9,538 43 8,659 10.2% 6 Support Services 3,485 55 2,167 60.8% 8 Administrative Cost 1,985 70 1,547 28.3% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,479 58 1,612 53.8% 13 Extracurricular Activities 206 46 104 98.1% 16 Median Teacher Salary 60,920 49 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 362 students and 35.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.1:1.^[1]

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

For ninth through twelfth grades, students attend Roxbury High School in Roxbury, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Roxbury School District.^[5] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,297 students and 125.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.3:1.^[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics^[7]) are:^[8][9]

Schools

• Edith M. Decker School (with 111 students in Kindergarten through grade 2, including a pre-school disabilities program). Along with classrooms, the facility contains a computer lab and a children's library.
• Mount Arlington Public School (with 249 students in grades 3-8). The facility contains a computer lab, an art and music classrooms, and a media center.

Both schools are located along the eastern bank of Lake Hopatcong.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[10]

• Monica Rowland, superintendent^[11]
• Tonya M. Flowers, business administrator and board secretary^[12]
• Jeff Grillo, principal^[13]

Board of education

The district's board of education, composed of 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 district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^[14][15][16]