Secaucus Public Schools

The Secaucus Public Schools is a public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Secaucus, in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

Secaucus Public Schools
Address
685 5th Street Secaucus , Hudson County, New Jersey, 07094 United States
Coordinates	40.788239°N 74.054993°W / 40.788239; -74.054993
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Charles Voorhees (acting)
Business administrator	Grace Yeo
Schools	5
Students and staff
Enrollment	2,229 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty	187.5 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	www.sboe.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,209 38 $18,891 −3.6% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,921 51 14,783 0.9% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,536 45 8,763 −2.6% 6 Support Services 1,630 7 2,392 −31.9% 8 Administrative Cost 1,965 66 1,485 32.3% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,817 51 1,783 1.9% 13 Extracurricular Activities 461 51 268 72.0% 16 Median Teacher Salary 63,085 33 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

Huber Street School

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 2,229 students and 187.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1.^[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]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[5]) are:^[6][7][8]

Pre-Kindergarten

• Millridge School / Early Learning Center^[9] serving PreK
  • Robert Valente, principal^[10]

Elementary schools

• Clarendon Elementary School^[11] with 470 students in grades K-5
  • Christine Candela, principal^[10]
• Huber Street Elementary School^[12] with 635 students in grades PreK-5
  • Robert Valente, principal^[10]

Middle school

• Secaucus Middle School^[13] with 514 students in grades 6-8
  • Danielle Garzon, principal^[10]

High school

• Secaucus High School^[14] with 594 students in grades 9-12
  • Steven Viggiani, principal^[10]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[10][15]

• Charles Voorhees, acting Superintendent of schools; he was appointed on an interim basis in April 2014 to succeed Erick Alfonso, who has been placed on administrative lead the previous month by the board without explanation to the public.^[16][17]
• Grace Yeo, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised 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 2015) 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 aspects of the district.^[18][19][20]