Maywood Public Schools

Maywood Public Schools
452 Maywood Avenue Maywood, NJ 07607
District information
Grades	K-8
Superintendent	Michael Jordan
Business administrator	Jennifer Pfohl
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	910 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty	65.2 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio	13.96:1
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	http://www.maywoodschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,051 21 $18,891 -15.0% 1 Budgetary Cost 11,059 7 14,159 -21.9% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,086 7 8,659 -18.2% 6 Support Services 1,536 11 2,167 -29.1% 8 Administrative Cost 1,195 7 1,547 -22.8% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,151 9 1,612 -28.6% 13 Extracurricular Activities 86 37 104 -17.3% 16 Median Teacher Salary 57,955 23 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Maywood Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from the Borough of Maywood, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 910 students and 65.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.96:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.^[3]

After graduating from Maywood Avenue School, approximately 250 students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Hackensack High School in Hackensack, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Hackensack Public Schools, together with students from Rochelle Park and South Hackensack. In the wake of rising tuition costs assessed by the Hackensack district, the district has considered a plan under which the relationship with Hackensack would be severed and a new sending relationship would be established in which students would attend Paramus High School.^[4][5] Students may also apply to attend the Bergen County Technical Schools.

Awards and recognition

For the 1996-97 school year, Memorial School was formally designated as a National Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.^[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics^[1]) are:^[7][8]

• Memorial School^[9] (PreK-3; 433 students)
  • Ray Bauer, Principal
• Maywood Avenue School^[10] (4-8; 477). The school offers a wide variety of afterschool activities ranging from cheerleading to chess club. Older students have the opportunity to contribute to their school newspaper, The Hawk, and their yearbook.
  • Michael Jordan, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[11][12]

• Michael Jordan - Superintendent of Schools^[13]
• Jennifer Pfohl, Business Administrator / Board Secretary^[14]

References

1. District information for Maywood School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 5, 2014.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 5, 2014.
4. Alvarado, Monsy. "Maywood to study sending high schoolers to Paramus over Hackensack", The Record (Bergen County), January 14, 2011. Accessed May 26, 2013. "A study to see if it would be financially and educationally beneficial for the borough to send its public high school students to Paramus is underway. The school district has sent its students to Hackensack High School for decades, but borough school officials say they can no longer afford Hackensack’s growing per student tuition costs, and annual tuition rate adjustments.... Besides 250 students from Maywood, Hackensack High School also serves about 120 students from Rochelle Park and 80 students from South Hackensack."
5. Clark, Susan Joy. "District evaluating Hackensack agreement", Community News, January 27, 2011. Accessed December 5, 2014. "There is no high school in Maywood and students now go to Hackensack. The Maywood School District is looking at Paramus High School for a possible sending relationship due to tuition hikes at Hackensack High School."
6. Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
7. Schools, Maywood Public Schools. Accessed December 5, 2014.
8. New Jersey School Directory for the Maywood Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 5, 2014.
9. Memorial School, Maywood Public Schools. Accessed December 5, 2014.
10. Maywood Avenue School, Maywood Public Schools. Accessed December 5, 2014.
11. Board Members, Maywood Public Schools. Accessed December 5, 2014.
12. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 5, 2014.
13. Administration, Maywood Public Schools. Accessed December 5, 2014.
14. Business Office, Maywood Public Schools. Accessed December 5, 2014.

External links

• Maywood Public Schools
• Maywood Public Schools's 2014–15 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Maywood Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
• Hackensack High School

Coordinates: 40°54′03″N 74°03′47″W / 40.900763°N 74.06298°W