The Bergenfield Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Bergenfield in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3][4]

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Bergenfield Public School District
Address
100 South Prospect Avenue Bergenfield , Bergen County, New Jersey, 07621 United States
Coordinates	40.92469°N 74.006235°W / 40.92469; -74.006235
District information
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	Christopher Tully
Business administrator	JoAnn Khoury-Frias
Schools	7
Students and staff
Enrollment	3,666 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty	283.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	13.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	www.bergenfield.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,937 43 $18,891 −5.1% 1 Budgetary Cost 15,264 64 14,783 3.3% 2 Classroom Instruction 9,215 73 8,763 5.2% 6 Support Services 2,052 37 2,392 −14.2% 8 Administrative Cost 1,762 93 1,485 18.7% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,871 73 1,783 4.9% 13 Extracurricular Activities 261 58 268 −2.6% 16 Median Teacher Salary 65,110 52 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

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As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising seven schools, had an enrollment of 3,666 students and 283.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.0:1.^[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.^[5]

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[6]) are:^[7][8][9]

Elementary schools

• Franklin Elementary School^[10] with 345 students in grades K-5
  • Everett B. Thompson, principal
• Hoover Elementary School^[11] with 261 students in grades K-5
  • William Fleming, principal
• Jefferson Elementary School^[12] with 278 students in grades K-5
  • Craig Vogt, principal
• Lincoln Elementary School^[13] with 410 students in grades PreK-5
  • James Mitchel, principal
• Washington Elementary School^[14] with 300 students in grades K-5
  • Thomas Lawrence, principal

Middle school

• Roy W. Brown Middle School^[15] with 855 students in grades 6-8
  • Dominick Rotante, principal

High school

• Bergenfield High School^[16] with 1,203 students in grades 9-12
  • James Fasano, principal

Core members of the district's administration are:^[17][18]

• Christopher Tully, superintendent of schools
• JoAnn Khoury-Frias, business administrator and board secretary

The district's board of education is comprised 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.^[19][20][21]