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

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East Rutherford School District
Address
100 Uhland Street East Rutherford , Bergen County, New Jersey, 07073 United States
Coordinates	40.83495°N 74.099559°W / 40.83495; -74.099559
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Giovanni Giancaspro
Business administrator	Lameka Augustin
Schools	3
Students and staff
Enrollment	750 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty	78.9 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	CD
Website	www.erboe.net
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $21,197 80 $18,891 12.2% 1 Budgetary Cost 16,298 79 14,159 15.1% 2 Classroom Instruction 10,372 81 8,659 19.8% 6 Support Services 2,498 64 2,167 15.3% 8 Administrative Cost 1,659 52 1,547 7.2% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,649 54 1,612 2.3% 13 Extracurricular Activities 73 26 104 −29.8% 16 Median Teacher Salary 90,600 84 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

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As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 750 students and 78.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.5:1.^[1]

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

A small annex was constructed in 2001 across the street from the Faust main building which includes a small office and four classrooms used for pre-kindergarten and fifth graders. McKenzie School is used for children from pre-kindergarten until third grade.

For grades ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend the Becton Regional High School in East Rutherford, which serves high school students from both Carlstadt and East Rutherford as part of the Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District, together with students from Maywood, who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship.^[5] As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 771 students and 58.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1.^[6]

A January 2020 referendum to fund $35.5 million in improvements to both schools and to district offices was passed by voters by a margin of 18 votes. With approximately $5 million in state aid to cover the project included, the project would add $360 to property taxes assessed on a home at the borough average.^[7][8]

Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[9]) are:^[10][11]

• McKenzie School^[12] with 373 students in grades PreK–3
  • Brian Barrow, principal^[13]
• Lincoln School^[14] with 152 students in grades 4–5
  • Peter Vilardi, principal^[15]
• Alfred S. Faust School^[16] with 215 students in grades 6–8
  • Regina Barrale, principal^[17]

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

• Giovanni Giancaspro, superintendent^[19]
• Alessandro Verace, business administrator and board secretary^[20]

The district's board of education, comprised of seven 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 either two three seats up for election each year held (since 2014) 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.^[21][22][23]