The Saddle Brook Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Saddle Brook, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Saddle Brook Public Schools
Address
355 Mayhill Street Saddle Brook , Bergen County, New Jersey, 07663 United States
Coordinates	40.905323°N 74.089793°W / 40.905323; -74.089793
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Toni Violetti
Business administrator	Raymond Karaty
Schools	5
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,798 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	150.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	www.sbpsnj.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $23,708 45 $18,891 25.5% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,967 27 14,783 −5.5% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,881 22 8,763 −10.1% 6 Support Services 2,500 37 2,392 4.5% 8 Administrative Cost 1,562 20 1,485 5.2% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,659 32 1,783 −7.0% 13 Extracurricular Activities 340 9 268 26.9% 16 Median Teacher Salary 58,475 22 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

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As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 1,798 students and 150.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.^[1]

The district's schools are accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.

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.^[3]

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[4]) are:^[5][6][7]

Preschool / special education

• Washington School^[8] which houses a number of the district's early intervention special education programs, with 54 students in PreK

Elementary schools

• Franklin Elementary School^[9] with 320 students in grades K-6
  • Lori Cohen, principal^[10]
• Salome H. Long Memorial Elementary School^[11] with 272 students in grades K-6
  • Jaynellen Jenkins, principal^[10]
• Helen I. Smith Elementary School^[12] with 311 students in grades K-6
  • Deborah Wunder, principal^[10]

High School

• Saddle Brook High School^[13] with 794 students in grades 7-12, combining both middle school and high school in a single building
  • Brenda Coffey, principal^[10]

The district underwent a $23 million expansion and renovation campaign to update facilities and providing new instructional space for its growing enrollment. Renovations at the three elementary schools were completed toward the conclusion of the 2004-05 school year with full occupancy at the opening of the 2005-06 school year in September. At the middle/high school, two large additions went up during the school year. One area houses a state-of-the-art library/media center and six new classrooms, while the other area houses a new gymnasium/fitness center. Renovations that began in the summer of 2005 brought updated science labs to the middle/high school.

Core members of the district's administration are:^[10][14]

• Danielle Shanley, superintendent^[15]
• Raymond Karaty, business administrator and board secretary

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.^[16][17][18]