Linden Public Schools

Linden Public Schools
2 E. Gibbons Street Linden, NJ 07036
District information
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	Dr. Danny A. Robertozzi
Business administrator	Kathleen A. Gaylord
Schools	11
Students and staff
Enrollment	5,978 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty	479.0 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio	12.48:1
Other information
District Factor Group	B
Website	http://linden.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $19,039 62 $18,891 0.8% 1 Budgetary Cost 15,478 69 14,783 4.7% 2 Classroom Instruction 9,470 80 8,763 8.1% 6 Support Services 2,172 45 2,392 -9.2% 8 Administrative Cost 1,641 83 1,485 10.5% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,971 82 1,783 10.5% 13 Extracurricular Activities 216 38 268 -19.4% 16 Median Teacher Salary 63,111 40 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

The Linden Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Linden, in Union County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 5,978 students and 479.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.48:1.^[1]

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

Awards and recognition

The district was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Higher Music Education in America 2006" by the American Music Conference.^[4]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[5]) are:^[6] Elementary schools

• School No. 1^[7] (grades 3–5; 293 students)
• School No. 2^[8] (PreK-5; 390)
• School No. 4^[9] (PreK-4; 428)
• School No. 5^[10] (PreK-2; 360)
• School No. 6^[11] (PreK-5; 341)
• School No. 8^[12] (PreK-5; 333)
• School No. 9^[13] (PreK-5; 385)
• School No. 10^[14] (PreK-5; 358)

Middle schools

• Myles J. McManus Middle School^[15] (5-8; 696)
• Joseph E. Soehl Middle School^[16] (6-8; 709)

High school

• Linden High School^[17] for grades 9–12 (1,785)

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[18][19]

• Dr. Danny A. Robertozzi, Superintendent
• Kathleen A. Gaylord, Business Administrator

References

1. District information for Linden School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 24, 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 November 24, 2014.
4. Best 100 Communities for Music Education in America, 2006, accessed December 12, 2006
5. School Data for the Linden Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 24, 2014.
6. New Jersey School Directory for the Linden Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 24, 2014.
7. School No. 1, Linden Public Schools. Accessed November 24, 2014.
8. School No. 2, Linden Public Schools. Accessed November 24, 2014.
9. School No. 4, Linden Public Schools. Accessed November 24, 2014.
10. School No. 5, Linden Public Schools. Accessed November 24, 2014.
11. School No. 6, Linden Public Schools. Accessed November 24, 2014.
12. School No. 8, Linden Public Schools. Accessed November 24, 2014.
13. School No. 9, Linden Public Schools. Accessed November 24, 2014.
14. School No. 10, Linden Public Schools. Accessed November 24, 2014.
15. Myles J. McManus Middle School, Linden Public Schools. Accessed November 24, 2014.
16. Joseph E. Soehl Middle School, Linden Public Schools. Accessed November 24, 2014.
17. Linden High School, Linden Public Schools. Accessed November 24, 2014.
18. Central Office, Linden Public Schools. Accessed November 23, 2014.
19. New Jersey School Directory for Union County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 23, 2014.

External links

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

Coordinates: 40°38′07″N 74°15′39″W / 40.63539°N 74.26087°W