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Livingston Public Schools

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The Livingston Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Livingston, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3] The district consists of six elementary schools, grades PreK/K-5; one middle school for grade 6 and another middle school for grades 7 and 8, and one four-year high school.[4]

Livingston Public Schools
Address
11 Foxcroft Drive
Livingston
, Essex County, New Jersey, 07039
United States
Coordinates40°47′16″N 74°20′25″W / 40.787733°N 74.340283°W / 40.787733; -74.340283
District information
GradesPreK to 12
SuperintendentMatthew J. Block
Business administratorMichael Davison
Schools9
Students and staff
Enrollment6,056 (as of 2019–20)[1]
Faculty492.6 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.livingston.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$19,22565$18,8911.8%
1Budgetary Cost14,3854814,783−2.7%
2Classroom Instruction8,866588,7631.2%
6Support Services2,295512,392−4.1%
8Administrative Cost1,604761,4858.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,277151,783−28.4%
13Extracurricular Activities2987126811.2%
16Median Teacher Salary82,2809964,043
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

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising nine schools, had an enrollment of 6,056 students and 492.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1.[1]

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

Awards and recognition

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For the 1997-98 school year, Livingston High School received the National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[6]

The district's high school was the 16th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[7] The school had been ranked 24th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 20th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[8] Livingston High School was the 14th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.[9]

The school was ranked 1038th nationwide, the 33rd-highest in New Jersey, in Newsweek magazine's 2010 rankings of America's Best High Schools based solely on the efforts among 27,000 US schools in making Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge (AICE) tests available to all students.[10][11]

The district was among 367 school districts in the US to receive AP District of the Year Awards in the 2nd Annual Honor Roll[12] and among 539 districts in the 3rd Annual Honor Roll.[13]

FemGineers

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FemGineers (Female Engineering Club) is a program in Heritage Middle School to encourage female students to participate in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). The program was founded with 10 eight-grade girls to participate in engineering-based competitions. In the five-year period after the establishment of the program, the size of participant increased to 60 girls. The Board of Education of the Livingston Public Schools also supported the initiative by the mean of funding its technology lab. A review in 2013 by the American School Board Journal found that the program resulted in an improvement in standardized math test scores and more female students continued to enroll in higher-level math classes when they enter Livingston High School. However, the future career decisions for those participants are still yet to be seen. The journal awarded the program as one of the winners of the 2013 Magna Awards in the category of public school districts with 5,000 to 20,000 enrollments in the United States.[14]

Additionally, the National School Boards Association listed the FemGineers program and the technology teacher in its "20 to Watch" in 2013 citing the program's attempt to address the gender equality concern in STEM initiatives.[15]

Competitions

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Livingston's schools participate in many county, interschool, state, and national competitions. Highlights of the accomplishments are:[16]

Arts and literature

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Business and law

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  • Elementary schools have been consistent winners of New Jersey State Bar Foundation Law Fair Mock Trial Competitions for grade 3 to 6. Riker Hill, Mount Pleasant, Harrison and Collins were winners of the competitions in 2000–2002, 2006–2010, and 2012–2013.[27][28]
  • Livingston High School students were winners from 2008 to 2012 at Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference. In 2012, national first place in Economics and Sport Management, and seventh place in Entrepreneurship.[29]

General knowledge

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  • Mount Pleasant Middle School was first place national winner of Knowledge Master Open in 2007[30] and fourth place national winner in 2008
  • Heritage Middle School ranked #1 in New Jersey for Spring 2011 Knowledge Master Open. It was also ranked #19 out of 604 middle schools in the United States and other countries.[31]
  • Livingston High School received recognition for its AP Program as a 2006-2007 State High School winner of the Seimen's Award for Advanced Placement[32]

Math

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  • Mount Pleasant Middle School ranked #2 out of 204 schools in 6th grade in 2008-2009 New Jersey Mathematics League contest[33]
  • Heritage Middle School was national first-place winner in the Continental Mathematics League/Euclidean Divisions 7 and 8
  • Livingston High School ranked #1 in the league for the 2012 New Jersey Mathematics League contest[34]
  • Livingston High School has been consistent first-place winner of Essex County Math League from 1989 to 2009

Science

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Technology

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World language

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  • Heritage Middle School students scored third and seventh in the nation for the 2011 National French Contest. Livingston High School students scored up to the third in the nation.
  • Twenty-eight Livingston High School students placed in the top 10 positions in the state for the 2011 National Spanish Examinations[53]

Schools

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Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics)[54] are:[55][56][57]

Elementary schools
  • Burnet Hill Elementary School[58] (433; Grade PreK-5)
    • Lisa Barreto, principal
  • Collins Elementary School[59] (452; Grade K-5)
    • Michelle Cebula, principal
  • Amos W. Harrison Elementary School[60] (453; grade K-5)
    • Daniel Garcia, principal
  • Hillside Elementary School[61] (386; K-5)
    • Carlos Gramata Jr., principal
  • Mount Pleasant Elementary School[62] (412; Grade K-5)
    • Lorena Dolan, principal
  • Riker Hill Elementary School[63] (405; Grade K-5)
    • . Justin Toomey, principal
Middle schools
  • Mount Pleasant Middle School[64] (486; Grade 6)
    • Bronawyn O'Leary, principal
  • Heritage Middle School[65] (1,029; Grade 7 and 8)
    • Shawn Kelly, principal
High school

Administration

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Core members of the district's administration are:[67][68]

  • Matthew J. Block, superintendent[69]
  • Michael Davison, business administrator and board secretary[70]
  • Mark Stern, assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction & innovation[71]
  • Lisa Capone-Steiger, assistant superintendent for equity, inclusion, intervention and inspiration[72]

Board of education

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The district's board of education is composed 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.[73][74][75]

References

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