Livingston Public Schools
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The Livingston Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district
that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Livingston
, in Essex County
, New Jersey
. The district consists of six elementary schools
, grades K-5; one middle school
for grade 6 and another middle school for grades 7 and 8, and one four-year high school
.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's nine schools had an enrollment of 5,619 students and 431.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1.
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.
from the United States Department of Education
, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.
The school was the 22nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, 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. 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.
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.
) are:
Elementary Schools
Middle Schools
High School
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Livingston
Livingston, New Jersey
Livingston is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 29,366.Livingston was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 5, 1813, from portions of Caldwell Township and Springfield...
, in Essex County
Essex County, New Jersey
Essex County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the United States 2010 Census, the population was 783,969, ranking it third in the state after Bergen County and Middlesex County; Essex County's population has declined from 786,147 as of the bureau's...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. The district consists of six elementary schools
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
, grades K-5; one middle school
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
for grade 6 and another middle school for grades 7 and 8, and one four-year high school
Secondary education in the United States
In most jurisdictions, secondary education in the United States refers to the last six or seven years of statutory formal education. Secondary education is generally split between junior high school or middle school, usually beginning with sixth or seventh grade , and high school, beginning with...
.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's nine schools had an enrollment of 5,619 students and 431.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
New Jersey Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered in Trenton.The Department is responsible for ensuring that...
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.
Awards and recognition
For the 1997-98 school year, Livingston High School received the Blue Ribbon AwardBlue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
from the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.
The school was the 22nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of possible interest to residents of the United States state of New Jersey...
magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 20th in 2008 out of 316 schools. Livingston High School was the 14th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of possible interest to residents of the United States state of New Jersey...
magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.
The school was ranked 1038th nationwide, the 33rd-highest in New Jersey, in Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
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)
Advanced International Certificate of Education
The Advanced International Certificate of Education is an academically rigorous, internationally used, specialized, English language curriculum offered to students in the higher levels of secondary school intended to prepare them for an honours programme during tertiary education...
tests available to all students.
Competitions
Livingston's schools participate in many county, interschool, state, and national competitions. Highlights of the accomplishments are:- Consistent winners of New Jersey State Bar Foundation Law Fair Mock Trail Competitions for grade 3 to 6. Riker Hill, Mount Pleasant, Harrison and Collins were winners in one of the 2008, 2007, 2006, 2002, 2001 and 2000 competitions.
- Mount Pleasant Middle School was first place national winner of Knowledge Master OpenKnowledge Master OpenThe Knowledge Master Open is a computer-based semiannual worldwide academic competition in which teams of students from many schools earn points by answering multiple-choice questions quickly and accurately...
in 2007 and fourth place national winner in 2008 - Heritage Middle SchoolHeritage Middle SchoolHeritage Middle School is a public middle school in Livingston, in Essex County, New Jersey, as part of the Livingston Public Schools. It is the only public school in Livingston that serves students in seventh through eighth grade, receiving sixth grade graduates from Mt. Pleasant Middle School....
was national first place winner in the Continental Mathematics League/Euclidean Divisions 7 and 8 - Heritage Middle School ranked #5 and #7 nationally in the Life Science and General Science respectively in National Science League
- Livingston High SchoolLivingston High School (New Jersey)Livingston High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Livingston, in Essex County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Livingston Public Schools. It receives all eighth grade graduates from Heritage Middle School...
was ranked #2 in 2009 New Jersey Mathematics League contest. Mount Pleasant Middle School was ranked #2 in 6th grade. Heritage Middle School was ranked #9 in 7th grade and #1 in 8th grade. - Livingston High School has been consistent first place winner of Essex County Math League from 1989 to 2009
- Livingston High School was placed first in the state in Integrated and Advanced Integrated Science in 2008 Merck State Science Day
- Livingston High School has been the Northern New Jersey Regional Champion of New Jersey Science OlympiadOlympiadAn Olympiad is a period of four years, associated with the Olympic Games of Classical Greece. In the Hellenistic period, beginning with Ephorus, Olympiads were used as calendar epoch....
from 2004 to 2009. Livingston school district is one of the only three districts that have both middle and high schools in top ten of State Championship Tournament in 2009. - Finalist of the Intel Science Talent SearchIntel Science Talent SearchThe Intel Science Talent Search , known for its first 57 years as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search is a research-based science competition in the United States for high school seniors. It has been referred to as "the nation's oldest and most prestigious" science competition. In his speech...
2009 - Livingston High School students won first-place awards in Pascrell Congressional Art Contest and Ducret School of Art Annual High School Student Art Show. Harrison Elementary school and Mount Pleasant Middle School students won first place in the 2007 National Kids-in-Print Book Contest for Students and Essex County Poster Contest.
- 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
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
) are:
Elementary Schools
- Burnet Hill School (416 students)
- Lisa Capone-Steiger - Principal
- Collins Elementary School (419)
- John Leister - Principal
- Harrison Elementary SchoolHarrison Elementary SchoolHarrison Elementary School is located in Livingston, New Jersey. It is one of six elementary schools located in town. There are about 550 students spread out among 27 classes. The grade levels range from Kindergarten to 5th grade. All graduates continue on to Mt. Pleasant Middle School. The school...
(531)- Cynthia Healy - Principal
- Hillside Elementary School (439)
- Bernadette Pilchman - Principal
- Mount Pleasant Elementary School (411)
- Natalie Kosonocky - Principal
- Riker Hill Elementary School (427)
- Jo Tandler - Principal
Middle Schools
- Mt. Pleasant Middle SchoolMt. Pleasant Middle SchoolMt. Pleasant Middle School is a public middle school in Livingston, in Essex County, New Jersey, as part of the Livingston Public Schools. It serves students in sixth grade and it is the only public school in Livingston for sixth grade students. All of the 6 elementary schools of livingston join...
Grade 6 (452)- Pamela Slevin - Principal
- Andrew Espinoza - Vice Principal
- Heritage Middle SchoolHeritage Middle SchoolHeritage Middle School is a public middle school in Livingston, in Essex County, New Jersey, as part of the Livingston Public Schools. It is the only public school in Livingston that serves students in seventh through eighth grade, receiving sixth grade graduates from Mt. Pleasant Middle School....
Grades 7 and 8 (897)- Patricia Boland - Principal
- Scott Axmann - Vice Principal
High School
- Livingston High SchoolLivingston High School (New Jersey)Livingston High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Livingston, in Essex County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Livingston Public Schools. It receives all eighth grade graduates from Heritage Middle School...
(1,656)- Pamela Clause McGroarty - Principal
- Mark Stern - Vice Principal
- Gary Suda - Vice Principal
- Jen Wirt - Vice Principal
- Patrick Genova - Athletic Director
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:- Dr. Brad Draeger, Superintendent
- Steven K. Robinson, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
- Board of Education Members
- Antonio Calcado, President
- Bonnie Granatir, Vice President
- Charles Granata
- Ronnie Spring
- Leslie Winograd
- Jonathan Wickner, Student Representative
External links
- Livingston Public Schools
- Data for the Livingston Public Schools, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...