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Rutherford Borough School District

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Rutherford Borough School District is located in northeast New Jersey. Rutherford Borough School District has 2.81 square miles of land area and 0.14 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Rutherford Borough School District population is 18,297. Rutherford Borough School District median household income is $82,385 in 2010-2014. Rutherford Borough School District median house value is $422,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Rutherford Borough School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (91 out of 285, top 32%) Elementary/Middle School: (173 out of 515, top 34%)* Rank: #202
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	18,297 (2010-2014), rank #183
Population Growth	4.52% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	6,220.57/sq mi, rank #66
Median Household Income:	$82,385 at 2010-2014—-4.67% increase since 2005-2009, rank #256
Median House Price:	$422,000 at 2010-2014—-8.32% increase since 2005-2009, rank #154
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	2.81 sq mi, rank #377
Water Area:	0.14 sq mi (4.61%), rank #340
State:	New Jersey
County:	Bergen County
City:	Rutherford
Zip:	07070
Area:	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA

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Rutherford Borough School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

176 Park Ave

Rutherford NJ, 07070, Bergen County

Phone: 201-438-7675

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,488	2,493	2,480	2,522	2,448	2,470	2,426
English Language Learner Students:	30	24	26	17	20	37	NA
Total Teachers:	203.42	197.44	194.50	190.00	194.00	193.50	153.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	3.50	2.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	3.00	3.20
Elementary:	100.82	102.58	101.50	98.90	99.00	81.90	6.00
Secondary:	79.70	76.66	76.40	75.90	79.00	93.60	87.80
Ungraded:	19.40	16.20	15.60	14.20	14.00	15.00	29.20
Total Other Staff:	155.00	147.74	122.00	118.00	135.00	63.30	53.60
Instructional Aides:	27.14	22.55	18.50	17.50	18.00	17.30	28.80
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	7.00	7.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	8.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	0.00	4.80
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	3.00	3.00	4.00	NA	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	5.00	3.00	NA	NA	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	2.00	1.98	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	10.50	9.00	7.50	6.50	8.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	8.00	9.00	9.00	8.00	9.00	12.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	22.20	22.70	19.50	20.50	21.00	0.00	NA
Student Support Services:	21.55	22.40	21.00	19.00	19.00	21.00	4.00
Other Support Services:	47.61	46.11	31.50	30.50	43.00	0.00	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.23	12.63	12.75	13.27	12.62	12.76	15.86

Schools

Lincoln School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	414 Montross Ave, Rutherford NJ 07070
Pierrepont School	Grade 4 to Grade 8	70 East Pierrepont Ave, Rutherford NJ 07070
Rutherford High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	56 Elliott Place, Rutherford NJ 07070
Union School	Grade 4 to Grade 8	359 Union Ave, Rutherford NJ 07070
Washington School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	89 Wood St, Rutherford NJ 07070

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ASK Test
2004	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	84.1%	79.4%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	88.7%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	90.6%	82.4%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	95.2%	83.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	90.8%	86.1%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	73.8%	62.9%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	70.0%	59.8%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	71.8%	63.0%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	76.4%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	73.7%	66.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	79%	76.6%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	85.4%	82.5%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	91.7%	86.8%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	96.3%	87.3%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	90.8%	86.8%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	80.2%	75.4%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	77.7%	78.3%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	84.3%	78.9%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	84.5%	78.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	79.5%	77.7%
2003	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	84.1%	77.6%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	86.9%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	90.5%	81.6%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	85.0%	80.0%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	82.7%	80.6%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	95.5%	82.7%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	73.4%	63.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	73.9%	59.7%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	73.3%	62.7%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	72%	58.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	71.5%	59.4%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	71.6%	68.0%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	78.8%	72.1%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	87.6%	80.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	90.6%	82.3%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	93.6%	84.7%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	93.0%	84.9%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	80.4%	73.1%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	86.5%	77.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	81.0%	79.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	89.8%	77.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	82.8%	78.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	91.2%	81.1%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	90.5%	82.3%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	92.5%	83.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	94.0%	85.1%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	96.7%	91.1%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	93.8%	93.5%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	95.0%	90.0%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	98.5%	91.3%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	96.5%	89.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	96.9%	88.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	76.8%	60.0%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	83.8%	66.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	77.4%	63.3%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	74.5%	60.9%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	71.3%	62.1%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	79.4%	61.3%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	94.3%	84.1%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	82.3%	76.6%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	88.9%	77.6%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	87.0%	79.0%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	90.5%	80.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	90.4%	83.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	91.4%	79.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	88.2%	75.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	79.5%	57.3%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	81.1%	70.1%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	84.0%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	77.5%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	84.1%	66.2%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	89.8%	79%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	83.7%	72.2%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	75.8%	71.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	82.7%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	83.3%	77.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	84.7%	78.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	90.5%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	84.7%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	86.8%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	81.4%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	76.6%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	76.0%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	88.1%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	77.7%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	78.6%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	77.3%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	67.3%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	72.8%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	71.4%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	77.4%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	89.9%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	89.5%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	94.5%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	94.4%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	91.6%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	89.1%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	76.3%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	82.2%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	85.5%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	83.9%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	83.3%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	83.4%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	90.8%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	90.1%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	95.4%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	92.0%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	91.1%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	87.6%	79.0%
GEPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	91.3%	73.8%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	81.9%	71.8%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	88.9%	72.3%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	89.6%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	90.2%	73.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	77.2%	56.7%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	71.4%	61.7%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	76.9%	62.4%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	75.5%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	79.7%	68.4%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	89.8%	72.9%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	85.1%	74.7%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	90.7%	76.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	89.1%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	86.1%	78.9%
HSPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	92.8%	80.1%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	87.7%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	92.6%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	90.8%	83.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	92.7%	85.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	95.3%	83.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	93.5%	84.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	94%	88.0%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	92.0%	89.6%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	96.2%	91.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	98.4%	91.6%
2003	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	84.9%	65.9%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	85.6%	70.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	87.7%	75.5%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	84.5%	75.9%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	79.9%	73.4%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	87.9%	75.4%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	81.6%	73.7%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	80.9%	75.0%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	86.2%	75.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	90.0%	79.3%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	84.5%	79.7%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% proficient	82.8%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$43,564,000	$17,566		$41,849,000	$16,594		$42,930,000	$17,537
Federal:	$732,000	$295	1.7%	$671,000	$266	1.6%	$1,469,000	$600	3.4%
State:	$5,952,000	$2,400	13.7%	$4,650,000	$1,844	11.1%	$5,996,000	$2,449	14.0%
Local:	$36,880,000	$14,871	84.7%	$36,528,000	$14,484	87.3%	$35,465,000	$14,487	82.6%
Total Expenditures:	$41,768,000	$16,842		$40,394,000	$16,017		$41,371,000	$16,900
Total Current Expenditures:	$36,452,000	$14,698		$35,489,000	$14,072		$37,322,000	$15,246
Instructional Expenditures:	$22,960,000	$9,258	63.0%	$22,051,000	$8,743	62.1%	$23,386,000	$9,553	62.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,259,000	$1,717	11.7%	$4,145,000	$1,644	11.7%	$3,778,000	$1,543	10.1%
Administration:	$4,060,000	$1,637	11.1%	$4,090,000	$1,622	11.5%	$4,427,000	$1,808	11.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,173,000	$2,086	14.2%	$5,203,000	$2,063	14.7%	$5,731,000	$2,341	15.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,012,000	$408		$813,000	$322		$412,000	$168
Construction:	$987,000	$398		$773,000	$307		$402,000	$164
Total Other:	$225,000	$91		$205,000	$81		$192,000	$78
Interest on Debt:	$717,000	$289		$752,000	$298		$785,000	$321

Total Salary:	$22,783,000	$9,187		$22,701,000	$9,001		$23,891,000	$9,759
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$15,759,000	$6,354	69.2%	$15,427,000	$6,117	68.0%	$16,069,000	$6,564	67.3%
Other Salary:	$7,024,000	$2,832	30.8%	$7,274,000	$2,884	32.0%	$7,822,000	$3,195	32.7%
Total Benefit:	$8,466,000	$3,414		$8,149,000	$3,231		$8,696,000	$3,552
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,556,000	$2,240	65.6%	$5,267,000	$2,088	64.6%	$5,574,000	$2,277	64.1%
Other Benefit:	$2,910,000	$1,173	34.4%	$2,882,000	$1,143	35.4%	$3,122,000	$1,275	35.9%

* Rutherford Borough School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.