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Rutherford School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending
Rutherford School District runs 5 public schools with 2,601 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.8 students per teacher is about the same as the New Jersey figure of 11.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,601
- Teachers (FTE)
- 221
- Students per teacher
- 11.8
- NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 176 Park Avenue, Rutherford, NJ 07070
- Phone
- (201)438-7675
- County
- Bergen County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3414460
- State district ID
- NJ-034600
- Total staff (FTE)
- 434
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 434 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.8
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,574), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $62.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.7 million
- State revenue
- $13.1 million
- Local revenue
- $47.2 million
- Total spending
- $73.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $28,545
- Salaries
- $27.8 million37.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $52.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 2.7%
- State: 21.1%
- Local: 76.2%
New Jersey overall
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$28,545
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826
Schools in Rutherford School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lincoln School | Elementary | PK to 3 | 500 | 15.2 |
| Pierrepont School | Middle | 4 to 6 | 569 | 10.2 |
| Rutherford High School | High | 9 to 12 | 727 | 10.7 |
| Union School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 399 | 10.2 |
| Washington School | Elementary | 1 to 3 | 349 | 14.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Bergen County
- Fair Lawn Public School District 5,533 students
- Hackensack School District 5,513 students
- Ridgewood Public School District 5,480 students
- Garfield Public School District 4,840 students
- Fort Lee School District 4,044 students
- Teaneck School District 3,752 students
- Bergenfield Borough School District 3,631 students
- Paramus Public School District 3,595 students
- Tenafly Public School District 3,465 students
- Lodi School District 3,282 students
- Cliffside Park School District 3,200 students
- Englewood Public School District 2,934 students
- Westwood Regional School District 2,805 students
- Mahwah Township Public School District 2,761 students
- Bergen County Vocational Technical School District 2,719 students
More in New Jersey
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.