The Bloomfield Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Bloomfield, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2021âÂÂ22 school year, the district, comprised of 11 schools, had an enrollment of 6,191 students and 538.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâÂÂteacher ratio of 11.5:1.
The original high school building, located on Broad Street, was completed in 1871 at a cost of $30,000 (equivalent to $ in ). The current school building was built in 1911 as an extension of the original building.
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.
During the 2007-08 school year, Oak View Elementary School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.
Schools in the district (with 2021âÂÂ22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
Core members of the district's administration are:
The district's board of education is comprised of nine 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 three seats up for election each year held (since 2013) 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.
In November 2015, Kent Weisert was elected to the school board according to preliminary results even though he died two weeks before the election results came in.