Belleville School District

The Belleville School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Belleville, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of 10 schools, had an enrollment of 5,095 students and 384.5 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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.

Schools

Schools in the district are:
;Preschool

Hornblower Early Childhood Center with 250 students in PreK
*Lucy Demikoff, principal

;Elementary schools

School 3 with 354 students in grades K–6
*Stephen Puglia, principal
School 4 with 438 students in grades PreK–6
*Ricardo Acosta, principal
School 5 with 377 students in grades K–6
*MaryAnn Gilligan, principal
School 7 with 427 students in grades PreK–6
*Brian Belton, principal
School 8 with 500 students in grades PreK–6
*Joseph Rotonda, principal
School 9 with 148 students in grades K–6
*Romain Royal, principal
School 10 with 168 students in grades PreK–6
*Maria Calhoun, principal

;Middle school

Belleville Middle School with 709 students in grades 7–8
*Charles Giachetti, principal

;High school

Belleville High School with 1,591 students in grades 9–12
*Caleb Rhodes, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

Erick Alfonso, superintendent of schools
Matthew J. Paladino, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of seven 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 two or three seats up for election each year held 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.