Dumont Public Schools
The Dumont Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Dumont, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 2,540 students and 208.0 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.
History
Genevieve Via Cava, a former special education teacher for the district, bequeathed the school district $1 million after her 2011 death. She retired from teaching in 1990 and had no remaining immediate family. The donation was revealed in 2018.Schools
Schools in the district are:;Elementary schools
- Grant School with 390 students in grades K-5
- *Sheri Weinstein, principal
- Honiss School with 632 students in grades K-8
- *Karen Bennett, principal
- Lincoln School with 156 students in grades K-5
- *Luis D. Lopez, principal
- Selzer School with 500 students in grades PreK-8
- *Jacqueline J. Bello, principal
- Dumont High School with 788 students in grades 9-12
- *James Wichmann, principal
Administration
Core members of the schools administration are:- Maria Poidomani, superintendent
- Kevin Cartotto, business administrator and board secretary