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Districts that did not report any values (N.R.) and those that moved from a different enrollment group (N.A.) are excluded from the rankings.

District: Tenafly Boro (5160)
Operating Type K-12 / 3501 + Pupils
County: Bergen
Operating Type K-12 / 3501 + Pupils Summary:

State Level Summary:
Total Spending Per Pupil (Definition)
2016-17 Total Spending: $77,250,029
2016-17 Average Daily Enroll plus Sent Pupils: 3,693
2016-17 Costs Amount per Pupil: $20,920
2017-18 Total Spending: $80,684,517
2017-18 Average Daily Enroll plus Sent Pupils: 3,749
2017-18 Costs Amount per Pupil: $21,523
Summary of Vital Statistics (Definition)
2017-18 Total Spending Per Pupil: $21,523
Revenue Sources, State: 16%
Revenue Sources, Local Taxes: 80.2%
Revenue Sources, Federal: 1.5%
Revenue Sources, Tuition: 1.2%
Revenue Sources, Use of Fund Balance: 1.1%
Revenue Sources, Other: 0
Fall 2017 Certified Staff:
  Student/Teacher Ratio: 11.7
  Student/Support Ratio: 77.6
  Student/Administrator Ratio: 142.8
10/15/18 % of Classified Students to Total Students: 14.53%
Indicator 1: Budgetary Per Pupil Cost (Definition)
2016-17 Actual Costs Amount per Pupil: $16,087
2016-17 Actual Costs Rank Within Group per Pupil: 75|98
2017-18 Actual Costs Amount per Pupil: $16,380
2017-18 Actual Costs Rank Within Group per Pupil: 75|97
2018-19 Budgeted Costs Amount Per Pupil: $17,680
2018-19 Budgeted Costs Rank Within Group Per Pupil: 76|97
Indicator 2: Total Classroom Instruction (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $9,558
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 77|98
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 59.4%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $9,695
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 71|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 59.2%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $10,562
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 79|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 59.7%
Indicator 3: Classroom Salaries and Benefits (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $8,745
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 62|98
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 54.4%
% of Classroom Salaries and Benefits to Total Classroom Instruction Costs (2016-17): 91.49%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $9,081
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 69|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 55.4%
% of Classroom Salaries and Benefits to Total Classroom Instruction Costs (2017-18): 93.67%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $9,730
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 72|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 55%
% of Classroom Salaries and Benefits to Total Classroom Instruction Costs (2018-19): 92.12%
Indicator 4: Classroom Supplies/Textbooks (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $516
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 96|98
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 3.2%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $307
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 77|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 1.9%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $426
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 82|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 2.4%
Indicator 5: Classroom Purchased Services/Other Costs (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $297
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 66|98
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 1.8%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $308
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 62|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 1.9%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $406
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 73|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 2.3%
Indicator 6: Total Support Services (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $2,759
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 76|98
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 17.2%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $2,801
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 74|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 17.1%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $2,924
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 67|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 16.5%
Indicator 7: Salaries and Benefits for Support Services (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $2,509
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 78|98
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 15.6%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Support Services Salaries and Benefits (2016-17): 90.94%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $2,128
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 52|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 13%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Support Services Salaries and Benefits (2017-18): 75.97%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $2,259
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 52|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 12.8%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Support Services Salaries and Benefits (2018-19): 77.26%
Indicator 8: Total Administration (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $1,952
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 91|98
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 12.1%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $2,010
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 91|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 12.3%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $2,077
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 94|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 11.7%
Indicator 8A: Legal Services (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $26
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 29|98
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 0.2%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $43
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 61|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 0.3%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $39
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 56|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 0.2%
Indicator 9: Administration Salaries and Benefits (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $1,796
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 96|98
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 11.2%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Salaries and Benefits for Administration (2016-17): 92.01%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $1,843
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 95|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 11.3%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Salaries and Benfits for Administration (2017-18): 91.69%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $1,881
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 96|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 10.6%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Salaries and Benefits for Administration (2018-19): 90.56%
Indicator 10: Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $1,414
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 22|98
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 8.8%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $1,459
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 27|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 8.9%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $1,683
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 43|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 9.5%
Indicator 11: Salaries and Benefits for Operations and Maintenance of Plant (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $875
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 45|98
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 5.4%
to % of Salaries and Benefits for Operations to Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant Costs (2016-17): 61.88%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $905
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 44|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 5.5%
to % of Salaries and Benefits for Operations to Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant Costs (2017-18): 62.03%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): 977
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 46|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 5.5%
to % of Salaries and Benefits for Operations to Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant Costs (2018-19): 58.05%
Indicator 12: Board Contributions to the Food Service Program (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $11
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 2|98
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 0.068%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $9
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 4|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 0.052%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): N.R.
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): N.R.
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): N.R.
Indicator 13: Extracurricular Costs (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 actual costs): $385
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2016-17 actual costs): 84|98
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 2.4%
Per Pupil Amount (2017-18 actual costs): $399
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2017-18 actual costs): 87|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2017-18): 2.4%
Per Pupil Amount (2018-19 budget): $424
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group (2018-19 budget): 86|97
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2018-19): 2.4%
Indicator 14: Personal Services - Employee Benefits (Definition)
% of Total Salaries (2016-17): 24.5%
% of Total Salaries (2017-18): 26.5%
% of Total Salaries (2018-19): 30.4%
Indicator 15: Total Equipment Cost (Definition)
Per Pupil Costs (2016-17): $62
Per Pupil Costs (2017-18): $11
Per Pupil Costs (2018-19): 0
Indicator 16: Ratio of Students to Classroom Teachers and Median Classroom Teacher Salary (Definition)
Student to Teacher Ratio (2017-18): 11.7
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2017-18): 55|97
Median Teacher Salary (2017-18): $76,074
Salary Ranking Within Group (2017-18): 80|97
Student to Teacher Ratio (2018-19): 12.0
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2018-19): 43|97
Median Teacher Salary (2018-19): $82,734
Salary Ranking Within Group (2018-19): 87|97
Indicator 17: Ratio of Students to Educational Support Personnel and Median Salary (Definition)
Student to Support Service Ratio (2017-18): 77.6
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2017-18): 43|97
Median Support Service Salary (2017-18): $82,074
Salary Ranking Within Group (2017-18): 60|97
Student to Support Service Ratio (2018-19): 84.2
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2018-19): 30|97
Median Support Service Salary (2018-19): $85,034
Salary Ranking (2018-19): 69|97
Indicator 18: Ratio of Students to Administrative Personnel and Median Salary (Definition)
Student to Administrator Ratio (2017-18): 142.8
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2017-18): 81|97
Median Administrator Salary (2017-18): $151,554
Salary Ranking Within Group (2017-18): 89|97
Student to Administrator Ratio (2018-19): 164.9
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2018-19): 55|97
Median Administrator Salary (2018-19): $153,114
Salary Ranking Within Group (2018-19): 90|97
Indicator 19: Ratio of Faculty to Administrative Personnel (Definition)
Faculty to Administrator Ratio (2017-18): 14.0
Faculty to Administrator Ranking Within Group (2017-18): 84|97
Faculty to Administrator Ratio (2018-19): 15.7
Faculty to Administrator Ranking Within Group (2018-19): 59|97
Indicator 20: Comparison of Budgeted General Fund Balance vs. Actual (Used) or Generated (Definition)
General Fund Balance (2016-17): $8,189,480
2016-17 Actual: $1,641,245
General Fund Balance (2017-18): $9,830,725
2017-18 Actual: $436,724
Indicator 21: General Fund Excess Surplus (Definition)
Actual Excess (2016-17): $1,289,274
Actual Excess (2017-18): $898,846