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Garfield Public Schools

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Grades
  
PreK-12

Business administrator
  
Dr. Edward Izbicki

Enrollment
  
5,279 (as of 2014-15)

Schools
  
12

Faculty
  
447

Superintendent
  
Nicholas Perrapato

Affiliation(s)
  
Former Abbott district

Student-teacher ratio
  
11.8:1

Number of students
  
5,279


The Garfield Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Garfield, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide, which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.

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As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its 12 schools had an enrollment of 5,279 students and 447.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-lowest 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 (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Preschool
  • Garfield Early Childhood Learning Center (329 students; in PreK)
  • Garfield Public Preschool Annex (138; PreK)
  • Elementary schools
  • Washington Irving School #4 (422; K-5)
  • Woodrow Wilson School #5 (310; K-5)
  • Abraham Lincoln Elementary School #6 (360; PreK-5)
  • Roosevelt School #7 (355; K-5)
  • Christopher Columbus School #8 (413; PreK-5)
  • James Madison School #10 (393; K-5)
  • Middle school
  • Garfield Middle School (981; 6-8)
  • High school
  • Garfield High School (1,052; 9-12)
  • Alternative
  • Garfield Auxiliary Middle School & High School (63; 6-12)
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Nicholas Perrapato, Superintendent
  • Dr. Edward Izbicki, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • References

    Garfield Public Schools Wikipedia