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Grades
  
pre-K to 12

Business administrator
  
Julia Depinto Perez

Student-teacher ratio
  
10.97:1

Number of schools
  
3

Faculty
  
166.1

Superintendent
  
Joanne Megargee

Enrollment
  
1,822 (as of 2011-12)

District Factor Group
  
GH

Number of students
  
1,822

Leonia Public Schools

The Leonia Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Leonia, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

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Map of Leonia Borough, NJ, USA

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,822 students and 166.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.97:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.

Students from Edgewater attend the district's schools for grades 7-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Edgewater Public Schools.

In 2005, Leonia Middle School finished the construction of its new addition. That marked the completion of the expansion of the Leonia Public Schools, along with the completion of the high school's math and science wing and Anna C. Scott Elementary School's addition and renovation, completed in 2002 and 2001, respectively.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

  • Anna C. Scott Elementary School (grades PreK-5, 664 students)
  • Maria Barcelo Martinez - Principal
  • Erich Breyer - Vice Principal
  • Leonia Middle School (6-8, 477 students)
  • David Saco - Principal
  • Christine Davis - Vice Principal
  • Leonia High School (9-12, 681 students)
  • Edward Bertolini - Principal
  • Charles Kalender - Vice Principal
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Joanne Megargee - Superintendent
  • Julia Depinto Perez - Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • References

    Leonia Public Schools Wikipedia