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Ridgefield Park Public Schools

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Grades
  
K-12

Business administrator
  
Matthew J. Paladino

Student-teacher ratio
  
12.85:1

Number of students
  
2,247 (2011–2012)

Faculty
  
174.8

Superintendent
  
Mr. Eric W. Koenig

Enrollment
  
2,247 (as of 2011-12)

District Factor Group
  
DE

Schools
  
4

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The Ridgefield Park Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from the Village of Ridgefield Park, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

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Map of Ridgefield Park Public Schools, NJ, USA

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 2,247 students and 174.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.85:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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 Little Ferry attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Little Ferry Public Schools that has been in place since 1953.

Awards and recognition

Grant School was recognized by the United States Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Schools Program for the 2009-10 school year, "the most prestigious designation in education". While 49% of students had failed the Elementary School Proficiency Assessment in 2001, by 2010 all of the school's students were deemed proficient by the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJASK). The school was one of 10 in New Jersey to be recognized that year.

For the 2005-06 school year, Ridgefield Park High School was one of 22 schools statewide selected as Governor's School of Excellence Winners, an award given to schools that have demonstrated significant academic improvement over the previous two academic years.

Schools

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 2,247 students and 174.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.85:1. Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Elementary schools
  • Grant Elementary School (226 students; in grades K-6)
  • Lincoln Elementary School (375; K-6)
  • Roosevelt Elementary School (422; K-6)
  • High school
  • Ridgefield Park High School (1,224; 7-12)
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Mr. Eric W. Koenig, Superintendent of Schools
  • Matthew J. Paladino, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • References

    Ridgefield Park Public Schools Wikipedia