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Ringwood Public School District

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Grades
  
K-8

Business administrator
  
Warren Mitchell

Student-teacher ratio
  
12.6:1

Number of students
  
1,218 (2013–2014)

Faculty
  
96.5

Superintendent
  
Hugh E. Beattie

Enrollment
  
1,218 (as of 2013-14)

District Factor Group
  
GH

Schools
  
4

Profiles

The Ringwood Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Ringwood in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.

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As of the 2013-14 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,218 students and 96.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1.

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 in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Lakeland Regional High School in Wanaque, which serves students from the Boroughs of Ringwood and Wanaque. As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 962 students and 94.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2013-14 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Elementary schools
  • Peter Cooper Elementary School (grades K-3; 258 students), which was built in 1963
  • Timothy Johnson, Principal
  • Robert Erskine Elementary School (K-3; 244), which was built in 1960
  • Janice Lopez, Principal
  • Eleanor G. Hewitt Intermediate School (4-5; 282), which was built in 1937 with an annex built in 1952 and trailers added in 1959
  • Nancy Dondero, Principal
  • Middle school
  • Martin J. Ryerson Middle School (6-8; 434), which was built in 1970
  • Paul Scutti, Principal
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Hugh E. Beattie, Superintendent of Schools
  • Warren Mitchell, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • References

    Ringwood Public School District Wikipedia