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Grades
  
K-12

Enrollment
  
2,717 (as of 2011-12)

District Factor Group
  
GH

Number of students
  
2,717 (2011–2012)

Faculty
  
207

Business administrator
  
Keith Rosado

Student-teacher ratio
  
13.13:1

Schools
  
6

Superintendent
  
Ray Gonzalez

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Profiles

The Westwood Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from the communities of the Borough of Westwood and Washington Township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, two communities located approximately 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Midtown Manhattan.

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Map of Westwood Regional School District, NJ, USA

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 2,717 students and 207.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.13:1.

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.

Awards and recognition

For the 2000-01 school year, Brookside Upper Elementary School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.

Schools

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

Elementary schools (K-5)
  • Berkeley Avenue Elementary School - 279 students
  • Michael J. Fiorello - Principal
  • Brookside Elementary School - 380 students
  • Tom Conroy - Principal
  • Jessie F. George Elementary School - 288 students
  • Jessica Gluck - Principal
  • Washington Elementary School - 298 students
  • Melissa Palianto - Principal
  • Middle school
  • Westwood Regional Middle School - for grades 6 and 7 opened in Fall 2010 - 450 students
  • Shelley LaForgia - Principal
  • Kenneth Russo - Assistant Principal
  • High school
  • Westwood Regional High School - 1,022 students in grades 8-12
  • Frank Connelly - Principal (Senior High School)
  • Michael Corso - Assistant Principal (Grades 8, 9 and 11)
  • Christopher Mello - Assistant Principal (Grades 10 and 12)
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Ray Gonzalez, Superintendent
  • Keith A. Rosado, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • References

    Westwood Regional School District Wikipedia


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