Faculty 182.8 FTEs 1A Total Spending $18,633 63 Schools 5 Business administrator Alan Reiffe Student-teacher ratio 17.2:1 | District Factor Group I Total Spending $18,633 Number of students 3,139 (2014–2015) Grades K-8 Enrollment 3,139 (as of 2014-15) Superintendent Richard Kuder | |
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The Wyckoff School District is a community public school district, serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Wyckoff in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
Contents
- Map of Wyckoff School District Wyckoff NJ 07481 USA
- History
- Awards and recognition
- Schools
- Special education
- Administration
- References
Map of Wyckoff School District, Wyckoff, NJ 07481, USA
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its five schools had an enrollment of 3,139 students and 182.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.
Public high school students from Wyckoff in ninth through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, which also serves students from Franklin Lakes and Oakland. Students entering the district as freshmen have the option to attend either of the district's high schools, subject to a choice made during eighth grade. Franklin Lakes, Oakland and Wyckoff (FLOW district) approved the creation of a regional high school in 1954. Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Indian Hills High School, located in Oakland (1,226 students) and Ramapo High School, located in Franklin Lakes (1,088 students).
History
The first school in the town was a one-room school built on Wyckoff Avenue in 1869 and used until 1906, when it was demolished. The first George Washington School had been used but was burned in a fire in 1911. Prior to 1929, high school students attended Central High School in Paterson, before the Board of Education voted to send students to Ramsey High School (New Jersey) in Ramsey instead.
Awards and recognition
For the 1998-99 school year, Eisenhower Middle School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve. In the 2003-04 school year, it received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.
For the 2005-06 school year, the Wyckoff School District was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "A Reading Af'fair' to Remember" Language Arts Literacy program at Abraham Lincoln School.
Schools
The schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
Special education
Wyckoff is a member of the Northwest Bergen Council for Special Education Region 1, which includes 12 member districts which work together to provide special education services on a regional basis. Wyckoff is responsible for four of the special education classes in the Northwest Council. Special education classes are located in Sicomac School.
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are: