| Ridgefield Park Public Schools | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Christopher R. Onorato | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Matthew J. Paladino | ||||
| Address: | 712 Lincoln Avenue Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 4 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 2,163 (as of 2009-10)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 174 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 12.43 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | DE | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.rpps.net | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $12,353 | 28 | $13,632 | -9.4% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 7,332 | 34 | 8,035 | -8.7% |
| 6 | Support Services | 2,010 | 47 | 2,166 | -7.2% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,403 | 34 | 1,379 | 1.7% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,148 | 2 | 1,674 | -31.4% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 448 | 54 | 258 | 73.6% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 60,496 | 49 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 1,801-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=70 |
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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.
Students from Little Ferry attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Little Ferry Public Schools that has been in place since 1953.[3][4]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 2,163 students and 174 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.43.[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.[5]
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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).[6] The school was one of 10 in New Jersey to be recognized that year.[7]
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.[8]
Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:
Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]