Wood-Ridge School District

Wood-Ridge School District
Superintendent: Dr. Elaine Giugliano
Business Administrator: Tom Perez
Address: 89 Hackensack Street
Wood Ridge, NJ 07075
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 3
Enrollment: 1,149 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 59.2
Student–teacher ratio: 19.4
District Factor Group: FG
Web site: http://www.wood-ridgeschools.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $10,520 1 $13,632 -22.8%
2 Classroom Instruction 5,999 1 8,035 -25.3%
6 Support Services 1,306 4 2,166 -39.7%
8 Administrative Cost 1,395 10 1,379 1.2%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,433 22 1,674 -14.4%
13 Extracurricular Activities 382 19 258 48.1%
16 Median Teacher Salary 47,126 4 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 0-1800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=45

The Wood-Ridge School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Wood-Ridge in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

For grades nine through twelve, students from Moonachie attend Wood-Ridge High School, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Moonachie School District.[3]

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,149 students and 59.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 19.4.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth 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.[4]

Contents

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5] and administration[6]) are:

Elementary School
Middle School
High School

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Wood-Ridge School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Wood-Ridge High School 2007 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 27, 2008. "Wood-Ridge High School is a four year, comprehensive high school with an enrollment of 419 students for the 2006-2007 school year. The district maintains a receiving relationship with the neighboring community of Moonachie, whereby its high school students attend Wood-Ridge High School."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  5. ^ Data for the Wood-Ridge School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 12, 2009.
  6. ^ Wood-Ridge Board of Education, Wood-Ridge Public School District. Accessed September 20, 2007.
  7. ^ BOE Profile, Wood-Ridge School District. Accessed November 2, 2009.
  8. ^ Bergen County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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