Hillsdale Public Schools
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| Grades | K-8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Richard A. Spirito | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Lirca Garcia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 1,398 (as of 2011-12)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 103.3 FTEs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 13.53:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | GH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.hillsdaleschools.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Hillsdale Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade in Hillsdale, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,398 students and 103.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.53:1.[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.[3]
Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Pascack Valley High School along with students from neighboring River Vale. The school is part of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District, which also serves students from Montvale and Woodcliff Lake at Pascack Hills High School.During the 1994-96 school years, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.[4] As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,243 students and 88.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1. There were 13 students (1.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 7 (.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:[6]
- Elementary schools
- Ann Blanche Smith School[7] with 379 students in Kindergarten through 4th grade
- Meadowbrook Elementary School[8] with 366 students in grades Pre-K-4
- Middle school
- George G. White Middle School[9] with 653 students in grades 5-8
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]
- Richard A. Spirito, Superintendent of Schools
- Lirca Garcia, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
- ^ a b c District information for Hillsdale School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 4, 2014. Cite error: The named reference "NCES" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 4, 2014.
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 31, 2016.
- ^ School Data for the Hillsdale Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 4, 2014.
- ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Hillsdale Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 4, 2014.
- ^ Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale Public Schools. Accessed December 4, 2014.
- ^ Meadowbrook Elementary School, Hillsdale Public Schools. Accessed December 4, 2014.
- ^ George G. White Middle School, Hillsdale Public Schools. Accessed December 4, 2014.
- ^ District Administration, Hillsdale Public Schools. Accessed December 4, 2014
- ^ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 4, 2014.
External links
- Hillsdale Public Schools
- School Performance Reports for the Hillsdale Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the Hillsdale Public Schools, National Center for Education Statisticsa district of schools
- Pascack Valley Regional High School District
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