Oakland Public Schools

This article is about the school district in New Jersey. For the public school system in Oakland, California, see Oakland Unified School District. For the school district in Michigan, see Oakland Schools.

Oakland Public Schools
This is the logo for Oakland Public Schools.
Address
315 Ramapo Valley Road
Oakland
, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07436
United States
Coordinates41°01′21″N 74°14′40″W / 41.022556°N 74.244461°W / 41.022556; -74.244461
District information
GradesK-8
SuperintendentGina M. Coffaro
Business administratorAnnette Wells
Schools4
Students and staff
Enrollment1,326 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty130.8 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.oaklandschoolsnj.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,86554$18,891−5.4%
1Budgetary Cost14,8096014,1594.6%
2Classroom Instruction8,796518,6591.6%
6Support Services2,507672,16715.7%
8Administrative Cost1,957791,54726.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,440331,612−10.7%
13Extracurricular Activities7427104−28.8%
16Median Teacher Salary68,4397561,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Oakland Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade from the borough of Oakland in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,326 students and 130.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.1:1.[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.[3]

Students in ninth through twelfth grades for public school attend the schools of the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, a regional district serving students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland and Wyckoff.[4] Students entering the district as freshmen have the option to attend either of the district's high schools, regardless of their residence, subject to a choice made during eighth grade.[5][6] Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are Indian Hills High School, located in Oakland[8] with 736 students and Ramapo High School, located in Franklin Lakes[9] with 1,243 students.[10]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Oakland Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 23, 2014.
  4. ^ Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 1, 2016. "The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District serves students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff in a comprehensive two-campus setting. Students from the three communities may choose which of the two high schools they wish to attend for their four-year high school experience."
  5. ^ Van Dusen, Matthew. "Ramapo-Indian Hills schools chief to retire.", The record, October 24, 2007. Accessed October 23, 2014. "Later, parents of Oakland students protested their lack of choice, and students in Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes and Oakland can now attend either school."
  6. ^ Eighth Grade School Choice Archived 2012-09-08 at archive.today, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed October 23, 2014. "All eighth grade students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff may choose to attend the high school of their choice...."
  7. ^ School Data for the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  8. ^ Indian Hills High School, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed February 14, 2024.
  9. ^ Ramapo High School, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed February 14, 2024.
  10. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.