School district in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
Wood-Ridge School District |
---|
|
89 Hackensack Street
, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07075 United States |
|
Grades | PreK-12 |
---|
Superintendent | Anthony Albro |
---|
Business administrator | Jenine Murray |
---|
Schools | 3 |
---|
|
Enrollment | 1,282 (as of 2018–19)[1] |
---|
Faculty | 98.0 FTEs[1] |
---|
Student–teacher ratio | 13.1:1[1] |
---|
|
District Factor Group | FG |
---|
Website | www.wood-ridgeschools.org |
---|
Ind. |
Per pupil |
District spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 average |
%± vs. average
| 1A | Total Spending | $16,803 | 14 | $18,891 | −11.1% | 1 | Budgetary Cost | 12,307 | 9 | 14,783 | −16.7% | 2 | Classroom Instruction | 6,521 | 2 | 8,763 | −25.6% | 6 | Support Services | 1,880 | 18 | 2,392 | −21.4% | 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,868 | 40 | 1,485 | 25.8% | 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,591 | 24 | 1,783 | −10.8% | 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 439 | 26 | 268 | 63.8% | 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 53,868 | 8 | 64,043 | Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49 |
|
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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,282 students and 98.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1.[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]
For ninth through twelfth grades, students from Moonachie attend Wood-Ridge High School, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Moonachie School District.[5][6][7]
- ^ a b c d District information for Wood-Ridge School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
- ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ^ Wood-Ridge Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Wood-Ridge School District. Accessed June 20, 2020. "Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades K through 12 in the Wood-Ridge School District. Composition: The Wood-Ridge School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Wood-Ridge."
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 2, 2014.
- ^ Moonachie School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 20, 2020. "Moonachie is a one school district near the Meadowlands.... We service students from grades Pre-k to 8. We send our high school students to Woodridge High School."
- ^ Wood-Ridge Junior-Senior High School Profile 2017 -2018, Wood-Ridge Public School District. Accessed June 20, 2020. "Moonachie is a sending district and their students enter our school in the ninth grade."
- ^ Gavin, John A. "Council tells district to lower student estimates", The Record, May 18, 2010, backed up by the Internet Archive as of November 2, 2014. Accessed November 24, 2017. "The Borough Council wants the one-school district to lower estimates of how many students will attend Wood-Ridge High School, its receiving school, and predictions about how many students will be placed in special education programs outside the district."