Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District

Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District
This is the logo for the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District.
Address
131 Yawpo Avenue
, Bergen County, 07436
United States
Coordinates41°01′11″N 74°13′52″W / 41.019728°N 74.231052°W / 41.019728; -74.231052
District information
Grades9-12
SuperintendentMelissa Quackenbush
Business administratorDora Zeno
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment2,008 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty200.6 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.rih.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending
Rank
(*)
9-12
average
%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$23,03936$18,89122.0%
1Budgetary Cost17,7733915,59214.0%
2Classroom Instruction9,440278,8077.2%
6Support Services2,660352,29416.0%
8Administrative Cost1,971451,59223.8%
10Operations & Maintenance2,369421,95421.2%
13Extracurricular Activities1,3024387349.1%
16Median Teacher Salary61,8071071,726
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of 9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47

The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District is a comprehensive regional public school district consisting of two four-year public high schools serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff, three suburban communities in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4][5] 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.[6][7]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 2,008 students and 200.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.0:1.[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.[8]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High 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. ^ Ramapo Indian Hills Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed July 29, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Composition: The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff."
  4. ^ Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 16, 2020. "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. ^ Sending Districts - FLOW Schools, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed July 29, 2024.
  6. ^ Van Dusen, Matthew. "Ramapo-Indian Hills schools chief to retire.", The Record, October 24, 2007. Accessed March 16, 2020. "Later, parents of Oakland students protested their lack of choice, and students in Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes and Oakland can now attend either school."
  7. ^ 8th Grade School Choice, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed March 16, 2020. "All eighth grade students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff may choose to attend the high school of their choice...."
  8. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 12, 2014.