Edgewater Public Schools
School district in Bergen County, New Jersey, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Edgewater Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through sixth grades from Edgewater, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]
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251 Undercliff Avenue
, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07020United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40.822044°N 73.978714°W / 40.822044; -73.978714 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grades | PreK-6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superintendent | Siobhan Tauchert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business administrator | Wally Lindsley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Students and staff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Enrollment | 1,022 (as of 2018–19)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty | 70.3 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Student–teacher ratio | 14.5:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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District Factor Group | GH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 1,022 students and 70.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1.[1] With district enrollment increasing rapidly, George Washington School opened in September 2012, having been constructed with a third floor to accommodate enrollment growth in the district that was anticipated to rise from 628 in 2011 to as much as 925 in 2015.[4]
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.[5]
For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students from the borough are sent to the Leonia Public Schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[6][7] Schools in the district attended by Edgewater students (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are Leonia Middle School[9] with 533 students in grades 6 - 8 (Edgewater students attend for grades 7&8) and Leonia High School[10] with 740 students in grades 9 - 12.[11][12]