Ramsey Public School District Explained

Ramsey Public School District
Superintendent:	Andrew C. Matteo
Businessadmin:	Thomas W. O'Hern
Address:	25 N. Franklin Turnpike
Zipcode:	07446
Country:	United States
Coordinates:	41.0577°N -74.1352°W
Schools:	5
Enrollment:	2,598 (as of 2021–22)
Ratio:	10.3:1
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The Ramsey Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Ramsey in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[1]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 2,598 students and 252.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.3:1.^[2]

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 from Saddle River's Wandell School attend the district's middle school and then have the option of attending either Ramsey High School or Northern Highlands Regional High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Saddle River School District and each of the respective districts.^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Awards and recognition

For the 1995–96 school year, Eric S. Smith Middle School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.^[9]

Construction and district reconfiguration

On September 30, 2003, residents of Ramsey passed a referendum providing for the construction of a new Dater School, the construction of a new, six-lane track at the High School, and the renovation of the High School, Smith School and Hubbard School.

• Ramsey High School's Track is now a six-lane, all-weather track and was completed in Fall/Winter 2004.
• Ramsey High School will be renovating and adding classrooms. Construction was supposed to take place over the 2005-2006 school year and to be completed around July 2006, but this work was pushed back a year, with work to begin at the end of the 2005-2006 school year.
• Eric S. Smith Middle School is reconfiguring and expanding its media center, cafeteria, and gymnasium, and creating new classrooms.
• Mary A. Hubbard School will be converted into a building suitable for grades K-3, which actually is a partial return to its roots as a K-5 school. Some new rooms will be built, and others will be renovated.
• The Wesley D. Tisdale School is not included in any construction or renovation projects.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[10]) are:^{[11] [12] [13]}

Elementary schools

• Mary A. Hubbard Elementary School^[14] with 371 students in grades PreK–3
  • Kathy Pina^[15]
• Wesley D. Tisdale Elementary School^[16] with 332 students in grades PreK–3
  • Gina Aliano, principal^[17]
• John Y. Dater Elementary School^[18] with 385 students in grades 4–5
  • Courtney J. Rejent, principal^[19]

Middle school

• Eric S. Smith Middle School^[20] with 647 students in grades 6–8
  • Christine Davis, interim principal^[21]

High school

• Ramsey High School^[22] with 828 students in grades 9–12
  • Michael J. Thumm, principal^[23]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[24]

• Andrew C. Matteo, superintendent^[25]
• Thomas W. O'Hern, business administrator and board secretary^[26]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2015) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^{[27] [28] [29]}

External links

• Ramsey Public School District
  • School Data for the Ramsey Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics

Notes and References

1. https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=63f5e8289bfe4083b62ddd21a70f969f Ramsey Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
2. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3413590&DistrictID=3413590 District information for Ramsey School District
3. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
4. https://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/domain/247 Welcome
5. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/03/4310/000.html Ramsey Public Schools 2016 Report Card Narrative
6. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/03/3700/000.html Northern Highlands Regional High School 2016 Report Card Narrative
7. https://www.wandellschool.org/Domain/53 Ramsey Schools Overview
8. https://www.wandellschool.org/domain/54 Northern Highlands Regional High School Overview
9. https://web.archive.org/web/20061218221123/http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/ss/ss3.pl?string=id=022&maxhits=10000 Star School Award recipient detail
10. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413590 School Data for the Ramsey Public School District
11. https://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/domain/462 District Directory
12. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/4310 School Performance Reports for the Ramsey School District
13. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4310 New Jersey School Directory for the Ramsey Public School District
14. https://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/Dater Mary A. Hubbard Elementary School
15. https://sites.google.com/ramsey.k12.nj.us/hubbard-pina Principal's Page
16. https://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/Tisdale Wesley D. Tisdale Elementary School
17. https://sites.google.com/ramsey.k12.nj.us/tisdale-galiano Principal's Page
18. https://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/Dater John Y. Dater Elementary School
19. https://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/domain/497 Principal's Page
20. https://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/Smith Eric Smith Middle School
21. https://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/domain/212 Principal's Page
22. https://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/rhs Ramsey High School
23. https://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/domain/138 Principal's Page
24. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/bergen New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County
25. https://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/domain/4790 Superintendent
26. https://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/domain/332 Business and Finance Department
27. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
28. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/21/4310.pdf#page=49 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Ramsey Public Schools
29. https://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/domain/30 Board Members