Saddle River School District Explained

Saddle River School District
Logo Alt:This is the logo for the Saddle River School District.
Superintendent:Gina Cinotti
Businessadmin:Tom Duane
Address:97 East Allendale Road
Zipcode:07458
Country:United States
Coordinates:41.0314°N -74.0967°W
Schools:1
Enrollment:115 (as of 2022–23)
Ratio:7.0:1
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The Saddle River School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade from Saddle River, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] [2]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 115 students and 16.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.0:1.[3] In the 2016–17 school year, Saddle River was tied for the 28th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 150 students.[4]

The district was classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the-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]

Public school students from Saddle River attend the Ramsey Public School 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 each of the respective districts.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] As of the 2018–19 school year, Northern Highlands High School had an enrollment of 1,377 students and 110.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1.[12] while Ramsey High School had an enrollment of 870 students and 80.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[13] One of under ten districts with a dual send-receive relationship, three quarters of Saddle River's high school students attend Northern Highlands and about a quarter attend Ramsey High School.[14]

Schools

Wandell School served 162 students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as of the 2018–19 school year.[15]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[16]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of five members, sets policy and oversees 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 either one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2012) 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.[18] [19] [20]

As of 2012, school elections were shifted from April to the November general election as part of an effort to reduce the costs of a standalone April vote.[21]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/4620 School Performance Reports for the Saddle River School District
  2. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4620 New Jersey School Directory for the Saddle River School District
  3. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3414520&DistrictID=3414520 District information for Saddle River School District
  4. Guion, Payton. "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 28. Saddle River Borough (tie); Enrollment: 150; Grades: Pre-K-5; County: Bergen; Town population: 3,152"
  5. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
  6. Staff. "Tuition to rise $219 under new contract", Town Journal, November 19, 2009, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 4, 2016. Accessed November 14, 2017. "With no high school in the borough, Saddle River students have the option of enrolling in either Ramsey High School or Northern Highlands. The new deal replaces the previous agreement that covered 1998 to 2008."
  7. https://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/domain/247 Welcome
  8. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/03/4310/000.html Ramsey Public Schools 2016 Report Card Narrative
  9. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/03/3700/000.html Northern Highlands Regional High School 2016 Report Card Narrative
  10. http://www.wandellschool.org/Domain/53 Ramsey Schools Overview
  11. http://www.wandellschool.org/domain/54 Northern Highlands High School Overview
  12. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411730&ID=341173000646 School data for Northern Highlands Regional High School
  13. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413590&ID=341359000730 School data for Ramsey High School
  14. Obernauer, Eric. "Montague to poll parents on school preference", New Jersey Herald, June 27, 2015. Accessed November 14, 2017. "Among them is the Saddle River School District, an affluent K-5 district in Bergen County that formerly sent its students in grades 6-8 to Ramsey Middle School and its students in grades 9-12 to Ramsey High School. About 15 years ago, Saddle River formed dual send-receive relationships allowing students in grades 9-12 to choose between Ramsey and Northern Highlands high schools, both upscale districts as well. Fred Palumbo, the school business administrator in Saddle River, told the New Jersey Herald in a phone conversation about it last year that the arrangement has worked well, with an estimated 70-75 percent of students choosing Northern Highlands and the remaining 25-30 percent opting to remain in Ramsey."
  15. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3414520 School Data for the Saddle River School District
  16. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/bergen New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County
  17. https://sites.google.com/wandellschool.org/superintendent/home Superintendent
  18. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  19. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/18/4620.pdf#page=46 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Saddle River School District
  20. https://sites.google.com/wandellschool.org/boe/home Board of Education
  21. Kleimann, Karen; Clyde, John. "Districts moving school elections", Town Journal, February 15, 2012. Accessed November 30, 2014. "The Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Northern Highlands, Saddle River and Upper Saddle River boards of education voted to move their respective school elections to November for at least the next four annual elections. The five districts, along with a majority of school boards across the state, are moving their elections from April to November in hopes of sparing taxpayers the expense of a separate election, according to the New Jersey School Boards Association."

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