Upper Saddle River School District Explained

Upper Saddle River School District
Logo Alt:This is the logo for the Upper Saddle River School District.
Superintendent:Brad Siegel
Businessadmin:Dana Imbasciani
Address:395 West Saddle River Road
Zipcode:07458
Country:United States
Coordinates:41.063°N -74.0984°W
Schools:3
Enrollment:1,133 (as of 2018–19)
Ratio:10.4:1
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Website:District website

The Upper Saddle River School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Upper Saddle River in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1]

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,133 students and 108.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1.[2]

The district is 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.[3]

For high school, public school students in Upper Saddle River for ninth through twelfth grades attend Northern Highlands Regional High School, which also serves students from Allendale and Ho-Ho-Kus, along with some of Saddle River's students (who have the option of attending either Northern Highlands or Ramsey High School, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the two districts).[4] [5] [6] As of the 2018–19 school year, the 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.[7]

History

Through the start of the 1957-58 school year, students from Upper Saddle River, as well as those from Allendale, Mahwah and Saddle River all attended Ramsey High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective districts and the Ramsey Public School District.[8] Allendale, Mahwah and Upper Saddle River left the Ramsey district in September 1958 once Mahwah High School was completed; Allendale and Upper Saddle River joined the Northern Highlands District once the school was opened in 1965.[9]

Awards and recognition

Edith A. Bogert Elementary School was honored by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program in 2019, one of nine schools in the state recognized as Exemplary High Performing Schools.[10]

Schools

The schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[11]) are:[12] [13] [14]

Elementary schools
Middle school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration include:[18] [19]

Board of education

The district's board of education, composed of nine 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 three 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.[20] [21] [22]

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.[23]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=a6833e856c3d4091ad729edf7b02b969 Upper Saddle River Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Idemtification
  2. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3416620&DistrictID=3416620 District information for Upper Saddle River 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.northernhighlands.org/cms/lib/NJ01000179/Centricity/Domain/4/0110-%20Identification.pdf Northern Highlands Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
  5. https://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/03/3700/000.html Northern Highlands Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative
  6. Staff. "Tuition to rise $219 under new contract", Town Journal, November 19, 2009. Accessed November 30, 2014. "With no high school in the borough, Saddle River students have the option of enrolling in either Ramsey High School or Northern Highlands."
  7. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411730&ID=341173000646 School data for Northern Highlands Regional High School
  8. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/489587220/ "Boards Send Trustees to Study Session; Unit To Consider Plans For Regional Needs In High Schools; Meet in Ramsey"
  9. https://www.mahwah.k12.nj.us/Page/564 School History
  10. https://nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/awardwinners/reports/2019/2019_exemplary_high_performing_schools.pdf#page=19 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools Exemplary High Performing Schools
  11. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3416620 School Data for the Upper Saddle River Public Schools
  12. https://www.usrschoolsk8.com/domain/18 District Profile
  13. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/5330 School Performance Reports for the Upper Saddle River School District
  14. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/5330 New Jersey School Directory for the Upper Saddle River School District
  15. https://www.usrschoolsk8.com/Reynolds Robert D. Reynolds Primary School
  16. https://www.usrschoolsk8.com/Bogert Edith A. Bogert Elementary School
  17. https://www.usrschoolsk8.com/Cavallini Emil A. Cavallini Middle School
  18. https://www.usrschoolsk8.com/domain/1329 Staff Directory
  19. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/bergen New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County
  20. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  21. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/19/5330.pdf#page=41 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Upper Saddle River School District
  22. https://www.usrschoolsk8.com/Page/1096 Board of Education Members
  23. 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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