Alpine Public School | |
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500 Hillside Avenue Alpine, NJ 07620 |
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District information | |
Grades | K-8 |
Superintendent | Dr. Richard Brockel |
Business administrator | Daniel Hauser |
Schools | 1 |
Students and staff | |
Enrollment | 231 (as of 2014-15) |
Faculty | 22.6 FTEs |
Student-teacher ratio | 10.2:1 |
Other information | |
District Factor Group | I |
Website | http://www.alpineschool.org |
The Alpine Public School District is a community public school district serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade in the Borough of Alpine in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 231 students and 22.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
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.
For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Tenafly High School in Tenafly as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Tenafly Public Schools under which the Alpine district paid tuition of $14,392 per student for the 2011-12 school year. As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,158 students and 102.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
A $5 million construction project completed in 2016 updated the school building originally constructed in 1910, renovating about 4,700 square feet (440 m2) and adding a 10,800-square-foot (1,000 m2) wing that includes a performing arts center. The entire cost of the project was paid for by contributions from residents.