Elmwood Park Public Schools
| Elmwood Park Public Schools | |
|---|---|
| 60 East 53rd Street Elmwood Park, NJ 07407 |
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| District information | |
| Grades | pre-K to 12 |
| Superintendent | Anthony Grieco |
| Business administrator | John DiPaola |
| Schools | 5 |
| Students and staff | |
| Enrollment | 2,540 (as of 2014-15) |
| Faculty | 160.2 FTEs |
| Student-teacher ratio | 15.9:1 |
| Other information | |
| District Factor Group | CD |
| Website | www |
Elmwood Park Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Elmwood Park, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its five schools had an enrollment of 2,540 students and 160.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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.
Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
The high school's football team had a 41-game losing streak that extended from 2002 until September 30, 2006, when they defeated the Manchester Regional High School Falcons, 33-14, snapping the four-year-long losing streak.
Core members of the district's administration are:
Tom Egan was appointed as fiscal monitor in August 2013 by Secretary of Education Christopher Cerf to address a persistent imbalance in the district's finances, which ended in deficit for two consecutive school years. Egan was replaced by Angela DeSimone in January 2015.
The Elmwood Park Board of Education is made up of nine voting members who are elected to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year. The Board of Education is primarily responsible for approving or disapproving the Superintendent's agenda. Elections for Board of Education were traditionally held on the third Tuesday in April; however, beginning with the 2012 election, the Board of Education election was shifted to the November general election.
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