Fort Lee School District
| Fort Lee School District | |
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| 2175 Lemoine Avenue Fort Lee, NJ 07024 |
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| District information | |
| Grades | Pre-K to 12 |
| Superintendent | Kenneth Rota |
| Business administrator | Haqquisha Q. Taylor |
| Schools | 6 |
| Students and staff | |
| Enrollment | 3,893 (as of 2014-15) |
| Faculty | 285.3 FTEs |
| Student-teacher ratio | 13.6:1 |
| Other information | |
| District Factor Group | FG |
| Website | www |
The Fort Lee School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Fort Lee, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 3,893 students and 285.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.
During the 2010-11 school year, School #3 was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive, one of only 10 schools statewide to be honored. The school was one of three in Bergen County honored that year.
Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
Core members of the district's administration are:
Former District Superintendent Dr. Raymond Bandlow announced in August 2011 that although he had over two years left on his contract, he would be retiring in New Jersey effective October 31 to accept a position as superintendent of the Beacon City Schools in Beacon, New York. In addition to collecting a New Jersey pension, Bandlow will receive an annual salary below the $210,000 he had been receiving in Fort Lee, but more than the nearly $165,000 he would have received in a new contract in Fort Lee following restrictions on salaries imposed by Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie.
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