Saddle River School District
School district in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
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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.[3][4]
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97 East Allendale Road
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| Coordinates | 41.031428°N 74.096736°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK-5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Jennifer Macones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Thomas O'Hern | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 125 (as of 2024–25)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 14.7 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 8.5:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of the 2024–25 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 125 students and 14.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.5:1.[1] 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.[5]
The district had been 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.[6]
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.[7][8][9][10] As of the 2024–25 school year, the Northern Highlands Regional High School had an enrollment of 1,257 students and 109.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1,[11] while Ramsey High School had an enrollment of 739 students and 77.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.5:1.[12] One of under ten districts in the state 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.[13]
Schools
Wandell School served 116 students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as of the 2024–25 school year.[14]
Administration
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]