The Edgewater Public Schools is a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in kindergarten

Kindergarten

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 through sixth grades from Edgewater

Edgewater, New Jersey

Edgewater is a borough located along the Hudson River in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 census, the borough had a population of 11,513...

, in Bergen County

Bergen County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 492 students and 41.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

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 as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third 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 grades 7 - 12, public school students are sent to the Leonia Public Schools

Leonia Public Schools

The Leonia Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through Twelfth grade from Leonia, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States....

 as part of a sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

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. Students attend Leonia Middle School for grades 7 and 8 (which had 451 students in grades 6 - 8), and Leonia High School

Leonia High School

Leonia High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grade from the Borough of Leonia in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Leonia Public Schools...

 which had 624 students in grades 9 - 12, all as of 2008-09.

School

Students in grades K to 6 attend the Eleanor Van Gelder School, which served 492 students (based on 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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).

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Lorraine Cella, Superintendent
• Audrey Mioli, Board Secretary / Business Administrator

External links

• Eleanor Van Gelder School
• Data for the Edgewater Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
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• Leonia Public Schools
• Leonia Middle School