Leonia Public Schools
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School district
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that serves students in Kindergarten through Twelfth grade from Leonia
Leonia, New Jersey
Leonia is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 8,937. It is located near the western approach to the George Washington Bridge....
, in Bergen County
Bergen County, New Jersey
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, New Jersey
New Jersey
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, United States.
Students 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...
attended the district's schools for grades 7-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship
Sending/receiving relationship
A sending/receiving relationship is one in which a public school district sends some or all of its students to attend the schools of another district. This is often done to achieve costs savings in smaller districts or continues after districts have grown as part of a historical relationship...
with the Edgewater Public Schools
Edgewater Public Schools
The Edgewater Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through sixth grades from Edgewater, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States....
. Edgewater sends approximately 260 students who attend the district's middle school and high school.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,761 students and 164.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7.
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.
The Leonia High School Academy for Pharmacy, Medicine and Technology prepares students for careers in the medical field, who are required to take an additional science class throughout their enrollment in the program. Leonia High School's graduation requirements are among the most rigorous in the state. The school has nine periods per day with no study halls.
In 2005, Leonia Middle School finished the construction of its new addition. That marked the completion of the expansion of the Leonia Public Schools, along with the completion of the high school's math and science wing and Anna C. Scott Elementary School's addition and renovation, completed in 2002 and 2001, respectively.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education Statistics
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) are:
- Anna C. Scott Elementary School (grades K-5, 686 students)
- Maria Barcelo Martinez - Principal
- Bridget Hozumi - Vice Principal
- Leonia Middle School (6-8, 451 students)
- Dr. Nicholas Bernice - Principal
- David Saco - Vice Principal
- Leonia High SchoolLeonia High SchoolLeonia 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...
(9-12, 624 students)- Edward Bertolini - Principal
- Ellen Hausner - Vice Principal
Administration
The district administration is as follows:- Dr. Bernard Josefsberg - Superintendent
- Julia Depinto Perez - Business Administrator / Board Secretary
External links
- Leonia Public Schools
- Data for the Leonia Public Schools, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...