The Maywood Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from the Borough of Maywood

Maywood, New Jersey

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, in Bergen County

Bergen County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

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, United States

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.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 870 students and 52.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.7.

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 "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.

After graduating from Maywood Avenue School, students in public school for grades 9 - 12 attend Hackensack High School

Hackensack High School

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 in Hackensack

Hackensack, New Jersey

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, as part of a sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

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 with the Hackensack Public Schools

Hackensack Public Schools

The Hackensack Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from the City of Hackensack, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States....

, together with students from Rochelle Park

Rochelle Park, New Jersey

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 and South Hackensack

South Hackensack, New Jersey

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. Students may also attend the Bergen County Academies

Bergen County Academies

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 or other schools.

Awards and recognition

For the 1996-97 school year, Memorial School was formally designated as a National Blue Ribbon School

Blue Ribbon Schools Program

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, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:

• Memorial School which housed 430 students from pre-school to third grade.
• Maywood Avenue School
  Maywood Avenue School
  Maywood Avenue School in Maywood, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, teaches grades four through eight as part of the Maywood Public Schools. Part of the school was used for the Greenwood Early Learning Center which was primarily used to run Pre-K and Kindergarten programs, but as of 2008,...
  
   served 470 students in the fourth through eight grade. The school offers a wide variety of afterschool activities ranging from cheerleading to chess club. Older students have the opportunity to contribute to their school newspaper, The Hawk, and their yearbook.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Michael Jordan - Superintendent of Schools
• Margot Getman, Business Administrator

External links

• Maywood Public Schools
• Maywood Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
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• Hackensack High School