Allendale School District
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100 Brookside Avenue Allendale, NJ 07401 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°01′45″N 74°08′12″W / 41.029064°N 74.136664°WCoordinates: 41°01′45″N 74°08′12″W / 41.029064°N 74.136664°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grades | PreK-8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superintendent | Michael J. Barcadepone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business administrator | Maria L. Engeleit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Enrollment | 922 (as of 2017-18)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty | 75.0 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Student–teacher ratio | 12.3:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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District Factor Group | I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Allendale School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in the Borough of Allendale, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2017-18 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 922 students and 75.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.[3]
There are two schools, one primary school (PreK-3) and one upper elementary school (4-8). The middle school program is located within the Brookside (4-8) building. The administration of the schools includes district-wide services through the Superintendent of Schools and the Board Secretary / Business Administrator. Additionally, in each school the administration includes a Principal.
For high school, public school students in Allendale for grades nine through twelve attend Northern Highlands Regional High School, which also serves students from Ho-Ho-Kus, Upper Saddle River and some of Saddle River's students (who have the option of attending either Northern Highlands or Ramsey High School, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the two districts).[4][5] As of the 2017-18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,352 students and 113.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.[6] New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Northern Highlands Regional High School as the 22nd-best high school of the 328 ranked schools in New Jersey in its 2012 rankings of the "Top Public High Schools" after being ranked 6th of 322 schools in 2010.[7]
History[]
Through the start of the 1957-58 school year, students from Allendale, Mahwah, Saddle River and Upper Saddle River all attended Ramsey High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective districts and the Ramsey Public School District.[8] Allendale, Mahwah and Upper Saddle River left the Ramsey district in September 1958 once Mahwah High School was completed; Allendale and Upper Saddle River joined the Northern Highlands District once the school was opened in 1965.[9]
Awards and recognition[]
NAMM named the district in its 2008 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 110 school districts nationwide.[10]
Schools[]
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Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics.[11]) are:[12]
- Hillside School[13] with 389 students in pre-kindergarten to 3rd grade
- Brookside School[16] with 524 students from 4th to 8th grades
Administration[]
Core members of the district's administration are:[14][18]
- Dr. Michael J. Barcadepone, Superintendent
- Maria L. Engeleit, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
The district's board of education has five members who set policy and oversee 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.[19][20] In 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]
References[]
- ^ a b c d District information for Allendale Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
- ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 30, 2014.
- ^ Staff. "Tuition to rise $219 under new contract", Town Journal, November 19, 2009. Accessed November 30, 2014. "With no high school in the borough, Saddle River students have the option of enrolling in either Ramsey High School or Northern Highlands."
- ^ Northern Highlands Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 31, 2016. "A four-year public high school, Northern Highlands strives to address the needs of all of its students who come from four towns in northern Bergen County: Allendale, Upper Saddle River, Ho-Ho-Kus, and Saddle River."
- ^ School data for Northern Highlands Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
- ^ Schlager, Ken; Staab, Amanda. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical - Here are the 2012 Top High Schools ranking listed alphabetically.", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed August 22, 2013.
- ^ "Boards Send Trustees to Study Session; Unit To Consider Plans For Regional Needs In High Schools; Meet in Ramsey", The Record, September 11, 1957. Accessed May 26, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "At present Waldwick students attend Midland Park School; and Allendale, Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, and Mahwah pupils attend Ramsey High School. When the new Mahwah High School is completed in 1958 or 1959 it will absorb Allendale pupils."
- ^ School History, Mahwah High School. Accessed May 26, 2021. "It was constructed in 1958-59 for $4 million. Before the new school opened, Mahwah's high school students attended Ramsey High School. Prior to the construction of Northern Highlands Regional High School in the mid-1960s, students from Allendale and Upper Saddle River attended what was then known as Mahwah Junior-Senior High School."
- ^ "NAMM Foundation Names the 'Best Communities for Music Education'", NAMM, April 30, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2009.
- ^ School Data for the Allendale School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
- ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Allendale School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
- ^ Hillside School, Allendale School District. Accessed January 27, 2020.
- ^ a b c 2019-2020 Student Parent Handbook, Allendale School District. Accessed January 27, 2020.
- ^ Contact Information, Hillside School. Accessed January 27, 2020.
- ^ Brookside School, Allendale School District. Accessed January 27, 2020.
- ^ Contact Information, Brookside School. Accessed January 27, 2020.
- ^ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
- ^ New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
- ^ Board of Education Members, Allendale School District. Accessed January 27, 2020.
- ^ Kleimann, Karen; Clyde, John. "Districts moving school elections", Town Journal, February 15, 2012. Accessed November 30, 2014. "The Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Northern Highlands, Saddle River and Upper Saddle River boards of education voted to move their respective school elections to November for at least the next four annual elections. The five districts, along with a majority of school boards across the state, are moving their elections from April to November in hopes of sparing taxpayers the expense of a separate election, according to the New Jersey School Boards Association."
External links[]
- Allendale, New Jersey
- New Jersey District Factor Group I
- School districts in Bergen County, New Jersey