Wyckoff School District

The Wyckoff School District is a community public school district, serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Wyckoff in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

Wyckoff School District
Address
241 Morse Avenue
Wyckoff, NJ 07481
United States
Coordinates41.010344°N 74.16976°W / 41.010344; -74.16976
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentDr. Jeffrey Feifer (interim)
Business administratorPatricia Salvati
Schools5
Students and staff
Enrollment1,992 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty176.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitehttp://www.wyckoffps.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,63363$18,891−1.4%
1Budgetary Cost15,3126714,1598.1%
2Classroom Instruction8,985598,6593.8%
6Support Services2,612742,16720.5%
8Administrative Cost1,982841,54728.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,658551,6122.9%
13Extracurricular Activities6922104−33.7%
16Median Teacher Salary64,8226461,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

As of the 2017-18 school year, the district and its five schools had an enrollment of 1,992 students and 176.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1.[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]

Public high school students from Wyckoff in ninth through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, which also serves students from Franklin Lakes and Oakland.[4] Students entering the district as freshmen have the option to attend either of the district's high schools, subject to a choice made during eighth grade.[5][6] Franklin Lakes, Oakland and Wyckoff (FLOW district) approved the creation of a regional high school in 1954. Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are Indian Hills High School, located in Oakland[8] (1,109 students) and Ramapo High School, located in Franklin Lakes[9] (1,174 students).[10]

History

The first school in the town was a one-room school built on Wyckoff Avenue in 1869 and used until 1906, when it was demolished. The first George Washington School had been used but was burned in a fire in 1911. Prior to 1929, high school students attended Central High School in Paterson, before the Board of Education voted to send students to Ramsey High School (New Jersey) in Ramsey instead.

Awards and recognition

For the 1998-99 school year, Eisenhower Middle School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.[11] In the 2003-04 school year, it received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[12]

For the 2005-06 school year, the Wyckoff School District was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "A Reading Af'fair' to Remember" Language Arts Literacy program at Abraham Lincoln School.[13]

Schools

The schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[14]) are:[15]

Elementary schools
  • Coolidge Elementary School,[16] located at 420 Grandview Avenue, is an elementary school which opened in 1932 as a 6-room K-6 school and has been expanded several times over the years. (306 students; in grades K-5)
    • Robert Famularo, Principal
  • Lincoln Elementary School,[17] located at 325 Mason Avenue, was dedicated in 1953 on land purchased in 1950. (323; K-5)
    • Patrick Lee, Principal
  • Sicomac Elementary School,[18] located at 356 Sicomac Avenue, was completed in 1967. (286; PreK-5)
    • Stephen Raimo, Principal
  • Washington Elementary School[19] located at 270 Woodland Avenue, was constructed as an 11-room brick building on the site where the previous school had burned down. (335; K-5)
    • Scott Blake, Principal
Middle school
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School,[20] located at 344 Calvin Court, the school was approved in 1960 and dedicated in 1963. Since 1996, Eisenhower has served grades 6, 7, and 8. (718; 6-8)
    • Christopher Iasiello, Principal
      • Christopher Giodahdi, Vice Principal

Special education

Wyckoff is a member of the Northwest Bergen Council for Special Education Region 1, which includes 12 member districts which work together to provide special education services on a regional basis. Wyckoff is responsible for four of the special education classes in the Northwest Council. Special education classes are located in Sicomac School.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[21][22]

  • Dr. Jeffrey Feifer, Interim Superintendent of Schools
  • Patricia Salvati, Business Administrator/Board Secretary

References
  1. District information for Wyckoff Township Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2009.
  4. Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 1, 2016. "The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District serves students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff in a comprehensive two-campus setting. Students from the three communities may choose which of the two high schools they wish to attend for their four-year high school experience."
  5. Van Dusen, Matthew. "Ramapo-Indian Hills schools chief to retire.", The Record (Bergen County), October 24, 2007. Accessed August 19, 2014. "Later, parents of Oakland students protested their lack of choice, and students in Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes and Oakland can now attend either school."
  6. Eighth Grade School Choice Archived 2012-09-08 at Archive.today, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed August 19, 2014.. "All eighth grade students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff may choose to attend the high school of their choice...."
  7. School Data for the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  8. Indian Hills High School, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed January 9, 2020.
  9. Ramapo High School, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed January 9, 2020.
  10. New Jersey School Directory for the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient detail 1998-99 school year, Eisenhower Middle School, accessed July 13, 2006.
  12. 2003 No Child Left Behind – Blue Ribbon Schools, United States Department of Education. Accessed August 19, 2014.
  13. New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06, accessed October 23, 2006
  14. School Data for the Wyckoff School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  15. New Jersey School Directory for the Wyckoff School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  16. Calvin Coolidge School, Wyckoff School District. Accessed January 9, 2020.
  17. Abraham Lincoln School, Wyckoff School District. Accessed January 9, 2020.
  18. Sicomac School, Wyckoff School District. Accessed January 9, 2020.
  19. George Washington School, Wyckoff School District. Accessed January 9, 2020.
  20. Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School, Wyckoff School District. Accessed January 9, 2020.
  21. Central Office Staff Directory, Wyckoff School District. Accessed January 9, 2020.
  22. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
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