Wood-Ridge School District

The Wood-Ridge School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Wood-Ridge in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

Wood-Ridge School District
Address
89 Hackensack Street Wood-Ridge , Bergen County, New Jersey, 07075 United States
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Anthony Albro
Business administrator	Jenine Murray
Schools	3
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,282 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	98.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	13.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	www.wood-ridgeschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,803 14 $18,891 −11.1% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,307 9 14,783 −16.7% 2 Classroom Instruction 6,521 2 8,763 −25.6% 6 Support Services 1,880 18 2,392 −21.4% 8 Administrative Cost 1,868 40 1,485 25.8% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,591 24 1,783 −10.8% 13 Extracurricular Activities 439 26 268 63.8% 16 Median Teacher Salary 53,868 8 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,282 students and 98.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education 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.^[4]

For ninth through twelfth grades, students from Moonachie attend Wood-Ridge High School, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Moonachie School District.^[5][6][7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[8]) are:^[9][10]

Elementary school

• Catherine E. Doyle Elementary School^[11] with 400 students in Pre-K through 3rd grade
  • Lara Schmitt, principal^[12]

Middle school

• Wood-Ridge Intermediate School^[13] with 249 students in grades 4–6
  • Keith Lisa, principal^[14]

High school

• Wood-Ridge Junior/Senior High School ^[15] with 583 students in grades 7–12
  • Benjamin Suro, principal^[16]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[17][18]

• Anthony Albro, superintendent of schools^[19]
• Jenine Murray, business administrator and board secretary^[20]
• Paula Hill, director of special services^[21]

Board of education

The district's board of education, composed of five members, sets policy and oversees 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 2014) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^[22][23] A sixth trustee is appointed by the Moonachie School District to represent its interests on the Wood-Ridge board.^[17]