The Bogota Public Schools are comprehensive community public school district

School district

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 serving students in Kindergarten through 12th grade from the Borough of Bogota

Bogota, New Jersey

As of the 2010 Census, Bogota had a population of 8,187. The median age was 38.6. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 61.0% White, 9.4% Black or African American, 0.8% Native American, 9.8% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, 14.8% some other race and 4.1% reporting...

 in Bergen County

Bergen County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,210 students and 95.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.7.

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 "DE", the fifth 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.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2008-09 school enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:

• E. Roy Bixby School with 345 students in grades K-6
• Lillian M. Steen School with 290 students in grades K-6
• Bogota High School
  Bogota High School
  Bogota Jr./Sr. High School is a comprehensive public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grade from Bogota, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Bogota Public Schools...
  
   with an enrollment of 572 students in grades 7 through 12

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Letizia Pantoliano, Superintendent of Schools (in acting capacity until May 1, 2011)
• Dr. Carol Fredericks, Business Administrator/Board Secretary

External links

• Bogota Public Schools
• Data for the Bogota Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
  National Center for Education Statistics
  The 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...