The Emerson School District is a comprehensive community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Emerson

Emerson, New Jersey

Emerson is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, a suburb in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,401....

, 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 1,220 students and 91.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.3.

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 "GH", the third 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 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:

Elementary Schools

• Emerson Memorial School with 310 students in PreK-2
• Patrick M. Villano Elementary School with 390 students in grades 3-6

Junior / Senior High School

• Emerson High School with 520 students in grades 7-12

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Vincent J. Taffaro, Superintendent
• Dr. Philip H. Nisonoff, Assistant Superintendent / Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Emerson Public Schools
• Data for the Emerson School District, 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...