The Hackensack Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from the City of Hackensack

Hackensack, New Jersey

Hackensack is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and the county seat of Bergen County. Although informally called Hackensack, it was officially named New Barbadoes Township until 1921. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 43,010....

, in Bergen County

Bergen County, New Jersey

Bergen County is the most populous county of the state of New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 905,116. The county is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Hackensack...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States.

Hackensack High School serves high school students living in neighboring communities as part of sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

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s with the respective districts, including South Hackensack

South Hackensack, New Jersey

South Hackensack Township is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 2,378....

, Rochelle Park

Rochelle Park, New Jersey

Rochelle Park is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 5,530....

 and Maywood

Maywood, New Jersey

Maywood is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 9,555.Maywood was incorporated as a borough on June 29, 1894, from portions of Midland Township, based on the results of a referendum held that day, at the height of the...

.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's seven schools had an enrollment of 5,118 students and 397 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.89.

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 "CD", the sixth 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.

Awards and recognition

Jackson Avenue Elementary School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey

Jim McGreevey

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 in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) include:

Elementary Schools (K-4)

• Fairmount Elementary School (607 students)
• Fanny Meyer Hillers School (557)
• Jackson Avenue School (461)
• Nellie K. Parker School (458)

Intermediate School

• 5ive 6ix School serves grades 5 and 6 (601)

Middle School

• Hackensack Middle School serves grades 7 and 8 (624)

High School

• Hackensack High School
  Hackensack High School
  Hackensack High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Hackensack Public Schools...
  
   serves students in grades 9-12 (1,711)

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Raymond Gonzalez, Superintendent (interim)
• Mark Kramer, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Hackensack Public Schools
• Hackensack Elementary School portal
• Data for the Hackensack 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...