The Moonachie Public Schools is a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Moonachie

Moonachie, New Jersey

Moonachie is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, in the Hackensack River watershed. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 2,708....

, in Bergen County

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, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States

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For grades nine through twelve, students attend Wood-Ridge High School

Wood-Ridge High School

Wood-Ridge High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Wood-Ridge, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Wood-Ridge School District...

 in Wood-Ridge

Wood-Ridge, New Jersey

Wood-Ridge is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,626.Wood-Ridge was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on December 6, 1894, from portions of Bergen Township, based on the results of...

, as part of a sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

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 with the Wood-Ridge School District

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, New Jersey, United States....

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As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 259 students and 21.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3.

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 "B", the second lowest 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

Students in Pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade attend the Robert L. Craig School which served 259 students (based on 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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).

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Mark Solimo - Superintendent
• Sue Anne Mather - Business Administrator

External links

• Robert L. Craig School
• Data for the Moonachie 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...