The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District is a comprehensive regional school district

School district

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 consisting of two four-year public high schools located in Bergen County

Bergen County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

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. The district serves over 2,100 students from the suburban communities of Franklin Lakes

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey

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, Oakland

Oakland, New Jersey

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, and Wyckoff

Wyckoff, New Jersey

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. Students have the option of attending either high school, regardless of their residence.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 2,329 students and 185.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

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 as being in District Factor Group "I", the second 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 2008-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:

• Indian Hills High School
  Indian Hills High School (New Jersey)
  Indian Hills High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Bergen County, New Jersey. The school is a part of the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, serving students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland and Wyckoff. The high school is located in Oakland. Ramapo...
  
   is located in Oakland served 1,029 students with an average class size of 17.2.
• Ramapo High School is located in Franklin Lakes served 1,300 students with an average class size of 15.3.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. C. Lauren Schoen, Superintendent
• Frank Ceurvels, Business Administrator

External links

• Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District website
• Data for the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High 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...