South Hackensack School District is a community public school district

School district

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 headquartered in 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....

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States, serving students in Kindergarten

Kindergarten

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 through eighth grade

Eighth grade

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. The South Hackensack School District serves South Hackensack, and had previously served students from Teterboro

Teterboro, New Jersey

Teterboro is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 67, making it the fourth smallest municipality, by population, in New Jersey....

, who had attended the district as part of a sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

A sending/receiving relationship is one in which a public school district sends some or all of its students to attend the schools of another district. This is often done to achieve costs savings in smaller districts or continues after districts have grown as part of a historical relationship...

. Teterboro, a non-operating district was merged into the Hasbrouck Heights School District

Hasbrouck Heights School District

The Hasbrouck Heights School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Hasbrouck Heights and Teterboro, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States....

 following its dissolution on July 1, 2010.

Students in public school for grades 9-12 attend 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...

 as part of a sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

A sending/receiving relationship is one in which a public school district sends some or all of its students to attend the schools of another district. This is often done to achieve costs savings in smaller districts or continues after districts have grown as part of a historical relationship...

 with the Hackensack Public Schools

Hackensack Public Schools

The Hackensack Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from the City of Hackensack, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States....

, together with students from 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...

 and 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....

.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 209 students and 19.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0.

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.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration include:

• William DeFabiis, Ed.D., Chief School Administrator

External links

• District website
• Data for the South Hackensack School District, National Center for Education Statistics
  National Center for Education Statistics
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