The Allendale School District is a community

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that serves students in

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through

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in the Borough of Allendale, in

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, United States. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 859 students and 69.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 12.4:1.District information for Allendale Public School District

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. Accessed February 15, 2022. The district is classified by the

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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

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characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. There are two schools, one primary school for grades PreK-3 and one upper elementary school for grades 4-8, with the middle school program located within the Brookside building. The administration of the schools includes district-wide services through the superintendent of schools and the board secretary and business administrator. Additionally, in each school the administration includes a principal. For high school, public school students in Allendale for grades nine through twelve attend Northern Highlands Regional High School, which also serves students from

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Upper Saddle River Upper Saddle River is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 8,208,Saddle River (who have the option of attending either Northern Highlands or Ramsey High School, as part of

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s with the two districts). As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,364 students and 106.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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'' magazine ranked the high school as the 22nd-best of 328 ranked schools in New Jersey in its 2012 rankings of the "Top Public High Schools" after being ranked 6th of 322 schools in 2010.

History

Through the start of the 1957-58 school year, students from Allendale, Mahwah, Saddle River and

Upper Saddle River Upper Saddle River is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 8,208,Ramsey High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective districts and the Ramsey Public School District. Allendale, Mahwah and Upper Saddle River left the Ramsey district in September 1958 once Mahwah High School was completed; Allendale and Upper Saddle River joined the Northern Highlands District once the school was opened in 1965.

Awards and recognition

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named the district in its 2008 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 110 school districts nationwide.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the

.) are: *Hillside School with 343 students in pre-kindergarten to 3rd grade **Anastasia Maroulis, principal *Brookside School with 506 students from 4th to 8th grades **Bruce Winkelstein, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:''2021-2022 Student Parent Handbook''
Allendale School District. Accessed August 1, 2022. *Dr. Michael J. Barcadepone, superintendentOffice of the Superintendent of Schools
Allendale School District. Accessed August 1, 2022. "Hillside Elementary School (Pre-K to Grade 3) and Brookside Middle School (Grades 4-8) provide exciting learning opportunities for discovery and academic challenges for our nearly 1,000 students." *Maria L. Engeleit, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's

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is comprised of five members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. In 2012, school elections were shifted from April to the November general election as part of an effort to reduce the costs of a standalone April vote.Kleimann, Karen; Clyde, John
"Districts moving school elections"
''Town Journal'', February 15, 2012. Accessed November 30, 2014. "The Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Northern Highlands, Saddle River and Upper Saddle River boards of education voted to move their respective school elections to November for at least the next four annual elections. The five districts, along with a majority of school boards across the state, are moving their elections from April to November in hopes of sparing taxpayers the expense of a separate election, according to the New Jersey School Boards Association."

References

External links

Allendale Public Schools
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School Data for the Allendale Public Schools

Northern Highlands Regional High School
{{Bergen County, New Jersey School Districts Allendale, New Jersey New Jersey District Factor Group I School districts in Bergen County, New Jersey