South Hackensack School District is a community publicschool district serving students in
pre-kindergarten
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through
eighth grade
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from
South Hackensack
South Hackensack is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 2,378, reflecting an increase of 129 (+5.7%) from the 2,249 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in ...
, in
Bergen County
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As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 286 students and 23.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio
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National Center for Education Statistics
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. Accessed February 15, 2022.
The district is classified by the
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.
Students in public school for
ninth
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Like the second, the interval of a ninth is classified as a dissonance in common practice tonality. Since a ninth is an octave larger than a second, its ...
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. Hackensack High School serves students from the Bergen County, New Jer ...
Hackensack Public Schools
The Hackensack Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the City of Hackensack, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2019–20 s ...
, together with students from Maywood and Rochelle Park. As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,806 students and 137.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio
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of 13.1:1.
History
The district had previously served students from
Teterboro
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School
Memorial School had an enrollment of 273 students in grades PreK-8 as of the 2021–22 school year.
Administration
Core members of the district's administration include:
*Jason Chirichella, superintendent and principal
*Dina Messery, business administrator and board secretaryBusiness Office South Hackensack School District. Accessed July 27, 2022.
National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance ...