The River Edge Elementary School District is a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in Kindergarten through sixth grade from River Edge

River Edge, New Jersey

River Edge is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 11,340.The community was incorporated as the borough of Riverside by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on June 30, 1894, from portions of Midland Township, at the...

, in Bergen County

Bergen County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

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, United States.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 1,305 students and 85 classroom teachers (on an FTE

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.35.

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.

River Edge shares secondary schooling with Oradell

Oradell, New Jersey

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. Together, they make up the River Dell Regional School District

River Dell Regional School District

The River Dell Regional School District is a regional school district serving students in grades 7 - 12 from the Bergen County, New Jersey communities of Oradell and River Edge ....

. Students in grades 7 and 8 attend River Dell Regional Middle School in River Edge. Students in grades 9 - 12 attend River Dell Regional High School

River Dell Regional High School

River Dell High School is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school, part of the River Dell Regional School District, which is shared with the neighboring communities of Oradell and River Edge in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States...

 in Oradell.

Awards and recognition

During the 1998-99 school year, Cherry Hill School received the Blue Ribbon Award

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 from the United States Department of Education

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, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.

Schools

River Edge has two primary schools as part of the district, both of which serve students in 1st through 6th grade. Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:

• New Bridge Center PreK - K
  • Michael Henzel, Assistant Principal
• Cherry Hill School (1-6; 791 students, previously PreK-6) which is on the south side of town.
  • Denise Heitman, Principal
• Roosevelt School (1-6; 514 students) which is located on the north side of town.
  • Anthony Vouvalides, Principal

The strength of the River Edge School District is the standardized test scores compared against the District Factor Group (DFG) standardized test scores.

Curriculum review is an ongoing process in River Edge. Current educational research, the New Jersey Core Content Standards, as well as national subject standards are used in the curriculum development. This process ensures that each curricular area is comprehensive and reflects current educational thought.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Tova Ben Dov - Superintendent of Schools
• Debbie Trainor - School Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• River Edge Elementary School District
• Data for the River Edge Elementary School District, National Center for Education Statistics
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• River Dell Regional School District