The Woodcliff Lake Public Schools is a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Woodcliff Lake

Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey

Woodcliff Lake is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the borough population was 5,730.Woodcliff Lake is also the name of the reservoir that lies primarily within the borough, with a small part of it located in neighboring Hillsdale.The borough is an...

, in Bergen County

Bergen County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States.

Since Woodcliff Lake does not have its own high school, Woodcliff Lake and Montvale

Montvale, New Jersey

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 students attend Pascack Hills High School

Pascack Hills High School

Pascack Hills High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of two high schools that are part of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District in Bergen County, New Jersey. PHHS serves the residents of both Montvale, where the campus is located, and the neighboring community...

 as part of a sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

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 with the Pascack Valley Regional High School District

Pascack Valley Regional High School District

The Pascack Valley Regional High School District is a regional public high school district encompassing students from four communities in the Pascack Valley region of Bergen County, New Jersey serving students in grades 9 - 12...

. Pascack Hills does not offer sports such as hockey and lacrosse. Therefore, students who participate in those sports play for another nearby school, Pascack Valley High School

Pascack Valley High School

Pascack Valley High School is a four-year regional public high school located in Hillsdale in Bergen County, New Jersey, one of two high schools in the Pascack Valley Regional High School District...

, also in the same school district.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 837 students and 72.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6.

Awards and recognition

For the 2005-06 school year, Woodcliff Middle School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education

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, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.

Schools

The schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:

Elementary school

• Dorchester School with 539 students in grades Pre-K through 5

Middle school

• Woodcliff Lake Middle School, with 298 students in grades 6-8

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Peter M. Lisi - Superintendent
• Matthew Lynaugh - Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Woodcliff Lake Public Schools
• Data for the Woodcliff Lake Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
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• Pascack Valley Regional High School District