Ridgefield Park Public Schools

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

Students from Little Ferry attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Little Ferry Public Schools that has been in place since 1953. [James, George. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFDD153AF935A25751C1A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all "School Districts' Battle On Tuition Goes to Court"] , "The New York Times", December 16, 1989. Accessed May 27, 2008. "Little Ferry, a borough of 1.5 square miles and 9,900 people, has sent its high school students to this neighboring 1.92-square mile village of 12,000 people, since 1953."]

For the 2005-06 school year, Ridgefield Park High School was one of 22 schools statewide selected as Governor's School of Excellence Winners, an award given to schools that have demonstrated significant academic improvement over the previous two academic years. [ [http://www.state.nj.us/njded/clear/school/gsoe/05winners.htm Snapshots of 2005 Governor’s School of Excellence Winners] , accessed July 25, 2006]

chools

Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413800 Data for the Ridgefield Park Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 26, 2008.] ) are:

;Elementary Schools (K-6)
* [http://www.rpps.net/grant/grant_home_page.htm Grant School] - 223 students
* [http://www.rpps.net/lincoln/ Lincoln School] - 363 students
* [http://www.rpps.net/roosevelt/ Roosevelt School] - 362 students;High School (7-12)
*Ridgefield Park High School - 1,063 students

Administration

*Dr. John C. Richardson - Superintendent of Schools
*Ronald R. Guider - Assistant Superintendent & Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

External links

* [http://www.rpps.net/ Ridgefield Park Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|03|4380|0|Ridgefield Park Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413800 Data for the Ridgefield Park Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics