Haledon School District

The Haledon School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Haledon, in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 1,035 students and 96.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-lowest 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.

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Manchester Regional High School, located in Haledon, which also serves students from North Haledon, and Prospect Park. The Manchester district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows non-resident students to attend the district's schools without cost to their parents, with tuition paid by the state. Available slots are announced annually by grade. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 748 students and 65.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1.

School

Schools in the district are:

• Haledon Public School, which had an enrollment of 1,048 students in the 2021–22 school year.
  • Christopher Wacha, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Christopher Wacha, superintendent. Hernandez serves as a joint superintendent with the Manchester Regional High School District.
• Lameka Augustin, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees 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 three seats up for election each year held (since 2013) 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.

References

External links

• Haledon Public School
• School Performance Report for Haledon Public School, New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Haledon Public School, National Center for Education Statistics
• Manchester Regional High School