Elmwood Park Public Schools


Elmwood Park Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Elmwood Park, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 2,649 students and 183.2 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education 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.

Schools

Schools in the district are:
;Elementary schools
;Middle school
;High school
The high school's football team had a 41-game losing streak that extended from 2002 until September 30, 2006, when they defeated the Manchester Regional High School Falcons, 33-14, snapping the four-year-long losing streak.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:
Tom Egan was appointed as fiscal monitor in August 2013 by Secretary of Education Christopher Cerf to address a persistent imbalance in the district's finances, which ended in deficit for two consecutive school years. Egan was replaced by Angela DeSimone in January 2015.

Board of Education

The district's board of education has nine members who set policy and oversee 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 as part of the November general election.