The Cresskill Public Schools is a comprehensive community

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serve students in

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through

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from Cresskill in

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. The district is governed by a

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and administered by a superintendent of schools, a school business administrator / board secretary, and principals, as part of the district's staff of more than 320 employees. As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,681 students and 147.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 11.4:1.District information for Cresskill Public School District

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. Accessed February 1, 2024. The district is classified by the

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as being in

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"I", the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common

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characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.

Awards, recognition and rankings

In ''

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's'' May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Cresskill High School was listed in 209th place, the fifth-highest ranked school in New Jersey; the school had been ranked 202nd in the 2006 survey and in 93rd in 2005. Cresskill High School was the 39th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide, in ''

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'' magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's ''Top Public High Schools''.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the

) are: ;Elementary schools *Edward H. Bryan School with 531 students grades PreK-5 **Dayle Collins, principal *Merritt Memorial School with 276 students in grades PreK-5 **Jacqueline Peguero, principal ;Middle / high school *

Cresskill High School Cresskill High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Cresskill in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Cressk ...

with 398 students in middle school for grades 6-8 and 474 in high school for grades 9-12 **John Massaro, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: *Peter J. Hughes, superintendent. Hughes was appointed in November 2022 to succeed Michael Burke. *Dawn Delasandro, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's

, composed 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 2012) 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.Board Members
Cresskill Public Schools. Accessed April 10, 2024. "The Board consists of nine members who are elected by you to serve a three-year term. You choose three Board members each year in the school election held on the first Tuesday in November. This method of arranging their terms of office ensures that six experienced Board members are serving at all times."

References

External links

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