Little Ferry Public Schools

Little Ferry Public Schools
Address
130 Liberty Street
, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07643
United States
Coordinates40°50′51″N 74°02′35″W / 40.847497°N 74.042943°W / 40.847497; -74.042943
District information
GradesPreK to 8
SuperintendentMatthew A. Perrapato
Business administratorJohn Gomez
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment806 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty84.0 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio9.6:1
Other information
District Factor GroupCD
Websitewww.littleferry.k12.nj.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$14,91611$18,891−21.0%
1Budgetary Cost10,718514,159−24.3%
2Classroom Instruction7,18298,659−17.1%
6Support Services1,26832,167−41.5%
8Administrative Cost91811,547−40.7%
10Operations & Maintenance1,160101,612−28.0%
13Extracurricular Activities5915104−43.3%
16Median Teacher Salary64,9226561,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Little Ferry Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Little Ferry in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 806 students and 84.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6:1.

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.

As Little Ferry does not have its own high school, public school students from the borough attend Ridgefield Park High School in Ridgefield Park for ninth through twelfth grades as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Ridgefield Park Public Schools that has been in place since 1953. As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,174 students and 87.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1.