Wanaque Borough Schools

Wanaque Borough Schools
Address
973A Ringwood Avenue
, Passaic County, New Jersey, 07420
United States
Coordinates41°02′02″N 74°17′43″W / 41.033775°N 74.295403°W / 41.033775; -74.295403
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentPatrick McQueeney
Business administratorNancy DiBartolo
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment861 (as of 2021–22)
Faculty92.0 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio9.4:1
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.wanaqueps.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$19,02771$18,8910.7%
1Budgetary Cost14,7525614,1594.2%
2Classroom Instruction9,841778,65913.7%
6Support Services1,974372,167−8.9%
8Administrative Cost1,534391,547−0.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,283181,612−20.4%
13Extracurricular Activities9946104−4.8%
16Median Teacher Salary62,3955161,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

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

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 861 students and 92.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4:1.

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

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Lakeland Regional High School, which serves students from the Boroughs of Ringwood and Wanaque. The high school is located in Wanaque and is part of the Lakeland Regional High School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 902 students and 81.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.