Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District

The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District is a comprehensive regional public school district consisting of two four-year public high schools serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff, three suburban communities in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.[3][4][5] Students entering the district as freshmen have the option to attend either of the district's high schools, regardless of their residence, subject to a choice made during eighth grade.[6][7]

Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District
Address
131 Yawpo Avenue
Oakland, NJ 07436
United States
Coordinates41.019728°N 74.231052°W / 41.019728; -74.231052
District information
Grades9-12
SuperintendentBeverly MacKay
Business administratorFrank Ceurvels
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment2,329 (as of 2017–18)[1]
Faculty211.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		9-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$23,03936$18,89122.0%
1Budgetary Cost17,7733915,59214.0%
2Classroom Instruction9,440278,8077.2%
6Support Services2,660352,29416.0%
8Administrative Cost1,971451,59223.8%
10Operations & Maintenance2,369421,95421.2%
13Extracurricular Activities1,3024387349.1%
16Median Teacher Salary61,8071071,726
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of 9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47

As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 2,329 students and 211.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.[8]

History

With baby boomers filling the school beyond capacity, the Ramsey Public School District informed its sending districts of Franklin Lakes and Wyckoff in 1954 that it would no longer accept students from those two communities at Ramsey High School beyond the 1956-57 school year.[9]

Franklin Lakes, Oakland and Wyckoff (often called the FLOW district for the initial letters in the names of the three communities) approved the creation of a regional high school in 1954 by a vote of 1,060 to 51. Ramapo High School (in Franklin Lakes) opened in 1957 and Indian Hills High School in 1960.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017–18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[10]) are:[11]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[16]

  • Beverly MacKay, Superintendent[17]
  • Frank Ceurvels, Business Administrator[18]

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 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district.[19][20] Seats on the board are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with two seats allocated to Franklin Lakes, three to Oakland and four to Wyckoff.[21]

References
  1. District information for Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. Ramapo Indian Hills Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed March 16, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Composition: The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff."
  4. Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 16, 2020. "The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District serves students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff in a comprehensive two-campus setting. Students from the three communities may choose which of the two high schools they wish to attend for their four-year high school experience."
  5. Sending Districts - FLOW Schools, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed March 16, 2020.
  6. Van Dusen, Matthew. "Ramapo-Indian Hills schools chief to retire.", The Record (Bergen County), October 24, 2007. Accessed March 16, 2020. "Later, parents of Oakland students protested their lack of choice, and students in Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes and Oakland can now attend either school."
  7. 8th Grade School Choice, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed March 16, 2020. "All eighth grade students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff may choose to attend the high school of their choice...."
  8. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 12, 2014.
  9. Staff. "Enrollments Tax Schools In Bergen; Auxiliary Rooms Are Being Converted for Classes and Construction Is Pushed", The New York Times, September 4, 1954. Accessed November 14, 2017. "Crowding is a critical problem in the high schools of the triangular area embracing Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes and Oakland. They have united in a plan for a regional high school. How soon this plant will be ready is problematical, but there is pressure in the fact that Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes students will not be accepted at Ramsey High School after the fall of 1956."
  10. School Data for the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  11. New Jersey School Directory for the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  12. Indian Hills High School, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed March 16, 2020.
  13. Administration, Indian Hills High School. Accessed March 16, 2020.
  14. Ramapo High School, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed March 16, 2020.
  15. Administration, Ramapo High School. Accessed March 16, 2020.
  16. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  17. Superintendent, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed March 16, 2020.
  18. Business Office, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed March 16, 2020.
  19. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
  20. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Ramapo-Indian Hills Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed June 1, 2020. " The school district is comprised of two high school buildings: Ramapo High School originally built in 1956 and Indian Hills High School built in 1964.... The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District (the "Board" or the "District") is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an education institution. The Board consists of nine elected officials from the Boroughs of Franklin Lakes and Oakland, and from the Township of Wyckoff. The Board is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A superintendent of schools is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District."
  21. Board Members, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed March 16, 2020. "The Board of Education is comprised of nine citizens who are elected by the public in the November general election. Each member serves a three year term. Representatives are elected from each of the constituent districts based on population. Currently, there are four representatives from Wyckoff, three from Oakland and two from Franklin Lakes."
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