Editing Emerson, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Emerson School District]] serves public school students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]]. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,085 students and 98.4 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.0:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3404710&DistrictID=3404710 District information for Emerson Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404710 School Data for the Emerson School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are 
Memorial Elementary School<ref>[http://memorial.emersonschools.org/ Memorial Elementary School], Emerson School District. Accessed August 21, 2023.</ref> with 364 students in PreK-2, 
Patrick M. Villano Elementary School<ref>[http://villano.emersonschools.org/ Patrick M. Villano Elementary School], Emerson School District. Accessed August 21, 2023.</ref> with 232 students in grades 3-6 and 
[[Emerson Junior-Senior High School]]<ref>[http://ejshs.emersonschools.org/ Emerson Junior-Senior High School], Emerson School District. Accessed August 21, 2023.</ref> with 461 students in grades 7-12.<ref>[https://www.emersonschools.org/contact Contact Us], Emerson Public Schools. Accessed August 21, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/1360 School Performance Reports for the Emerson Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1360 New Jersey School Directory for the Emerson School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the [[Bergen County Technical Schools]], which include the [[Bergen County Academies]] in [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]], and the [[Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro Campus|Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro]] or [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]]. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.<ref>[https://www.bergen.org/domain/517 About Us], [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed March 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.bergen.org/domain/544 Admissions], [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed March 1, 2024.</ref>

Assumption Academy, which had operated under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]], closed its elementary school program for grades 1–8 in June 2012 due to declining enrollment, which it had been struggling to keep up for several years prior.<ref>Harris, Chris. [https://web.archive.org/web/20151223102602/http://www.northjersey.com/news/parents-confused-frustrated-over-closing-of-assumption-academy-in-emerson-1.1209968 "Parents confused, frustrated over closing of Assumption Academy in Emerson"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 28, 2012, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of December 23, 2015. Accessed September 14, 2017. "Parents picking up children from Assumption Academy on Tuesday expressed both frustration and confusion over the elementary school's impending closure. On Monday, the Archdiocese of Newark designated eight schools for closure in Bergen, Essex, Union, and Hudson counties in June, including Assumption Academy on Jefferson Avenue."</ref>