Editing Garfield, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Garfield Public Schools]] serve students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[http://www.gboe.org Home Page], Garfield Public Schools. Accessed August 27, 2020. "The Garfield school district is comprised of approximately five thousand students housed in seven elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. In addition, the district also offers PreK education to three and four-year-old children in various locations in the city."</ref><ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=4e3779a5718e46068e2280621741d99d Garfield Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], [[Garfield Public Schools]]. Accessed March 25, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Garfield School District. Composition: The Garfield School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Garfield."</ref> The district is one of 31 former [[Abbott district]]s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] in ''Abbott v. Burke''<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History What We Do: History], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the ''Abbott v. Burke'' case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."</ref> which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]].<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref>

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of 12 schools, had an enrollment of 4,713 students and 438.1 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.8:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3405760&DistrictID=3405760 District information for Garfield Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3405760 School Data for the Garfield Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref>) are 
Garfield Early Childhood Learning Center<ref>[https://eclc.gboe.org/ Garfield Early Childhood Center], Garfield Public Schools. Accessed June 25, 2022.</ref> (178 students; in Pre-K), 
Garfield Public Preschool Annex<ref>[https://gppa1.gboe.org/ Garfield Public Preschool Annex], Garfield Public Schools. Accessed June 25, 2022.</ref> (95; Pre-K), 
Garfield Public Preschool Annex 3<ref>[https://gppa3.gboe.org/ Garfield Public Preschool Annex3], Garfield Public Schools. Accessed June 25, 2022.</ref> (159; Pre-K), 
Washington Irving School #4<ref>[https://s4.gboe.org/ Washington Irving School #4], Garfield Public Schools. Accessed June 25, 2022.</ref> (382; K–5), 
Woodrow Wilson School #5<ref>[https://s5.gboe.org/ Woodrow Wilson School #5], Garfield Public Schools. Accessed June 25, 2022.</ref> (280; K–5), 
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School #6<ref>[https://s6.gboe.org/ Abraham Lincoln Elementary School #6], Garfield Public Schools. Accessed June 25, 2022.</ref> (365; Pre-K–5), 
Theodore Roosevelt School #7<ref>[https://s7.gboe.org/ Theodore Roosevelt School #7], Garfield Public Schools. Accessed June 25, 2022.</ref> (273; K–5), 
Christopher Columbus School #8<ref>[https://s8.gboe.org/ Christopher Columbus School #8], Garfield Public Schools. Accessed June 25, 2022.</ref> (306; K–5), 
Thomas Jefferson School #9<ref>[https://s9.gboe.org/ Thomas Jefferson School #9], Garfield Public Schools. Accessed June 25, 2022.</ref> (295; K–5), 
James Madison School #10<ref>[https://s10.gboe.org/ James Madison School #10], Garfield Public Schools. Accessed June 25, 2022.</ref> (245; K–5), 
Garfield Middle School<ref>[https://gms.gboe.org/ Garfield Middle School], Garfield Public Schools. Accessed June 25, 2022.</ref> (989; 6–8) and 
[[Garfield High School (New Jersey)|Garfield High School]]<ref>[https://ghs.gboe.org/ Garfield High School], Garfield Public Schools. Accessed June 25, 2022.</ref> (1,159; 9–12).<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/1700 School Performance Reports for the Garfield Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1700 New Jersey School Directory for the Garfield Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Public school students from the city, 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 [[Bergen County Technical High School, Paramus Campus|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>[http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/about-us About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014000910/http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/about-us |date=October 14, 2013 }}, [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 7, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions Admissions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305034226/https://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions |date=March 5, 2017 }}, [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref>

[[Bergen Arts and Science Charter School]], which opened in September 2006, serves public school students in the district, as well as those from [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]] and [[Lodi, New Jersey|Lodi]].<ref>[https://ilearnschools.org/admissions/new-jersey-ilearn-schools-application/ Admission Portal], iLearn Schools. Accessed May 31, 2020. "Charter schools first accept applications from students living within the charter school’s local school district. If places are unfilled, out-of-district children can then be accepted. Local school districts for iLearn Schools are as follows: Bergen-ASCS: Garfield, Hackensack, and Lodi"</ref> The elementary (grades K–3) and middle (4–8) school facilities are located in Garfield, while the high school (9–12) is in Hackensack.<ref>[https://ilearnschools.org/bergen-arts-science-charter-school/ Home Page], Bergen Arts and Science Charter School. Accessed May 31, 2020.</ref> As of the 2018–19 school year, the charter school had an enrollment of 1,163 students and 83.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 14.0:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3400715&DistrictID=3400715  District information for Bergen Arts And Science Charter School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref>