Editing Ringwood, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
Students in [[kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]] are served by the [[Ringwood Public School District]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=826c5b8cb77040eb95e7770314455af2 Ringwood Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Ringwood Public School District, adopted December 6, 2021. Accessed February 12, 2025. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through eight in the Ringwood School District. Composition: The Ringwood School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Ringwood."</ref> As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,019 students and 113.7 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 9.0:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3413860&DistrictID=3413860 District information for Ringwood School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413860 School Data for the Ringwood Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref>) are 
Peter Cooper Elementary School<ref>[https://www.njrps.org/page/principals-message-cooper Peter Cooper Elementary School], Ringwood Public School District. Accessed February 12, 2025.</ref> with 234 students in grades K–3 (built in 1963), 
Robert Erskine Elementary School<ref>[https://www.njrps.org/page/principals-message-erskine Robert Erskine Elementary School], Ringwood Public School District. Accessed February 12, 2025.</ref> with 171 students in grades K–3 (built in 1960), 
Eleanor G. Hewitt Intermediate School<ref>[https://www.njrps.org/page/principals-message-hewitt Eleanor G. Hewitt Intermediate School], Ringwood Public School District. Accessed February 12, 2025.</ref> with 228 students in grades 4–5 (built in 1937 with an annex built in 1952 and trailers added in 1959) and 
Martin J. Ryerson Middle School<ref>[https://www.njrps.org/page/principals-message-ryerson Martin J. Ryerson Middle School], Ringwood Public School District. Accessed February 12, 2025.</ref> with 370 students in grades 6–8 (built in 1970).<ref>[https://www.passaiccountynj.org/home/showpublisheddocument/9078/638653831686500000#page=39 ''2024–25 Public School Directory''], [[Passaic County, New Jersey]]. Accessed February 1, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/31/4400 School Performance Reports for the Ringwood Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4400 New Jersey School Directory for the Ringwood Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Ringwood's public schools are supported in part with grants from the Ringwood Educational Foundation, a not-for-profit organization which sponsors, among other things, the annual Shepherd Lake 5K run.<ref>[http://www.ringwoodef.org/index.php?id=30 About Us], Ringwood Educational Foundation, Inc. Accessed March 14, 2012.</ref>

Students in public school for [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s attend [[Lakeland Regional High School]] in [[Wanaque, New Jersey|Wanaque]], which serves students from the Boroughs of Ringwood and Wanaque.<ref>[https://www.lakeland.k12.nj.us/page/school-profile/ School Profile], Lakeland Regional High School. Accessed February 12, 2025. "Located in Passaic County in northern New Jersey, Lakeland Regional High School is a comprehensive High School serving grades 9-12. Students come to the high school from Ringwood, Wanaque and Haskell and several private schools."</ref> As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 847 students and 77.7 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.9:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408190&ID=340819004818 School data for Lakeland Regional High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref>

Private schools used to include Ringwood Christian School, which was founded in 1973 through the Ringwood Baptist Church, serves 80 students in [[kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]], with part-time sessions available for pre-schoolers.<ref>[http://ringwoodchristian.com/about-us/our-history Our History], Ringwood Christian School. Accessed March 14, 2012.</ref> St. Catherine of Bologna School, a regional [[Roman Catholic]] parochial school operating under the supervision of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson]] that served kindergarten through eighth grade, closed in 2018 due to falling enrollment.<ref>Zimmer, David M. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/ringwood/2018/07/11/st-catherine-ringwood-nj-closing-third-paterson-diocese/776340002/ "St. Catherine in Ringwood closing is third school in Paterson Diocese this year"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 11, 2018. Accessed February 3, 2020. "Ringwood — A third Catholic school closure by Diocese of Paterson officials in recent months has local families scrambling to find new schools. St. Catherine of Bologna, the 70-year-old Catholic elementary school near the Wanaque Reservoir, announced it will not reopen in September.... As of May 15, the expected 2018 enrollment was down to 111 from 164 in 2017, according to a letter sent by Szurek to parents at that time. The school needed 122 students to stay afloat, a subsequent letter dated July 5 explained."</ref>