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==Education== The [[Saddle River School District]], serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[fifth grade]] at Wandell School. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 165 students and 18.5 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 8.9:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3414520&DistrictID=3414520 District information for Saddle River School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> During the 2016–17 school year, Saddle River was tied for the 28th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 150 students.<ref>Guion, Payton. [https://www.nj.com/education/2017/09/njs_smallest_school_districts.html "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 28. Saddle River Borough (tie); Enrollment: 150; Grades: Pre-K-5; County: Bergen; Town population: 3,152"</ref> Public school students from Saddle River attend the [[Ramsey Public School District]]'s middle school and then have the option of attending either [[Ramsey High School (New Jersey)|Ramsey High School]] or [[Northern Highlands Regional High School]] as part of [[sending/receiving relationship]]s with each of the respective districts.<ref>Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064945/http://www.northjersey.com/news/tuition-to-rise-219-under-new-contract-1.995702 "Tuition to rise $219 under new contract"], ''Town Journal'', November 19, 2009, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 4, 2016. Accessed November 14, 2017. "With no high school in the borough, Saddle River students have the option of enrolling in either Ramsey High School or Northern Highlands. The new deal replaces the previous agreement that covered 1998 to 2008."</ref><ref>[https://www.ramsey.k12.nj.us/domain/247 Welcome], Ramsey School District. Accessed March 5, 2020. "Welcome to the Ramsey Public School District. Our district is {{sic|comprised |hide=y|of}} three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school where approximately 3400 students are educated. We have a send-receive relationship with the students of Saddle River for middle school and high school."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/03/4310/000.html Ramsey Public Schools 2016 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 5, 2020. "Ramsey's 2900 students are educated in two K-3 primary schools, one 4-5 upper elementary school, a middle school for grades 6-8 and a 9-12 comprehensive high school. In addition to serving the residents of Ramsey, the District educates the students of Saddle River in grades 6-12 through a send-receive relationship."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/03/3700/000.html Northern Highlands Regional High School 2016 Report Card Narrative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115082845/https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/03/3700/000.html |date=November 15, 2017 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed November 14, 2017. "A four-year public high school, Northern Highlands strives to address the needs of all of its students who come from four towns in northern Bergen County: Allendale, Upper Saddle River, Ho-Ho-Kus, and Saddle River."</ref><ref>[https://www.wandellschool.org/Domain/53 Ramsey Schools Overview], Saddle River School District. Accessed March 5, 2020. "Following graduation from Fifth grade, students enter Eric Smith Middle School in Ramsey, New Jersey. Upon graduation from Eighth grade students may attend Ramsey High School."</ref><ref>[https://www.wandellschool.org/domain/54 Northern Highlands High School Overview], Saddle River School District. Accessed March 5, 2020. "Northern Highlands High School is located in Allendale New Jersey and is one of the two high schools Saddle River students may elect to attend."</ref> As of the 2018–19 school year, Northern Highlands High School had an enrollment of 1,377 students and 110.4 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.5:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411730&ID=341173000646 School data for Northern Highlands Regional High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> while Ramsey High School had an enrollment of 870 students and 80.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413590&ID=341359000730 School data for Ramsey High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> One of under ten districts with a dual send-receive relationship, three quarters of Saddle River's high school students attend Northern Highlands and about a quarter attend Ramsey High School.<ref>Obernauer, Eric. [http://www.njherald.com/story/29425127/montague-to-poll-parents-on-school-preference# "Montague to poll parents on school preference"], ''[[New Jersey Herald]]'', June 27, 2015. Accessed November 14, 2017. "Among them is the Saddle River School District, an affluent K-5 district in Bergen County that formerly sent its students in grades 6-8 to Ramsey Middle School and its students in grades 9-12 to Ramsey High School. About 15 years ago, Saddle River formed dual send-receive relationships allowing students in grades 9-12 to choose between Ramsey and Northern Highlands high schools, both upscale districts as well. Fred Palumbo, the school business administrator in Saddle River, told the ''New Jersey Herald'' in a phone conversation about it last year that the arrangement has worked well, with an estimated 70-75 percent of students choosing Northern Highlands and the remaining 25-30 percent opting to remain in Ramsey."</ref> All students in 8th grade 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 [[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 17, 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> [[Saddle River Day School]] is a K–12 private school that was founded in 1957.<ref>[https://www.saddleriverday.org/about-srds/campus-tour Campus Tour], [[Saddle River Day School]]. Accessed July 25, 2022.</ref>
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