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==Education== [[File:Harry Bain School jeh.JPG|thumb|Harry L Bain School]] West New York is served by the [[West New York School District]] for [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=b0cd885edde34c598b2ea7ff81f57c7f West New York Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], West New York School District. Accessed March 10, 2021. "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 West New York School District. Composition The West New York School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of West New York in the County of Hudson."</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 2019–20 school year, the district, comprised of nine schools, had an enrollment of 8,545 students and 593.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 14.3:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3417580&DistrictID=3417580 District information for West New York Board of Education], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2021.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2019–20 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417580 School Data for the West New York School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2021.</ref>) are Early Childhood School<ref>[https://www.wnyschools.net/district/ecs/ Early Childhood School], West New York School District. Accessed April 12, 2021.</ref> with 502 students in Pre-K, Public School #1<ref>[https://ps-1.wnyschools.net/ Public School No. 1], West New York School District. Accessed April 12, 2021.</ref> with 860 students in grades K–6, Public School #2<ref>[https://ps-2.wnyschools.net/ Public School No. 2], West New York School District. Accessed April 12, 2021.</ref> with 716 students in grades K–6, Public School #3,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/robert-menendez-elementary-school-will-get-a-name-change-mayor-says/|title=Robert Menendez Elementary School will get a name change, mayor says|first=David|last=Wildstein|publisher=New Jersey Globe|date=July 25, 2024|accessdate=July 30, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/28/nx-s1-5054345/new-jersey-robert-menendez-school-changes-name|title=Robert Menendez Elementary School will change its name after the senator's conviction|first=William|last=Marx|publisher=NPR|date=July 28, 2024|accessdate=July 30, 2024}}</ref><ref>[https://ps-3.wnyschools.net/ Robert Menendez Elementary School No. 3], West New York School District. Accessed April 12, 2021.</ref> with 574 students in grades K–6, Albio Sires Elementary School (School #4)<ref>[https://ps-4.wnyschools.net/ Albio Sires Elementary School No. 5], West New York School District. Accessed April 12, 2021.</ref> with 678 students in grades K–6, Public School #5<ref>[https://ps-5.wnyschools.net/ Public School No. 5], West New York School District. Accessed April 12, 2021.</ref> with 673 students in grades K–6, Harry L. Bain Elementary School (School #6)<ref>[https://ps-6.wnyschools.net/ Harry L. Bain School No. 6], West New York School District. Accessed April 12, 2021.</ref> with 675 students in grades K–6, West New York Middle School<ref>[https://wnyms.wnyschools.net/ West New York Middle School], West New York School District. Accessed April 12, 2021.</ref> with 1,125 students in grades 7–8. and [[Memorial High School (West New York, New Jersey)|Memorial High School]]<ref>[https://mhs-1.wnyschools.net/ Memorial High School], West New York School District. Accessed April 12, 2021.</ref> with 2,079 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/5670 New Jersey School Directory for the West New York School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Private schools in West New York include Academy of St. Joseph of the Palisades, a K-8 [[Catholic school]], which is overseen by the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]].<ref>[https://catholicschoolsnj.org/hudson-county-1 Hudson County Elementary Schools], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref> In the wake of declining enrollment and lingering financial issues, Mother Seton Interparochial School (which had been formed in 2006 from the merger of St. Michael's and St. Anthony of Padua) and St. Augustine's School, both of which had been located in [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]], were closed by the Newark Archdiocese after the 2019–20 school year and merged into Academy of St. Joseph of the Palisades.<ref>Zeitlinger, Ron. [https://www.nj.com/hudson/2020/08/three-north-hudson-catholic-schools-to-consolidate-archdiocese-announces.html "Three North Hudson Catholic schools to consolidate, archdiocese announces"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', August 4, 2020. Accessed March 1, 2023. "Two Union City Catholic schools will merge with Academy of St. Joseph of the Palisade in West New York, the Newark Archdiocese announced Tuesday afternoon. Saint Augustine, at 39th Street and New York Avenue, and Mother Seton Interparochial School, at 15th and New York Avenue, will not reopen in September because of dwindling enrollment and financial problems that have been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, officials said."</ref> American Training School for Medical Professionals is a bilingual medical school founded in 1998 by Professor Dante Joa.<ref>[http://www.atsmp.net/about-us.html About Us], American Training School for Medical Professionals. Accessed September 29, 2014.</ref>
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