Editing North Arlington, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
Students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]] are educated by the [[North Arlington School District]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=85f1898d82e842feb4e4a2276daffd73 North Arlington Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 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 North Arlington School District. Composition: The North Arlington School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of North Arlington."</ref> As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 1,869 students and 135.1 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 13.8:1.<ref name="NCES">[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3411430&DistrictID=3411430 District information for North Arlington School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2018–19 school enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411430 School Data for the North Arlington School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref>) are 
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School<ref>[https://www.navikings.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=13 Thomas Jefferson Elementary School], North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.</ref> with 298 students in grades K–5, 
Franklin Roosevelt Elementary School<ref>[https://www.navikings.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=15 Franklin Roosevelt Elementary School], North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.</ref> with 226 students in grades K–5, 
George Washington Elementary School<ref>[https://www.navikings.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=17 George Washington Elementary School], North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.</ref> with 357 students in grades K–5, 
North Arlington Middle School<ref>[https://www.navikings.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=11 North Arlington Middle School], North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.</ref> with 422 students in grades 6–8 and 
[[North Arlington High School]]<ref>[https://www.navikings.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=9 North Arlington High School], North Arlington School District. Accessed June 9, 2020.</ref> with 532 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3600 New Jersey School Directory for the North Arlington School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> In 2010, Roosevelt Elementary School was recognized with the [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program|National Blue Ribbon Schools Award of Excellence]] by the [[United States Department of Education]].<ref>[https://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-2003.pdf National Blue Ribbon Schools Program Schools Recognized 1982 Through 2016], [[United States Department of Education]]. Accessed September 24, 2017.</ref>

In the 1970s and 1980s, declining enrollment led North Arlington to be one of the few school districts in the state that featured involuntary "combined classes" whereby classes at their Roosevelt School for grades 4 and 5 and for grades 6 and 7 were combined into a single classroom with a single teacher for each pair of grades.<ref>Mancino, Colleen. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53108581/combined-classes-in-north-arlington/ "For students in smallest district, combined classes are a way of life"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', October 5, 1988. Accessed June 9, 2020. "The students in the seventh grade at Roosevelt School love their school. But they don'y like sharing a teacher and a classroom with the sixth grade.... Combined classes came out of dwindling enrollment and budgets that could not support individual classes with few students."</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]], Applied Technology High School on Bergen Community College Campus, 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], [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 11, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions Admissions], [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref>

Queen of Peace, a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] parish, operates a [[parochial school]], Queen of Peace Elementary School, which was founded in 1923 and serves Pre-K to 8th grade, under the auspices of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]].<ref>[http://www.queenofpeaceschool.net/qpgs/About%20Us/ About Us], Queen of Peace Elementary School. Accessed August 13, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://catholicschoolsnj.org/bergen-county Bergen County Catholic Elementary Schools], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed January 31, 2023.</ref> [[Queen of Peace High School (New Jersey)|Queen of Peace High School]], which served 9th–12th grades and was founded in 1930, closed after the 2016–17 school year. Despite a fundraising campaign that raised $1 million, in May 2017, the Archdiocese of Newark announced the closing of the high school as of June 30, 2017, in the wake of sharply dropping enrollment and financial challenges, though the affiliated K–8 grammar school remained open.<ref>Grant, Meghan. [http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/north-arlington/2017/05/08/s-official-queen-peace-high-school-close-june/101444826/ "It's official: Queen of Peace High School to close in June"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', May 8, 2017. Accessed September 24, 2017. "The class of 2017 will be the last to graduate from the 86-year-old Queen of Peace High School. The school, which raised $1 million in just over a month last year to stay open, will be closing its doors at the end of June, the Archdiocese of Newark announced Monday. Archdiocese officials said the Catholic high school in North Arlington would cease operations as of June 30, due to low projected enrollment and 'financial shortfalls.' The K-8 Queen of Peace Grammar School will remain open."</ref>