Editing Edgewater, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
[[File:Edgewater Van Gelder.JPG|thumb|left|{{center|Eleanor Van Gelder Elementary School}}]]
The [[Edgewater Public Schools]] serves public school students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[sixth grade]].<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/19/1270.pdf#page=8 ''Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Edgewater School District''], [[New Jersey Department of Education]], for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed May 26, 2020. "The Edgewater Public School System, including the Eleanor Van Gelder Elementary School and the George Washington School, constitute the District's reporting entity.... The Edgewater Public School System is comprised of two elementary schools (Special Education Pre-K to Grade 6), serving approximately 982 students."</ref> As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 685 students and 68.5 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.0:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3404440&DistrictID=3404440 District information for Edgewater 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=3404440 School Data for the Edgewater Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref>) are 
George Washington School<ref>[https://www.edgewaterschools.org/o/gws George Washington School], Edgewater Public Schools. Accessed January 16, 2025.</ref> with 320 students in grades PreK–2 and 
Eleanor Van Gelder School<ref>[https://www.edgewaterschools.org/o/evgs Eleanor Van Gelder School], Edgewater Public Schools. Accessed January 16, 2025.</ref> with 356 students in grades 3–6.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/1270 School Performance Reports for the Edgewater Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1270 New Jersey School Directory for the Edgewater Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

For [[seventh grade|seventh]] through [[twelfth grade]]s, public school students from the borough are sent to the [[Leonia Public Schools]] as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]].<ref>[https://lhs.leoniaschools.org/overview Leonia High School Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420165810/https://lhs.leoniaschools.org/overview |date=April 20, 2020 }}, Leonia Public Schools. Accessed May 26, 2020. "The high school continues to increase in numbers as approximately 780 students from both Edgewater and Leonia are enrolled in grades 9-12 at Leonia High School."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/03/2620/050.html Leonia Public Schools 2016 School Report Card Narrative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917213900/https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/03/2620/050.html |date=September 17, 2017 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed May 26, 2020. "The high school continues to increase in numbers as now approximately 725 students from both Edgewater and Leonia are enrolled in grades 9-12 at Leonia High School."</ref> Schools in the district attended by Edgewater students (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=3408520 School Data for the Leonia Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref>) are 
Leonia Middle School<ref>[https://lms.leoniaschools.org/ Leonia Middle School], [[Leonia Public Schools]]. Accessed January 16, 2025.</ref> with 675 students in grades 6–8 (Edgewater students attend for grades 7–8) and
[[Leonia High School]]<ref>[https://lhs.leoniaschools.org/ Leonia High School], [[Leonia Public Schools]]. Accessed January 16, 2025.</ref> with 814 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[https://www.leoniaschools.org/apps/pages/ourschools Our Schools], Leonia Public Schools. Accessed January 16, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/2620 New Jersey School Directory for the Leonia Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/2620 School Performance Reports for the Leonia Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</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]], 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 4, 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 21, 2016.</ref>

Holy Rosary Church in Edgewater is one of the sponsors of the Christ the Teacher School, an interparochial Catholic [[K–8 school]] of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]], in [[Fort Lee, New Jersey|Fort Lee]].<ref name=Christteachhome2006>{{cite web|url=http://christtheteacherschool.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060103063939/http://christtheteacherschool.org/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-01-03|title=Home|publisher=Christ the Teacher School|date=2006-01-03|access-date=2020-06-22|quote=Christ the Teacher Interparochial School is a co-sponsored school[...]Madonna School building.}} Also see: {{cite web|url=https://www.christtheteacherschool.org/documents/2018/7/Registration%20Form%20PreK-8|title=CHRIST THE TEACHER SCHOOL Registration Form Grades K-8|publisher=Christ the Teacher School|access-date=2020-06-22}} which lists the associated parishes.</ref>