Editing Fort Lee, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
===Public schools===
{{Main|Fort Lee School District}}
The [[Fort Lee School District]] serves public school students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=7616a2da3d5d4e61856ef2f7ecfe9410 Fort Lee Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Fort Lee Public Schools. Accessed April 28, 2023. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through twelve in the Fort Lee Public Schools. Composition: The Fort Lee Public Schools are comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Fort Lee."</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 4,074 students and 331.7 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.3:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3405310&DistrictID=3405310 District information for Fort Lee School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3405310 School Data for the Fort Lee School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are 
School 1<ref>[https://fles1.flboe.com/ School 1], Fort Lee School District. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> with 535 students in grades K-4, 
School 2<ref>[https://fles2.flboe.com/ School 2], Fort Lee School District. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> with 341 students in grades PreK-4, 
School 3<ref>[https://fles3.flboe.com/ School 3], Fort Lee School District. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> with 386 students in grades K-4, 
School 4<ref>[https://fles4.flboe.com/ School 4], Fort Lee School District. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> with 392 students in grades K-4, 
Lewis F. Cole Intermediate School<ref>[http://flis.flboe.com/ Lewis F. Cole Intermediate School], Fort Lee School District. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> / 
Lewis F. Cole Middle School<ref>[http://flms.flboe.com/ Fort Lee Middle School], Fort Lee School District. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> with 1,153 students in grades 5-8 and 
[[Fort Lee High School]]<ref>[https://flhs.flboe.com/ Fort Lee High School], Fort Lee School District. Accessed April 28, 2023.</ref> with 1,223 students in grades 9-12.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/1550 School Performance Reports for the Fort Lee School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1550 New Jersey School Directory for the Fort Lee School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

During the 2010–11 school year, School #3 was awarded the [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program|National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence]] by the [[United States Department of Education]], the highest award an American school can receive, one of only ten schools statewide to be honored.<ref>[http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2010/national.pdf#page=13 2010 Blue Ribbon Schools: All Public and Private Schools], [[United States Department of Education]]. Accessed April 5, 2011.</ref> The school was one of three in Bergen County honored that year.<ref>Alex, Patricia. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/010611_3_Bergen_elementary_schools_given_Blue_Ribbon_designation.html "3 Bergen elementary schools given Blue Ribbon designation"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 6, 2011. Accessed April 5, 2011.</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 7, 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>

===Private schools===
Private schools in the area include Christ the Teacher (Pre-K–8, 314 students), First Step Day Care Center (Pre-K, 101 students), Fort Lee Education Center (7–12, 78 students), Fort Lee Montessori Pre-School (Pre-K, 49 students), Fort Lee Youth Center Playgroup (Pre-K, 30 students), Futures Best Nursery Academy (Pre-K, 98 students), Green House Preschool and Kindergarten (Pre-K–K, 125 students), Happy Kids Pre-School (Pre-K, 75 students), Hooks Lane School (Pre-K, 54 students), Itsy Bitsy Early Learning Center (Pre-K, 60 students), Genesis Preschool & Academy (Pre-K, K–6, 83 students), Palisades Pre-School (Pre-K, 108 students), Rainbow School DC (Pre-K, 88 students), and Small World Montessori School (Pre-K, 51 students).<ref>[http://www.greatschools.net/new-jersey/fort-lee/private/schools/ Greatschools.net "Fort Lee Private Schools"]. Accessed May 13, 2009.</ref> Christ the Teacher Interparochial School operates under the supervision of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]].<ref>[https://catholicschoolsnj.org/elementary/bergen-elementary/ Bergen County Elementary Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729162638/https://catholicschoolsnj.org/elementary/bergen-elementary/ |date=July 29, 2016 }}, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed July 20, 2016.</ref>

===Weekend supplementary education===
The Japanese Weekend School of New Jersey (ニュージャージー補習授業校), a [[Hoshū jugyō kō|Japanese supplementary educational school]], holds its classes at [[Paramus Catholic High School]] in [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]] while its offices are in Fort Lee.<ref>"[http://www.jwsnj.org/entrance.html 入学のご案内 entrance]." ([https://archive.today/20130708045357/http://www.jwsnj.org/entrance.html Archive]) Japanese Weekend School of New Jersey. Accessed July 7, 2013. "Japanese Weekend School of NJ ニュージャージー補習授業校事務所 2 Executive Drive, Suite 660, Fort Lee, NJ 07024"</ref> It is one of the two weekend Japanese school systems operated by the Japanese Educational Institute of New York (JEI; ニューヨーク日本人教育審議会 ''Nyūyōku Nihonjin Kyōiku Shingi Kai''), a [[nonprofit organization]] which also operates [[nihonjin gakko|two Japanese day schools]] in the New York City area.<ref>"[http://www.jeiny.org/school.html 学校案内]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150414193042/http://www.jeiny.org/school.html Archive]). Japanese Educational Institute of New York (ニューヨーク日本人教育審議会). Accessed April 15, 2015. The names of the weekend schools as stated on the pages should be "The Japanese '''Weekend''' School of New York" and "The Japanese '''Weekend''' School of New Jersey" - note that the Japanese names between the day and weekend schools are different.</ref>

In 1987 there were two [[juku]] (Japanese-style cram schools) in Fort Lee. One of the Fort Lee schools, Hinoki School, had 130 students. There were additionally two institutions trying to open juku in Fort Lee.<ref name=Goldmanpupilsprep>{{cite news|last=Goldman|first=David|title=Pupils prep for Japan's schools|newspaper=[[The Record (Hackensack, New Jersey)|The Record]]|place=[[Hackensack, New Jersey]]|date=April 2, 1987|page=B-3}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94250579/ Clipping from] [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>