The Frisch School, founded in 1972 by Rabbi Menachem Meier and Alfred Frisch, is a coeducational yeshiva (Jewish day school) secondary school located in Paramus, New Jersey, which adheres to the tenets and practices of Modern Orthodox Judaism. The school is named for founder Alfred Frisch who owned the land on which the original campus was situated prior to the school's inception in 1972.
The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1992. Its accreditation expires November 1, 2012.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 650 students and 80.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.1:1.
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