The Oradell Public School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through sixth grade from Oradell, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The district consists of a single school, Oradell Public School.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 794 students and 61 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.02. The average class size was 20.9 in 2009-10, while the state average was 18.2. The administration costs were 11.9% above average while the support services costs were 1.1% below average and classroom instruction costs were 17.2% below average.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
Oradell and neighboring River Edge share a combined school district for 7th through 12th grades, River Dell Regional School District which was established in 1958. Students attend River Dell Regional Middle School in River Edge and River Dell Regional High School in Oradell.
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