The Waldwick Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Waldwick, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,600 students and 134 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.94.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third 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.
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