Students
The school's main building houses approximately 650 boys ranging in age from nursery school through tenth grade; the school maintains a separate building for senior high school and tertiary study, with an additional enrollment of about 250 students. It has a student-teacher ratio of approximately nineteen to one, and is staffed by renowned teachers and rabbis. The school is affiliated with the National Society for Hebrew Day Schools.
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