As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 1,932 students and 179.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[1]
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.[4]
The first school in the town was a one-room school built on Wyckoff Avenue in 1869 and used until 1906, when it was demolished. The first George Washington School had been used but was burned in a fire in 1911. Prior to 1929, high school students attended Central High School in Paterson, before the Board of Education voted to send students to Ramsey High School in Ramsey instead.
For the 2005–06 school year, the Wyckoff School District was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "A Reading Af'fair' to Remember" Language Arts Literacy program at Abraham Lincoln School.[15]
Calvin Coolidge Elementary School,[19] with 289 students in grades K-5, located at 420 Grandview Avenue, is an elementary school which opened in 1932 as a 6-room K-6 school and has been expanded several times over the years.
Robert Famularo, principal
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School,[20] with 304 students in grades K-5, located at 325 Mason Avenue, was dedicated in 1953 on land purchased in 1950.
Patrick Lee, principal
Sicomac Elementary School,[21] with 297 students in grades PreK-5, located at 356 Sicomac Avenue, was completed in 1967.
Stephen Raimo, principal
George Washington Elementary School[22] with 346 students in grades K-5, located at 270 Woodland Avenue, was constructed as an 11-room brick building on the site where the previous school had burned down.
Scott Blake, principal
Middle school
Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School,[23] with 672 students in grades 6–8, located at 344 Calvin Court, the school was approved in 1960 and dedicated in 1963.
Brian Faehndrich, principal
Special education
Wyckoff is a member of the Northwest Bergen Council for Special Education Region 1, which includes 12 member districts which work together to provide special education services on a regional basis. Wyckoff is responsible for four of the special education classes in the Northwest Council. Special education classes are located in Sicomac School.
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[24][25]
Patricia Salvati, business administrator and board secretary[27]
Board of education
The district's board of education is comprised of nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.[28][29][30]
^Wyckoff Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Wyckoff School District. Accessed July 15, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten (special education) through eight in the Wyckoff Township School District. Composition: The Wyckoff Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Wyckoff Township."
^Van Dusen, Matthew. "Ramapo-Indian Hills schools chief to retire.", The Record, October 24, 2007. Accessed August 19, 2014. "Later, parents of Oakland students protested their lack of choice, and students in Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes and Oakland can now attend either school."
^Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Wyckoff Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2021. Accessed July 15, 2022. "The Wyckoff Township Public Schools (the 'Board' or the 'District') is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an education institution. The Board consists of seven elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District."