Saddle River School District

Saddle River School District
Address
97 East Allendale Road
, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07458
United States
Coordinates41°01′53″N 74°05′48″W / 41.031428°N 74.096736°W / 41.031428; -74.096736
District information
GradesPreK-5
SuperintendentJennifer Macones
Business administratorThomas O'Hern
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment125 (as of 2024–25)
Faculty14.7 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio8.5:1
Other information
District Factor GroupJ
Websitewww.wandellschool.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending
Rank
(*)
K-6
average
%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$21,02251$18,89111.3%
1Budgetary Cost25,6975913,64988.3%
2Classroom Instruction12,945588,36654.7%
6Support Services8,265592,161282.5%
8Administrative Cost1,978531,46734.8%
10Operations & Maintenance2,464541,55258.8%
16Median Teacher Salary63,7064957,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

The Saddle River School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade from Saddle River, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2024–25 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 125 students and 14.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.5:1. In the 2016–17 school year, Saddle River was tied for the 28th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 150 students.

The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the-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.

Public school students from Saddle River attend the Ramsey Public School District's middle school and then have the option of attending either Ramsey High School or Northern Highlands Regional High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with each of the respective districts. As of the 2024–25 school year, the Northern Highlands Regional High School had an enrollment of 1,257 students and 109.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1, while Ramsey High School had an enrollment of 739 students and 77.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.5:1. One of under ten districts in the state with a dual send-receive relationship, three quarters of Saddle River's high school students attend Northern Highlands and about a quarter attend Ramsey High School.