Franklin Lakes Public Schools

The Franklin Lakes Public Schools are a community public school district serving students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Franklin Lakes, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,491 students and 151.5 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.8., National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 14, 2011.

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., New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2009.

Students in public school for grades 9 - 12 attend the schools of the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, a regional district consisting of two four-year public high schools serving students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland and Wyckoff. Students have the option to attend either Indian Hills High School in Oakland or Ramapo High School in Franklin Lakes.Van Dusen, Matthew. "Ramapo-Indian Hills schools chief to retire.", The Record , October 24, 2007. "Later, parents of Oakland students protested their lack of...
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