The Hasbrouck Heights School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Hasbrouck Heights and Teterboro, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3] The district serves students from Teterboro, a non-operating district that was merged into the Hasbrouck Heights School District following its dissolution on July 1, 2010.^[4]

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Hasbrouck Heights School District
Address
379 Boulevard Hasbrouck Heights , Bergen County, New Jersey, 07604 United States
Coordinates	40.867208°N 74.072963°W / 40.867208; -74.072963
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Matthew Helfant
Business administrator	Dina Messery
Schools	4
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,745 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty	145.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	www.hhschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $15,127 5 $18,891 −19.9% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,134 9 14,783 −17.9% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,328 13 8,763 −16.4% 6 Support Services 1,930 23 2,392 −19.3% 8 Administrative Cost 1,253 7 1,485 −15.6% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,219 5 1,783 −31.6% 13 Extracurricular Activities 396 37 268 47.8% 16 Median Teacher Salary 66,618 48 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

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As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,745 students and 145.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.^[5]

For the 2005-06 school year, Lincoln School was one of 22 schools statewide selected as Governor's School of Excellence Winners, an award given to schools that have demonstrated significant improvement over the previous two academic years.^[6]

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[7]) are:^[8][9][10]

Elementary schools

• Euclid Elementary School^[11] with 338 students in grades PreK-5
  • Michael Sickels, principal
• Lincoln Elementary School^[12] with 386 students in grades PreK-5
  • Joseph C. Colangelo, principal

Middle school

• Hasbrouck Heights Middle School^[13] with 426 students in grades 6-8
  • Joseph Mastropietro, principal

High school

• Hasbrouck Heights High School^[14] with 558 students in grades 9-12
  • Linda Simmons, principal

Core members of the district's administration are:^[15]

• Matthew Helfant, superintendent^[16]
• Dina Messery, business administrator and board secretary^[17]

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.^{[18][19][20][21]}