The Leonia Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Leonia, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

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Leonia Public Schools
Address
570 Grand Avenue Leonia , Bergen County, New Jersey, 07605 United States
Coordinates	40.871412°N 73.986859°W / 40.871412; -73.986859
District information
Grades	Pre-K to 12
Superintendent	Edward Bertolini
Business administrator	Tina Palecek
Schools	3
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,952 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	170.6 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	GH
Website	www.leoniaschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,189 37 $18,891 −3.7% 1 Budgetary Cost 15,269 53 14,783 3.3% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,714 52 8,763 −0.6% 6 Support Services 2,103 39 2,392 −12.1% 8 Administrative Cost 1,922 65 1,485 29.4% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,056 61 1,783 15.3% 13 Extracurricular Activities 401 38 268 49.6% 16 Median Teacher Salary 55,460 6 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 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,952 students and 170.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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]

Students from Edgewater attend the district's schools for grades 7-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Edgewater Public Schools.^[5][6]

In 2005, Leonia Middle School finished the construction of its new addition. That marked the completion of the expansion of the Leonia Public Schools, along with the completion of the high school's math and science wing and Anna C. Scott Elementary School's addition and renovation, completed in 2002 and 2001, respectively.

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[7]) are:^[8][9][10]

• Anna C. Scott Elementary School^[11] with 663 students in grades PreK-5
  • Maria Barcelo Martinez, principal^[12]
• Leonia Middle School^[13] with 533 students in grades 6-8
  • David Saco, principal^[12]
• Leonia High School^[14] with 740 students in grades 9-12
  • Charles Kalender, principal^[12]

Core members of the district's administration are:^[12][15]

• Edward Bertolini, superintendent
• Rashon Hasan, business administrator and board secretary

The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees 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.^[16][17] A tenth representative is appointed to represent Edgewater.^[18]