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

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Palisades Park Public School District
Address
270 First Street Palisades Park , Bergen County, New Jersey, 07650 United States
Coordinates	40.847295°N 73.9971°W / 40.847295; -73.9971
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Joseph Cirillo
Business administrator	Aleksandar Kondovski
Schools	3
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,846 (as of 2019–20)[1]
Faculty	95.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	19.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	CD
Website	www.palpkschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,535 9 $18,891 −12.5% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,163 8 14,783 −17.7% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,247 25 8,763 −5.9% 6 Support Services 926 1 2,392 −61.3% 8 Administrative Cost 1,427 8 1,485 −3.9% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,186 4 1,783 −33.5% 13 Extracurricular Activities 313 7 268 16.8% 16 Median Teacher Salary 49,507 2 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

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As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,846 students and 95.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 19.3:1.^[1]

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

Schools in the district (with 2019-20 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[5]) are:^[6][7]

• Charles R. Smith Early Childhood Center^[8] with 196 students in grades PreK-K
  • Jillian Romero, principal
• Lindbergh Elementary School^[9] with 858 students in grades 1-6
  • Patrick Phalon, principal
• Palisades Park High School^[10] with 774 students in grades 7-12
  • Andrew Garcia, principal

Core members of the district's administration include:^[11][12]

• Joseph Cirillo, superintendent of schools
• Aleksandar Kondovski, 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 2017) 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.^[13][14][15]