Franklin Lakes Public Schools

Franklin Lakes Public Schools
Address
490 Pulis Avenue
Franklin Lakes
, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07417
United States
District information
GradesPre-K–8
SuperintendentGregorio Maceri
Business administratorDina Messery
Schools4
Students and staff
Enrollment1,200 (as of 2023–24)[1]
Faculty144.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio8.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitedistrict.franklinlakes.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$23,29484$18,89123.3%
1Budgetary Cost20,1908414,15942.6%
2Classroom Instruction13,165848,65952.0%
6Support Services3,047802,16740.6%
8Administrative Cost1,948781,54725.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,923721,61219.3%
13Extracurricular Activities104501040.0%
16Median Teacher Salary64,0716161,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Franklin Lakes Public Schools are a community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Franklin Lakes, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,200 students and 144.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.3:1.[1]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades 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.[4] Before enrolling, students have the option to choose to attend either of the district's high schools.[5][6][7] Schools in the high school district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are Indian Hills High School, located in Oakland[9] (694 students) and Ramapo High School, located in Franklin Lakes[10] (1,188 students).[11][12]

History

Prior to the formation of the regional high school district, students from Franklin Lakes had attended Ramsey High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship, until the Ramsey Public School District informed officials from both Franklin Lakes and Wyckoff that the Ramsey school would no longer have space to accommodate out-of-district students after the 1956–57 school year; Oakland, which had sent its students to Pompton Lakes High School, joined Franklin Lakes and Wyckoff in considering a regional school district.[13][14] The creation of a regional high school was approved in 1954 by all three communities by a margin of 1,060 to 51.[15]

The district had been 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.[16]

Awards and recognition

For the 2005-06 school year, the district was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "Artist Historians" Social Studies program at Franklin Avenue Middle School.[17]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[18]) are:[19][20]

Elementary schools
  • Colonial Road School[21] with 246 students in grades PreK–5
    • Christine Gagliardo, principal[22]
  • High Mountain Road School[23] with 297 students in grades PreK–5
    • Jaclyn Bajzath, principal[22]
  • Woodside Avenue School[24] with 281 students in grades K–5
    • Ann Jameson, principal[22]
Middle school
  • Franklin Avenue Middle School[25] with 377 students in grades 6–8
    • Joseph Keiser, principal[22]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[22][26]

  • Gregorio Maceri, superintendent[27]
  • Dina Messery, business administrator and board secretary[28]

Board of education

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.[29][30][31][32]

References

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Franklin Lakes School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Franklin Lakes Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Franklin Lakes Public Schools, adopted June 7, 2022. Accessed October 5, 2025. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Franklin Lakes School District. Composition: The Franklin Lakes School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Franklin Lakes."
  4. ^ Ramapo Indian Hills Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, adopted March 11, 2013. Accessed October 5, 2025. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Composition: The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff."
  5. ^ Van Dusen, Matthew. "Ramapo-Indian Hills schools chief to retire.", The Record, October 24, 2007. Accessed October 5, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Later, parents of Oakland students protested their lack of choice, and students in Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes and Oakland can now attend either school."
  6. ^ Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 28, 2020. "The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District serves students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff in a comprehensive two-campus setting. Students from the three communities may choose which of the two high schools they wish to attend for their four-year high school experience."
  7. ^ School Choice / Home Instruction, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed October 5, 2025. "All eighth grade students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff may choose to attend the high school of their choice within the following regulations, which are subject to review and revision."
  8. ^ School Data for the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  9. ^ Indian Hills High School, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  10. ^ Ramapo High School, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  11. ^ School Performance Reports for the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 1, 2025.
  12. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  13. ^ "Regional High At Polls Jan. 26", The Morning Call, January 14, 1954. Accessed November 3, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes and Oakland voters will go to the polls at a special election Tuesday, Jan. 26 to vote on whether or not they, approve Board of Education plans for a regional high school for the three towns. Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes now send pupils to Ramsey High school and Oakland sends to Pompton Lakes High School."
  14. ^ Staff. "Enrollments Tax Schools In Bergen; Auxiliary Rooms Are Being Converted for Classes and Construction Is Pushed", The New York Times, September 4, 1954. Accessed November 3, 2025. "Crowding is a critical problem in the high schools of the triangular area embracing Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes and Oakland. They have united in a plan for a regional high school. How soon this plant will be ready is problematical, but there is pressure in the fact that Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes students will not be accepted at Ramsey High School after the fall of 1956."
  15. ^ "Voters Okay Three-Town High School", Ridgewood Herald-News, January 28, 1954. Accessed November 3, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "A new regional high school district to include Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes and Oakland received overwhelming approval Tuesday night as residents of the three towns voted 1,060 to 51 in favor of its formation.... Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes have already been informed by Ramsey High School to which they send senior high pupils that the school can accommodate them only until other arrangements can be made, Oakland is momentarily expecting a similar ultimatum from Pompton Lakes which Its students attend."
  16. ^ District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 1, 2024.
  17. ^ New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 23, 2006.
  18. ^ School Data for the Franklin Lakes Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  19. ^ School Performance Reports for the Franklin Lakes Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 1, 2025.
  20. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Franklin Lakes Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  21. ^ Colonial Road School, Franklin Lakes School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  22. ^ a b c d e Contact Us, Franklin Lakes School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  23. ^ High Mountain Road School, Franklin Lakes School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  24. ^ Woodside Avenue School, Franklin Lakes School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  25. ^ Franklin Avenue Middle School, Franklin Lakes School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  26. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  27. ^ Superintendent Home, Franklin Lakes School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  28. ^ Business Office, Franklin Lakes School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
  29. ^ New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
  30. ^ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Franklin Lakes School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2024. Accessed October 5, 2025. "The Board is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board consists of elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District." See "Roster of Officials" on page 11.
  31. ^ District Bylaw 9110 - Number of Members and Terms of Office, Franklin Lakes Public Schools, readopted October 29, 2024. Accessed October 5, 2025. "The Board of Education shall consist of 9 members. The term of a Board member shall be 3 years, except vacancies in the membership of the Board shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 18A:12-15."
  32. ^ Board Members, Franklin Lakes School District. Accessed October 5, 2025.
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