As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 2,923 students and 247.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.[1]
The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at Dwight Morrow High School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program.[7] Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.[8] The Dwight Morrow choice program has been the state's largest.[5][9]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.[10]
D. A. Quarles Early Childhood Center[14] with 430 students in grades PreK-K
Arlene Ng, principal
Elementary schools
Dr. John Grieco Elementary School[15] with 348 students in grades 1-2
Daniela Small-Bailey, principal
Dr. Leroy McCloud School[16] with 490 students in grades 3-5. The school had been known as Cleveland School until 2009, when it was named in memory of the district's first African-American principal, Dr. Leroy McCloud, who had a 50-year career in the district.[17]
Dorian Milteer, principal
Middle school
Janis E. Dismus Middle School[18] with 547 students in grades 6-8
Cheryl Balletto, business administrator and board secretary
Ronel Cook, who had taken office as superintendent for the 2022-23 school year, was killed in a car crash in November 2022.[25]
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 2014) 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.[22][26][27]
^Englewood Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Englewood Public School District. Accessed June 6, 2023. "Purpose: The Englewood Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-K through 12 for students of the City of Englewood Public Schools. Classification: The City of Englewood Public School District shall be classified as a Type II district. Composition: The City of Englewood Public School District is comprised of all of the area within the municipal boundaries of the City of Englewood."
^Homepage. Englewood Public School District. Accessed April 19, 2013. "Englewood Public School District, Russell C. Major Liberty School-District Administrative Building, 12 Tenafly Rd., Englewood, NJ 07631"
^ abDwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 27, 2020. "Dwight Morrow High School is a progressive community of learners consisting of approximately 1112 students and 118 faculty members. Our 9th through 12th grade school is a part of a send/receive relationship between the City of Englewood and the Borough of Englewood Cliffs. Additionally, our campus is the home to the Interdistrict Public School Choice program, Academies@Englewood."
^Simone, Stephanie. "Englewood Cliffs to study creating its own high school", Northern Valley Suburbanite, April 18, 2013. Accessed April 19, 2013. "The Board of Education and St. Peter's University Englewood Cliffs Campus partnered to conduct a feasibility study on expanding the K-8 district to include a high school."
^Capuzzo, Jill P. "The Little Land of Big Houses", The New York Times, June 4, 2013. Accessed December 24, 2016. "Dwight Morrow is also home to the Academies@Englewood, the state's largest interdistrict public school, which is by application only."
^Fabiano, Giovanna. "Englewood school gets new addition, and a new name", The Record, October 21, 2009. Accessed December 3, 2014. "Englewood's Cleveland Elementary School has been renamed the Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School in honor of the district's first African-American principal."
^Superintendent, Englewood Public School District. Accessed December 22, 2023.
^Noda, Stephanie; and Katzban, Nicholas. "Englewood superintendent dies, son injured in Yonkers car crash", North Jersey, November 21, 2022.Accessed November 23, 2022. "The Englewood Public School District’s superintendent, who had just begun working for the district in August, died Sunday in a car crash. The Westchester County Police Department received a call about the crash that killed Superintendent Ronel Cook, 51, of Newburgh, N.Y., at 1:16 p.m. on Sunday afternoon."
^Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Englewood City School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2022. Accessed December 22, 2023. "The Englewood Board of Education (the 'Board' or the 'District') is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an education institution. The Board consists of nine elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A Superintendent of Schools is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District. A School Business Administrator/Board Secretary is also appointed by the Board and oversees the business functions of the District."
