Palisades Park Junior Senior High School - Palisades Park, New Jersey/NJ

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Palisades Park Junior Senior High School

Veterans Plaza, Palisades Park, NJ, 07650-1999 -

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Definition of Terms

Palisades Park Junior Senior High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 7 - 12

County

Bergen County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

649 students

% Male / % Female

53% / 47%

Total Classroom Teachers

59 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 7 - 104 students

Grade 8 - 104 students

Grade 9 - 119 students

Grade 10 - 107 students

Grade 11 - 116 students

Grade 12 - 99 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:11

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	41%	7%
% Hispanic	32%	15%
% Black	3%	17%
% White	24%	61%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

14%

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Palisades Park School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	2	5
Number of Students Managed	1,436 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$24,692,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$24,233,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$17,195	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$16,875	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	94%	81%

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Palisades Park Jr./Sr. High School is a five-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in eighth through twelfth grade from Palisades Park, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Palisades Park Public School District.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 649 students and 59.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 10.9.
The school was the 118th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 133rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
The Palisades Park High School Tigers compete in the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) Olympic Conference, made up of private and public high schools located in Bergen County and Hudson County.
In 2007, the Boy's Tennis Team won their first State Sectionals Title defeating Leonia High School 3-2 to win the North 1, Group 1 championship. They have gone down in history for being the first to ever win a State Sectionals Title for both boys and girls.
The Palisades Park Boys Cross Country teams have won North Jersey Group I state sectional championships in 1976, 1987, 1994-2000 and in 2002, winning Group I championships in 1995, 1996 and 2000. The 2000 team was awarded honors from The Star-Ledger as team of the year, with Frank Donohue earning Coach of the Year, with the paper noting the team's seven consecutive sectional titles. They have also have won numerous State Sectional and County Group titles. The team held a 70-0 dual meet winning streak through part of the 1990s and into the 2000s.
External links
Palisades Park High School
Palisades Park Public School District
Data for the Palisades Park Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics

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