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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Our growing school district: 2009-10 enrollment

As Dr. Fishbein reported at last night's meeting, here's a snapshot of enrollment school by school in Ridgewood, as of 9/9/09 and compared to one year ago (9/15/08):

2009 # (2008 #) Change +/-

Glen 36 (28) +8

Hawes 408 (406) +2

Orchard 323 (329) -6

Ridge 478 (474) +4

Somerville 533 (507) +26 (wow!)

Travell 410 (416) -6

Willard 456 (466) -10

Total Elementary: 2,644 (2,626) +18

BFMS 687 (690) -3

GWMS 675 (666) +9

Total Middle School: 1,362 (1,356) +6

RHS 1,666 (1,664) +2

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I am always amazed by the parents who straddle the Orchard / Ridge district and their decision to send their children to Ridge. All based on perception of social status. Which is good for Orchard. Because it means smaller class sizes. On top of which, Orchard has consistently outperformed Ridge. Here's to the idiocy of social climbers and a well kept secret.