Fort Lee School District


The Fort Lee School District or Fort Lee Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Fort Lee, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising six schools, had an enrollment of 4,103 students and 301.2 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.

Awards and recognition

During the 2010-11 school year, School #3 was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive, one of only 10 schools statewide to be honored. The school was one of three in Bergen County honored that year.
Fort Lee High School has been ranked very highly both by U.S News and World Report and the New Jersey Department of Education ranking. The elementary and middle schools have consistently been ranked highly too.

Controversy

Fort Lee Elementary School 1 was in the news in 2018, receiving local and even out-of-state media coverage after a teacher's assistant pleaded guilty to selling drugs on school grounds.

Schools

Schools in the district are:
;Elementary schools
;Intermediate / Middle school
;High school
Core members of the district's administration are:
Former District Superintendent Dr. Raymond Bandlow announced in August 2011 that although he had over two years left on his contract, he would be retiring in New Jersey effective October 31 to accept a position as superintendent of the Beacon City Schools in Beacon, New York. In addition to collecting a New Jersey pension, Bandlow will receive an annual salary below the $210,000 he had been receiving in Fort Lee, but more than the nearly $165,000 he would have received in a new contract in Fort Lee following restrictions on salaries imposed by Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie.

Board of education

The district's board of education, with 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 as part of the November general election.