The Edgewater Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through sixth grades from Edgewater, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 1,022 students and 70.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1. With district enrollment increasing rapidly, George Washington School opened in September 2012, having been constructed with a third floor to accommodate enrollment growth in the district that was anticipated to rise from 628 in 2011 to as much as 925 in 2015. The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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. For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students from the borough are sent to the Leonia Public Schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship. Schools in the district attended by Edgewater students (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Leonia Middle School with 533 students in grades 6 - 8 (Edgewater students attend for grades 7&8) and Leonia High School with 740 students in grades 9 - 12. School Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are: George Washington School with 554 students in grades PreK-2 Billy J. Cunningham, Principal Eleanor Van Gelder School with 447 students in grades 3-6 Mrs Michele Higgins, Principal Administration Core members of the district's administration are: Mrs. Siobhan Tauchert, Superintendent Mr Wally Lindsley, Board Secretary / Business Administrator Mrs Michele Higgins, Principal, Eleanor Van Gelder School Mr Billy Cunningham, Principal, George Washington School Mr Joseph Tramutolo, Director of Special Services Mr Richard Gannon, Supervisor of Buildings & Grounds Board of Education The district's board of education, with five 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 either one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a