The Wayne Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Wayne, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, in the New York City metropolitan area. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising 14 schools, had an enrollment of 7,895 students and 666.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 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. History Before the district opened its own secondary school in 1952, students from Wayne had attended Pompton Lakes High School. The school was called "Wayne High School" until Wayne Hills High School opened in September 1966, at which time the word "Valley" was added to the original school's name in order to differentiate between the two. Awards and recognition John F. Kennedy School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award. Schools Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are: Elementary schools Randall Carter Elementary School (334 students; in grades K-5) Jeffrey Wojcik, Principal Theunis Dey Elementary School (437; PreK-5) Necole Jadick, Principal James Fallon Elementary School (381; K-5) Ethan Maayan, Principal John F. Kennedy Elementary School (416; K-5) Kolleen Myers, Principal Lafayette Elementary School (301; K-5) Matthew Kriley, Principal Packanack Elementary School (441; PreK-5) Roger Rogalin, Principal Pines Lake Elementary School (380; PreK-5) Jose Celis, Principal Ryerson Elementary School (273; K-5) Debbie Foti, Principal Albert P. Terhune Elementary School (399; PreK-5) Suzana Adamo, Principal Middle schools Schuyler-Colfax Middle School (693; 6-8) Matthew Mignanelli, Principal George Washington Middle School (653; 6-8) Jack E. Leonard, Principal Anthony Wayne Middle School (555; 6-8) David Aulenbach, Principal High schools (grades 9-12) Wayne Hills High School (1,285; 9-12 - for students living on and north of Ratzer Road) Michael Rewick, Principal Wayne Valley High School (1,250; 9-12 - for students living south of Ratzer Road) Kenneth J. Palczewski, Principal Administration Core members of the district's administration are: Dr. Mark Toback, Superintendent William Moffitt, Business Administrator /