students in grades PreK-4) Lillian Whitaker, Principal Middle school Hackensack Middle School (1,571 students in grades 5-8) Dr. Joy Dorsey Whiting, Principal High school Hackensack High School (1,918 students in grades 9-12) James Montesano, Principal Administration Core members of the district's administration are: Robert Sanchez, Superintendent Dora Zeno, Interim Business Administrator / Board Secretary 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 April school election. As one of the 13 districts statewide with school elections in April (five of which are in Bergen County), voters also decide on passage of the annual school budget. Demographics In 1948 the district had a school with all African-American students but which had teachers of multiple races. While the school was in operation during de jure educational segregation in the United States, Noma Jensen of Journal of Negro Education wrote "This school is all Negro by reason of population." References External links Hackensack Elementary School portal School Data for the Hackensack Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics Public Schools New Jersey District Factor Group CD School districts in Bergen County, New Jersey