Oakland Public Schools

In 1954, Oakland, which had sent its students to Pompton Lakes High School, joined an effort to create a regional high school together with Franklin Lakes and Wyckoff, which had been notified in 1954 that students from those two communities at Ramsey High School beyond the 1956-57 school year. The creation of a regional high school was approved in 1954 by all three communities by a margin of 1,060 to 51. The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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. == Schools ==

Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are: ;Elementary schools • Dogwood Hill Elementary School with 241 students in grades K-5 • Sean Bowe, principal • Heights Elementary School with 376 students in grades PreK-5 • Jacqueline Micari-Christiano, principal • Manito Elementary School with 257 students in grades K-5 • Adam I. Silverstein, principal ;Middle school • Valley Middle School with 446 students in grades 6-8 • Gregg J. Desiderio, principal == Administration ==

Core members of the district's administration are: • Gina M. Coffaro, superintendent of schools • Annette Wells, school business administrator and board secretary ==Board of education==

The district's board of education, consisting of 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 as part of the April school election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. As one of about a dozen districts statewide with school elections in April, voters also decide on passage of the annual school budget. ==References==