Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • June 13, 2012 FLOW Area Regional high schools receive state report cards by Frank J. McMahon The two schools in the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District have received their report cards for the 2010-11 school year. The NJDOE releases report cards for each public school in the state on an annual basis. Those report cards have provided the public with information about every school in New Jersey since 1995, when the state legislature mandated the annual accountability report. NJDOE claims the report cards provide user-friendly information to the public about school performance. In addition, the report cards provide useful data to educators and school districts to help develop local improvement plans. The report cards contain detailed statistical profiles of all the public schools in the district in the areas of school environment, student information, school performance, staff information, and district financial data. In a narrative accompanying the report cards, Superintend Dr. C. Lauren Schoen described the regional high school district pointing out that the district serves students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff in a comprehensive two campus setting. She explained that students from the three communities may choose which of the two high schools they wish to attend for their four-year high school experience, and the district offers opportunities to support academic, social, and emotional growth through a wide array of course offerings in the core content areas and diverse electives. “The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District prides itself in a long tradition of excellence,” Schoen stated. “Opportunities are available for all students to excel and be ready to face the challenges of life in the 21st century. The district sends approximately 96 percent of high school students to two- or four-year colleges each year with many going on to the nation’s premier institutions. We truly believe that each and every learner graduating from our two high schools is ready to face their post-secondary experience, whether it be college, university, military, technical school, or work. Our district has helped each student reach their full potential academically, socially, and emotionally while guiding them through their high school years.” According to the report cards, the 2010-11 school year enrollment at Ramapo was 1,150.5 students, a decrease of 25 students over the previous year, while at Indian Hills it was 1196 students, an increase of 52 students, for a total enrollment of 2,346.5 students, an increase of 27 students over the previous year. The average class size at Ramapo was 20.9 students, while at Indian Hills the average was 21.4 students. The High School Proficiency Assessment test results indicated that, of the 240 students tested in language arts literacy at Ramapo, less than one percent were partially proficient, while 60 and 39.2 percent were proficient or advanced, respectively. At Indian Hills, where 280 students were tested in language arts literacy, 2.9 percent were partially proficient, while 57.1 and 40 percent were proficient or advanced, respectively. Of the students tested at Ramapo, 9.6 percent were partially proficient in mathematics, while 47.5 and 42.9 percent were proficient or advanced, respectively. At Indian Hills, 13.2 percent were partially proficient in math, while 48.2 and 38.6 percent were proficient or advanced, respectively. The comparable averages in the state were 9.6, 69.3, and 21.2 percent in language arts literacy, and 23.8, 50.5, and 25.7 percent in math. The 2010-11 average SAT scores at Ramapo were 561 math, 540 verbal, and 554 essay, combining for a total average SAT score of 1655. The average SAT scores at Indian Hills were 539 math, 530 verbal, and 545 essay, for a total average SAT score of 1614. The state’s average SAT scores were 518 math, 494 verbal, and 496 essay for an average score of 1508. At Ramapo, 91.1 percent of the students in grades 11 and 12 participated in the Advanced Placement tests. At Indian Hills, 56.4 percent of the grade 11 and 12 students participated. The state average was 39.9 percent. The school report cards indicate that 96.8 percent of the Class of 2011 at Ramapo and 94 percent at Indian Hills graduated in 2011. The student/administrator ratio at Ramapo was 122.4 to one, while at Indian Hills it was 124.6 to one. The state average was 190:1. The student/faculty ratio at Ramapo was 9.4 to one and at Indian Hills it was 10.8 to one. The state average was 11:1. At Ramapo, 34.9 percent of the faculty and administrators had BA or BS degrees, 62 percent had MA or MS degrees, and 3.1 percent had Ph.D. or Ed.D. degrees during the 2010-11 school year, while at Indian Hills those percentages were 34.7 percent, 64.5 percent, and 0.8 percent, respectively. The median salary for district administrators in the (continued on page 26)