Wyckoff, New Jersey

Wyckoff is a township located in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2000 census, the township had a total population of 16,508. The most commonly given origin for the name Wyckoff, which was the origin accepted by the town committee when the town was established, is that Wyckoff is Indian for "high ground". A less widely held theory is that the town was named for Brooklyn judge Pieter Claesen Wyckoff (1625-1694). The surname comes from the Dutch words "Wyk," meaning parish and "Hof," meaning court. Neither of these origins are supported with solid historical evidence. The town has 13 churches, 1 synagogue, 5 public schools, 3 volunteer fire stations, and 1 volunteer ambulance corps.

Public schools

There are 5 public schools in Wyckoff: Coolidge, Eisenhower, Lincoln, Sicomac, and Washington. Calvin Coolidge School, located at 420 Grandview Ave., is an elementary school which opened in 1932 as a 6-room K-6 school and has been expanded several times over the years. Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School, located at 344 Calvin Ct., was approved in 1960 and dedicated 1963. Since 1996 Eisenhower has served grades 6, 7, and 8. Abraham Lincoln School, located at 325 Mason Ave., was dedicated in 1953 on land purchased in 1950. Sicomac School, located at 356 Sicomac Ave., was completed in 1967. George Washington School, located at 270 Woodland Ave., was constructed as an 11-room brick building on the site of where the previous school burned down in. High school students attend Ramapo High School, a regional high school located in Franklin Lakes which serves most of Wyckoff and part of Franklin Lakes. The other part of Franklin Lakes, all of Oakland, and a small portion of Wyckoff students attend Indian Hills High School located in Oakland.

Related Topics:
Elementary school - Oakland

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The first school in the town was a 1-room school built on Wyckoff Ave. in 1869 and used until 1906; demolished in 1906. Prior to 1929 high school students attended Central High School in Paterson, before the Board of Education voted to send students to Ramsey High School in Ramsey instead.

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Paterson - Ramsey

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