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Little
Ferry is a borough in
Bergen County
,
New Jersey
,
United States
. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was
10,800.
Little
Ferry was formed on September 18, 1894, from portions of both
Lodi
Township
and
New
Barbadoes
Township
, at the height of
Bergen
County
's "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through
Bergen
County
.
New
Jersey Monthly magazine ranked
Little Ferry as its 35th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of
the "Best Places To Live" in
New Jersey
.
As
of the census of 2000, there were 10,800 people, 4,366 households,
and 2,785 families residing in the borough. The population density
was 7,075.2 people per square mile (2,725.4/km˛). There were 4,449
housing units at an average density of 2,914.6/sq mi
(1,122.7/km˛). The racial makeup of the borough was 68.76% White,
4.71% African American, 0.15% Native American, 17.10% Asian, 0.06%
Pacific Islander, 5.75% from other races, and 3.47% from two or more
races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.19% of the population.
The
Little Ferry Public Schools serve students in Kindergarten through
eighth grade. The district has two schools that are located across
the street from each other. Grades Pre-K & 1 reside in the
Washington
School
Building
and
Memorial
School
house two units.
Memorial
Elementary School
includes Pre-K and Grades 2 - 4, while
Memorial
Middle School
includes grades 5 - 8 and the Board of Education Offices. Two
principals administer nearly 1,000 students and 77+ teachers.
Since
Little Ferry does not have its own high school, for grades 9-12,
public school students attend Ridgefield Park High School, in
Ridgefield Park only a couple of minutes away, as part of a
sending/receiving relationship with the Ridgefield Park Public
Schools that has been in place since 1953.
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