River Edge is a Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 10,946. The 2006 Census estimate was 10,862.

Riverside was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jerse Legislature on June 0, 1894 as the Borough of Riverside from portions of Midland Township, at the height of the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day. On December 1, 1930, the borough's name was changed to River Edge.

River Edge has two primary schools as part of the River Edge Elementary School District, both of which served students in Kindergarten through 6th grade. Schools in the district are Roosevelt School which is located on the north side of town and Cherry Hill School which is on the south side of town. A third elementary school, Hollie M. Davis, was located on Eastbrook Drive. Hollie M. Davis had been a K-3 school, but added a grade a year before it closed as a K-6 school in 1977. It was later torn down and replaced with housing.

River Edge shares public secondary schooling with Oradell. Together, they make up the River Dell Regional School District. Students in grades 7 and 8 attend River Dell Regional Middle School at the Oradell border in River Edge. Students in grades 9 - 12 attend River Dell Regional High School a block away in Oradell.

There is also a Catholic school in River Edge, St. Peter Academy, which is a K-8 school. The Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey serves 935 students in nursery through eighth grade.

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