Montvale Public Schools

The Montvale Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Montvale, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

Montvale Public Schools
Address
47 Spring Valley Road Montvale, NJ 07645 United States
Coordinates	41.053393°N 74.05144°W / 41.053393; -74.05144
District information
Grades	pre-K to 8
Superintendent	Dr. Darren A. Petersen
Business administrator	Andrea Wasserman
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	980 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	88.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	I
Website	www.montvalek8.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,096 22 $18,891 −14.8% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,007 26 14,159 −8.1% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,011 29 8,659 −7.5% 6 Support Services 2,031 41 2,167 −6.3% 8 Administrative Cost 1,678 54 1,547 8.5% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,211 13 1,612 −24.9% 13 Extracurricular Activities 74 27 104 −28.8% 16 Median Teacher Salary 66,040 70 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 980 students and 88.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.[1]

The district is 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.[3]

Public school students from Montvale in ninth through twelfth grades attend Pascack Hills High School along with students from neighboring Woodcliff Lake. The school is part of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District, which also serves students from Hillsdale and River Vale.[4][5] Pascack Hills High School was the 7th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 18th in 2012 out of 328 schools.[6] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 842 students and 70.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[5][9]

• Memorial Elementary School[10] with 519 students in grades pre-K through 4
  • David Collier, Principal[11]
• Fieldstone Middle School[12] with 451 students in grades 5 to 8
  • Gina McCormack, Principal[11]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[11][13]

• Dr. Darren A. Petersen, Superintendent[14]
• Andrea Wasserman, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, with seven 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 three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election.[15][16]

References

1. District information for Montvale Board Of Education School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 3, 2014.
4. Pascack Valley Regional High School District 2015 School Report Card District Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2020. "The district is comprised of two high schools. Pascack Hills High School, which is located in Montvale, receives students from the towns of Montvale and Woodcliff Lake. Pascack Valley High School, located in Hillsdale, enrolls students from Hillsdale and River Vale."
5. Welcome, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed May 11, 2020. "The Montvale School District is made up of two schools serving students in grades PreK-4 at Memorial Elementary School and grades 5-8 at Fieldstone Middle School.... From Montvale, our students attend top-rated Pascack Hills High School."
6. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 3, 2014.
7. School data for Pascack Hills High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
8. School Data for the Montvale Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 3, 2014.
9. New Jersey School Directory for the Montvale Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
10. Memorial Elementary School, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed May 11, 2020.
11. Administration, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed May 11, 2020.
12. Fieldstone Middle School, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed May 11, 2020.
13. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
14. Superintendent of Schools, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed May 11, 2020.
15. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
16. Board of Education, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed May 11, 2020.

External links

• Montvale Public Schools
• Montvale Public Schools's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Montvale Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
• Pascack Valley Regional High School District