Northvale Public Schools

The Northvale Public School is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Northvale in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.[3] Students from Rockleigh, a non-operating school district, attend the district as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[4][5]

Northvale Public School
Address
441 Tappan Road Northvale, NJ 07647 United States
Coordinates	41.01188°N 73.952776°W / 41.01188; -73.952776
District information
Grades	K-8
Superintendent	Michael Pinajian
Business administrator	Louis Turco
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	534 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	47.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,762 27 $18,891 −6.0% 1 Budgetary Cost 15,885 44 14,159 12.2% 2 Classroom Instruction 9,435 44 8,659 9.0% 6 Support Services 2,764 56 2,167 27.5% 8 Administrative Cost 1,985 62 1,547 28.3% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,509 26 1,612 −6.4% 13 Extracurricular Activities 177 47 104 70.2% 16 Median Teacher Salary 67,500 54 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 534 students and 47.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.[6]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, together with students from Harrington Park, Norwood and Old Tappan,[7] along with students from Rockleigh who attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[8] The school is one of the two schools of the Northern Valley Regional High School District, which also serves students from the neighboring communities of Closter, Demarest and Haworth at the Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest.[9][10] During the 1994-96 school years, Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.[11] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,170 students and 97.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.[12]

The district participates in special education programs offered by Region III, one of seven such regional programs in Bergen County. Region III coordinates and develops special education programs for the 1,000 students with learning disabilities in the region, which also includes the Alpine, Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Norwood and Old Tappan districts, as well as the Northern Valley Regional High School District.[13]

Schools

Northvale Public School had an enrollment of 506 students in grades K-8 as of the 2018–19 school year.[14]

• Michelle Martino, Principal[15]

For the 2012-13 school year, Thomas Jefferson School (for grades K-4) and Nathan Hale School (for grades 5-8) were combined to create the Northvale Public School, as part of an effort to reduce costs associated with running two separate schools that share a common campus and corridor.[16]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[17]

• Michael Pinajian, Superintendent[18]
• Louis Turco, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[19]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine 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. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district.[20][21][22]

References

1. District information for Northvale Public 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. Northvale Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Northvale Public Schools. Accessed March 7, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through Grade 8 in the Northvale School District. Composition: The Northvale School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Northvale."
4. Board of Education, Borough of Rockleigh. Accessed June 9, 2020. "Rockleigh Borough is a 'sending district' in that there is no public school within the Borough. The Borough of Northvale is the 'receiving district' for elementary and high school public school children who reside in Rockleigh."
5. 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed April 8, 2011.
6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 14, 2014.
7. Home page, Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 4, 2011. Accessed October 14, 2014. "Welcome to Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, home of the Golden Knights. Although our students reside in four different towns; Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood, and Old Tappan, once they arrive here they are treated as one."
8. Rockleigh Public Services, Rockleigh, New Jersey. Accessed October 14, 2014. "Rockleigh Borough is a 'sending district' in that there is no public school within the Borough, except for three special-education schools administered by Bergen County.... The Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, a nationally ranked high school, receives older children from Rockleigh Borough."
9. Northern Valley Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 12, 2017. "Located in the upper North Eastern corner of the state, Northern Valley Regional is comprised of two high schools, Northern Valley at Demarest and Northern Valley at Old Tappan.... Our long standing successful and cost efficient Pre-K-12 consortium remains an exemplar model of shared services including seven local Pre-K-8 districts that send their students to the regional high schools: Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan."
10. Our Communities, Northern Valley Regional High School District. Accessed May 31, 2016. "The seven towns that make up the Northern Valley Regional High School District - Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood, and Old Tappan - are situated in the northeast corner of Bergen County, New Jersey."
11. Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF) Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, United States Department of Education. Accessed May 31, 2016.
12. School data for Northern Valley Regional High School At Old Tappan, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
13. Region III Overview, Northern Valley Regional High School District. Accessed December 6, 2019. "Responding to this the Bergen County Superintendents Council almost 25 years ago, divided and reorganized the county into seven regions for special education. Bergen County Region III is comprised of nine participating districts: Alpine, Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northern Valley Regional High School District, Northvale, Norwood, and Old Tappan."
14. School Data for the Northvale Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
15. Principal, Northvale Public Schools. Accessed December 6, 2019.
16. Harris, Chris. "Giving Northvale school a new name isn't so easy", The Record (Bergen County), September 9, 2012. Accessed October 14, 2014. "A decision to consolidate and rename the borough's two public schools has raised the ire of several residents.... Changing the name of the Northvale schools — which last year were the Thomas Jefferson Elementary School and the Nathan Hale Middle School — to Northvale Public School was not done lightly, Superintendent Michael Pinajian said."
17. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
18. Superintendent, Northvale Public Schools. Accessed December 6, 2019.
19. Business Administrator, Northvale Public Schools. Accessed December 6, 2019.
20. 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.
21. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Northvale School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed June 9, 2020. "The school district is comprised of the Northvale Public School (Grades K-8).... The Northvale Public School District is a Type II school district and one of sixty-four districts classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as operating under an organizational structure of Kindergarten through Eighth Grade. Northvale has an elected board of education. Trustees are elected for terms of three years."
22. Board of Education, Northvale Public Schools. Accessed March 7, 2020.

External links

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