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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3][4] Students from Rockleigh, a non-operating school district, attend the district as part of a sending/receiving relationship.^[5][6]

Northvale Public School
Address
441 Tappan Road Northvale , Bergen County, New Jersey, 07647 United States
Coordinates	41°00′43″N 73°57′10″W / 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	545 (as of 2020–21)^[1]
Faculty	48.5 FTEs^[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.2:1^[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	www.northvaleschool.org
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 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 545 students and 48.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1.^[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.^[7]

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,^[8] along with students from Rockleigh who attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.^[9] 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.^[10][11] 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.^[12] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,103 students and 94.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1.^[13]

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.^[14]

History

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.^[15]

Schools

Northvale Public School had an enrollment of 519 students in grades K-8 as of the 2020–21 school year.^[16][17]

• Michael Pinajian, principal^[18]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[19]

• Michael Pinajian, superintendent^[18]
• Louis Turco, business administrator and board secretary^[20]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of five 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 either one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^[21][22][23]

References

1. District information for Northvale Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
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 July 25, 2022. "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. School Performance Reports for the Northvale Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
5. 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."
6. 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed April 8, 2011.
7. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 14, 2014.
8. , 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."
9. 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."
10. 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."
11. 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."
12. Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed July 25, 2022.
13. School data for Northern Valley Regional High School At Old Tappan, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
14. 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."
15. Harris, Chris. "Giving Northvale school a new name isn't so easy", The Record, 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."
16. School Data for the Northvale Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
17. New Jersey School Directory for the Northvale Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
18. Superintendent, Northvale Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2022.
19. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
20. Business Administrator, Northvale Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2022.
21. 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.
22. Annual Comprehensive 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."
23. Board of Education, Northvale Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2022.

External links

• Northvale Public School
• School Performance Reports for the Northvale Public School, New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Northvale Public School, National Center for Education Statistics
• Northern Valley Regional High School District