Editing Northvale, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Northvale Public Schools]] serve students in [[kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]] at Northvale Public School.<ref>[https://www.northvaleschool.org/cms/lib/NJ01001510/Centricity/Domain/31/Policy/0000/0110.PDF 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."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/3730 School Performance Reports for the Northvale Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref> Students from [[Rockleigh, New Jersey|Rockleigh]], a non-operating school district, attend the district as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]].<ref>[https://www.rockleighnj.org/boardofed/ 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."</ref><ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2009/0701nonops.htm 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated], [[New Jersey Department of Education]] press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed April 8, 2011.</ref> 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 [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.2:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3411820&DistrictID=3411820 District information for Northvale Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref> In 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 shared a common campus and corridor.<ref>Harris, Chris. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/169074616_Giving_school__a_new_name__isn_t_so_easy.html?page=all "Giving Northvale school a new name isn't so easy"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|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."</ref>

Students in public school for [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s attend [[Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan]], together with students from [[Harrington Park, New Jersey|Harrington Park]], [[Norwood, New Jersey|Norwood]] and [[Old Tappan, New Jersey|Old Tappan]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111204135644/http://oths.nvnet.org/ 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."</ref> along with students from Rockleigh who attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.<ref>[http://www.rockleigh.org/Governance/Eduction_Board.htm 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."</ref> As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,103 students and 94.6 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.7:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411760&ID=341176000652 School data for Northern Valley Regional High School At Old Tappan], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref> 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, New Jersey|Closter]], [[Demarest, New Jersey|Demarest]] and [[Haworth, New Jersey|Haworth]] at the [[Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest]].<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/03/3710/000.html Northern Valley Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 1, 2020. "Located in the upper North Eastern corner of the state, Northern Valley Regional is comprised 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."</ref><ref>[http://www.nvnet.org/employment/our_communities 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."</ref> During the 1994–1996 school years, Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan was awarded the [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program|Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence]] by the [[United States Department of Education]].<ref>[http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)], [[United States Department of Education]]. Accessed May 31, 2016.</ref>

Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the [[Bergen County Technical Schools]], which include the [[Bergen County Academies]] in [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]], and the [[Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro Campus|Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro]] or [[Bergen County Technical High School, Paramus Campus|Paramus]]. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.<ref>[http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/about-us About Us], [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 11, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions Admissions], [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref>