Bergen County School Information
There are many compelling reasons why families choose to live Bergen County. At the top of the list is the Bergen County School System.
Bergen County Schools are known nationwide for their excellence. Students from Bergen County Schools continuously achieve high rankings in standardized tests and the majority of high school graduates from Bergen County High Schools go on to attend college.
Read more below for school information by Bergen County town.
Tenafly Schools
Tenafly Public Schools
serve 3,680 students, with four primary schools, a middle school, and a
high school, which was named by New Jersey Monthly in 1996 as the best
in the state. Tenafly boasts a broad range of advanced placement and
honors courses, including an interdepartmental humanities honors class
which focuses on the historical and cultural development of Western
civilization. More than 95% of graduates go on to higher education.
Another noteworthy aspect of the school system is its music program,
which runs from kindergarten through graduation. There is also a gifted and talented kids program called the Talent Bank, where volunteer boost classroom programs with their practical experience.
Important! As of June 19
2006 the assignments of children to elementary schools will no longer
be based on a geographical residence as was the case up to then.
Children will be assigned to an elementary school based on the capacity
fulfilment of each school so as not to have one elementary school over
crowded while the capacity of another school is under fulfilled.
Private Schools
Korean School of New Jersey 201-568-9020
Alpine Schools
The Alpine Public School, is a K-8 community school district
serving a total of 142 students at the Alpine School. The district's
students attend Tenafly High School in Tenafly for grades 9 - 12, as
part of a sending / receiving relationship.
| Alpine Public Elementary Website | Alpine Elementary School 2008-9 Report Card |
| Tenafly High School Website | Tenafly High School 2008-9 Report Card |
Bergenfield Schools
Bergenfield Public Schools serve students, with five primary schools, a middle school, and a high school with their practical experience.Closter Schools
Closter Public Schools is governed by the Board of Education. The Closter school system has some 900 students, spread among grades kindergarten through 8. Closter has a low ratio of teachers to students, about 1 to 15. Closter High School students attend Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, which was ranked 19th among New Jersey Schools. 94% of the school's graduates go on to higher education. With computers and Internet access, the high school is one of the most technologically advanced in the country, receiving the Blue Ribbon honors in technology.Cresskill Schools
Cresskill Public Schools
comprise of three schools, organized on a K-6 and 7-12 basis. Edward H
Bryan School and Merritt Elementary School house grades kindergarten
through six. The Junior/Senior High School houses grades seven though
twelve. The district is governed by a Board of Education
and administered by a Superintendent of Schools, a School Business
Administrator, and three principals. The staff comprised of teachers,
child study team specialists, area supervisors, nurses, secretaries, and
custodians, totals 180.
Demarest Schools
The Demarest school system is a compelling reason for families
with children to make their home in the borough. The district operates
three elementary schools, each with an uncommonly low student-teacher
ratio. Demarest teenagers attend Northern Valley Regional High School,
which was ranked 19th in the state by New Jersey Monthly magazine. The
school serves some 1000 students. Placement classes in U.S. and European
history, biology, chemistry, physics, calculus, Spanish, English
literature and composition, and economics are offered. 94 percent of
high-school graduates go on to attend college.
Parochial Schools
St. Joseph's R.C. School, 201-768-5534Academy of the Holy Angels, 201-768-7822
Special Education: Child Study Team: 201-768-6060
Englewood Schools
Public Schools
The Englewood Public School District serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade.
Private Schools
Englewood is the home to a number of private schools. Dwight-Englewood School has 935 students in preschool through twelfth grade. Elisabeth Morrow School serves 462 students in preschool through eighth grade. Moriah School of Englewood is a Jewish day school with nearly 1,000 students in preschool through eighth grade.
Englewood Cliffs Schools
Public Schools
The Englewood Cliffs Public School District offers a complete, quality program of education for all of its children, grades K-8 in its two schools. A warm, nurturing, child-centered environment exists at both the North Cliff School and the Upper School.
For high school Englewood Cliffs kids have the option to go to Englewood Dwight Morrow High or to one of the private schools
| North Cliff Elementary Website | North Cliff 2008-9 School Report Card |
| Upper School Website | Upper School 2008-9 School Report C |
Private Schools
Englewood is the home to a number of private schools. Dwight-Englewood School has 935 students in preschool through twelfth grade. Elisabeth Morrow School serves 462 students in preschool through eighth grade. Moriah School of Englewood is a Jewish day school with nearly 1,000 students in preschool through eighth grade.
Fort Lee Schools
Public Schools
The Fort Lee School District
serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the
district include four K-6 elementary schools Fort Lee Middle School
(grades 7 and 8) and Fort Lee High School [1] (grades 9-12).
Harrington Park Schools
| Northern Valley Regional High School | NVE Regional High School 2008-9 Report Card |
| Harrington Park Public School | Harington Park School 2008-9 report car |
Haworth Schools
The Haworth Public Schools serve 513 students in grades K through
8. Students in grades 9-12 attend Northern Valley Regional High School
at Demarest in Demarest, which serves students from Closter, Demarest
and Haworth.
| Haworth public school Website | Haworth School 2008-9 Report Card |
| Northern Valley Regional High School Website | Northern Valeey High 2008-9 Report Card |
Leonia Schools
The Leonia Public Schools
serve students in Kindergarten Twelfth grade. Enrollment in the
district is 1,752, of which, 289 are Edgewater students in grades 7-12.
An Early Childhood Learning Center is available for 4-year olds. This
tuition-based program provides a half-day of academic activities to
prepare children for kindergarten.
The district has 175 classroom teachers and 23 educational
support personnel. Average class size in all 3 schools is 21 students.
The budget for 2005-2006 is $21,454,000.00.
The Leonia High School Academy for Pharmacy, Medicine and
Technology is in its third year. The academy prepares students for
careers in the medical field. Leonia High School's graduation
requirements are among the most rigorous in the state. The school has
nine periods per day with no study halls.
Public Schools
Private Schools
St. John's Catholic School Broad Avenue and Harrison Street 201-944-4361
Parochial education pre-K to grade 8, September-June
Porat Ben Josef Yeshiva 150 Grand Avenue 201-242-4877
Toddler to grade 2, September-June
Parochial education pre-K to grade 8, September-June
Porat Ben Josef Yeshiva 150 Grand Avenue 201-242-4877
Toddler to grade 2, September-June
Norwood Schools
The town of Norwood has one elementary school K-8. Its students
continue to high school in the Northern Valley Regional in Old Tappan.
Public Schools
| Norwood Public School: 201-768-6363 | Norwood 2008-9 School Report Card |
| N. Valley Regioanl H.S Old Tappan 201-784-1600 | Nthrn Valley O Tappan 2008-9 Report Card |
Private Schools
Holy Family School 200 Summit St Norwood (201) 768-1605 K-8
Old Tappan Schools
Teaneck Schools
The Teaneck Public Schools system includes four elementary schools, two middle shcools and one high school.
Public Schools
Central Administrative Offices One Merrison Street (201) 833-5508
Private Schools
Ma'ayanot Yeshiva High School (for Girls) 1650 Palisade Avenue, Teaneck, 201-833-4307 Grades: 9 - 12
Schecter Regional High School 800 Broad Street, Teaneck, 201-837-8357 Grades: 9 - 12
Sinai School for Boys 1600 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck, 201-862-0032 Grades: 9 - 12 boys
Sinai Special Needs Institute 1650 Palisade Avenue, Teaneck,
201-833-9220 Grades: 9-12 Solomon Schechter Regional High School 800
Broad Street, Teaneck, 201-837-8357
Conservative Jewish co-educational college preparatory Opens with 9th grade in Sept. 2003
Conservative Jewish co-educational college preparatory Opens with 9th grade in Sept. 2003
Torah Academy of Bergen County www.tabc.org
1600 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck, 201-837-7696 Grades: 9 - 12 boys The
Torah Academy is a Jewish Orthodox College preparatory high school for
boys.
Yeshiva Gedolah of Teaneck 1443 Palisade Avenue, Teaneck, 201-833-5920 Grades: Post high school, Talmudical School
Gifted & Talented Kids Resources
When a child is gifted or talented, the parents are faced with
the decision of which environment will be the best to offer the academic
challenges needed for that child. Bergen County is probably one of the
best places nationwide, to raise gifted or talented kids. Its schools
& other academic institutions, offer a large variety of specially
geared programs in the sciences, arts & liberal arts. The
availability of such programs, helps creating a satisfying and
challenging learning experience for these gifted & talented kids.
Here are some links to websites of special programs & camps offered to gifted & talented children: