Closter Public Schools

Closter Public Schools
This is the logo for Closter Public Schools.
Address
340 Homans Avenue
Closter
, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07624
United States
Coordinates40°58′00″N 73°56′55″W / 40.966635°N 73.948541°W / 40.966635; -73.948541
District information
GradesPre-K to 8
SuperintendentVincent McHale
Business administratorFloro M. Villanueva Jr.
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment1,190 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Faculty93.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.closterschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,38546$18,891−8.0%
1Budgetary Cost14,6465214,1593.4%
2Classroom Instruction9,415688,6598.7%
6Support Services2,047442,167−5.5%
8Administrative Cost1,703591,54710.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,401291,612−13.1%
13Extracurricular Activities7832104−25.0%
16Median Teacher Salary85,3028361,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Closter Public Schools are a community public school district that educates students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Closter in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 1,190 students and 93.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1.[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.[4]

Students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in Demarest, together with students from Demarest and Haworth.[5][6] The high school is part of the Northern Valley Regional High School District, which also serves students from Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan.[7][8] During the 1994-96 school years, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.[9] As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 974 students and 91.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1.[10]

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, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan districts, as well as the Northern Valley Regional High School District.[11]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Closter Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Closter Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Closter Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Closter School District. Composition: The Closter School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Closter."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2009.
  5. ^ Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In / Demarest, N.J.; Small Town, Large Sense of History", The New York Times, April 4, 1999. Accessed April 19, 2013. "Following eighth grade, students go on to Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, which the borough shares with Haworth and neighboring Closter."
  6. ^ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Northern Valley Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2015. Accessed January 23, 2020. "The Northern Valley Regional School District is comprised of the municipalities of Closter, Demarest, and Haworth that are constituents of the high school in Demarest. Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood, and Old Tappan are constituents of the high school at Old Tappan."
  7. ^ Our Communities, Northern Valley Regional High School District. Accessed December 6, 2019. "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."
  8. ^ Northern Valley Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived September 12, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, 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."
  9. ^ National Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982 Through 2019 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed September 1, 2024.
  10. ^ School data for Northern Valley Regional High School At Demarest, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  11. ^ Region III Overview Archived December 6, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, 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."