Haworth Public Schools

Haworth Public Schools
Address
205 Valley Road
Haworth
, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07641
United States
Coordinates40°57′40″N 73°59′10″W / 40.961156°N 73.98599°W / 40.961156; -73.98599
District information
GradesK-8
SuperintendentPaul Wolford
Business administratorKevin Lane
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment436 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty48.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio9.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitehaworth.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,29950$18,8917.5%
1Budgetary Cost18,2506214,15928.9%
2Classroom Instruction10,932598,65926.3%
6Support Services3,360592,16755.1%
8Administrative Cost1,800431,54716.4%
10Operations & Maintenance2,047561,61227.0%
13Extracurricular Activities112291047.7%
16Median Teacher Salary76,6266161,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Haworth Public Schools are a community public school district, serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Haworth, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4][5]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 436 students and 48.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.1:1.[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.[6]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in Demarest, which serves students from Closter, Demarest and Haworth.[7] 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 at Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan.[8][9] 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.[10] As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 978 students and 93.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1.[11] 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, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan districts, as well as the Northern Valley Regional High School District.[12]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Haworth Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Haworth Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Haworth Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through eight in the Haworth School District. Composition: The Haworth School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Haworth."
  4. ^ School Performance Reports for the Haworth Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  5. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Haworth Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  6. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 4, 2014.
  7. ^ 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 December 4, 2014. "Following eighth grade, students go on to Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, which the borough shares with Haworth and neighboring Closter."
  8. ^ Our Communities Archived December 6, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Northern Valley Regional High School District. Accessed December 4, 2014. "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."
  9. ^ Northern Valley Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived September 12, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 30, 2017. "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. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 31, 2016.
  11. ^ School data for Northern Valley Regional High School At Demarest, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  12. ^ 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."