Tenafly Public Schools

Tenafly Public Schools
This is the logo for Tenafly Public School.
Address
500 Tenafly Road
Tenafly
, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07670
United States
Coordinates40°55′46″N 73°57′58″W / 40.929331°N 73.966016°W / 40.929331; -73.966016
District information
Gradespre-K to 12
SuperintendentMichael Ben-David
Business administratorVictor Anaya
Schools6
Students and staff
Enrollment3,582 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty305.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.tenaflyschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,72058$18,891−0.9%
1Budgetary Cost15,5997114,7835.5%
2Classroom Instruction9,511818,7638.5%
6Support Services2,093402,392−12.5%
8Administrative Cost1,8961021,48527.7%
10Operations & Maintenance1,740601,783−2.4%
13Extracurricular Activities3498926830.2%
16Median Teacher Salary69,8057764,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Tenafly Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Tenafly, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 3,582 students and 305.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1.[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 from Alpine attend Tenafly High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Tenafly 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. ^ Tenafly Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Tenafly Public Schools. Accessed December 8, 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 twelve in the Tenafly School District. Composition: The Tenafly School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Tenafly."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 13, 2014.
  5. ^ Alpine School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 20, 2017. "The District's students in Grades 9 through 12 can attend Tenafly High School which is the partner school in a sending-receiving relationship. Enrollment is free for students with the cost of their tuition paid by the Alpine School District."
  6. ^ Alvarado, Monsy. "Alpine to keep sending students to Tenafly", The Record, April 4, 2003, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 16, 2011. Accessed November 20, 2017. "Alpine - The borough's high school students will continue to attend Tenafly High School under a new contract approved by the Board of Education this week."