Montvale Public Schools

Montvale Public Schools
Address
47 Spring Valley Road
Montvale, NJ 07645
United States
Coordinates 41°03′12″N 74°03′05″W / 41.053393°N 74.05144°W / 41.053393; -74.05144Coordinates: 41°03′12″N 74°03′05″W / 41.053393°N 74.05144°W / 41.053393; -74.05144
District information
Grades pre-K to 8
Superintendent Dr. Darren A. Petersen
Business administrator Andrea Wasserman
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,563 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 85.0 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 18.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website www.montvalek8.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,09622$18,891-14.8%
1Budgetary Cost13,0072614,159-8.1%
2Classroom Instruction8,011298,659-7.5%
6Support Services2,031412,167-6.3%
8Administrative Cost1,678541,5478.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,211131,612-24.9%
13Extracurricular Activities7427104-28.8%
16Median Teacher Salary66,0407061,136
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 Montvale Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Montvale, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 1,563 students and 85.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 18.4:1.[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.[3]

Public school students from Montvale in ninth through twelfth grades attend Pascack Hills High School along with students from neighboring Woodcliff Lake. The school is part of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District, which also serves students from Hillsdale and River Vale.[4][5] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 845 students and 68.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1.[6] Pascack Hills High School was the 7th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 18th in 2012 out of 328 schools.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10]

  • Memorial Elementary School[11] with 598 students in grades pre-K through 4
    • David Collier, Principal[12]
    • Steven Pellegrino, Assistant Principal[12]
  • Fieldstone Middle School[13] with 497 students in grades 5 to 8
    • Gina McCormack, Principal[12]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][14]

  • Dr. Darren A. Petersen, Superintendent[15]
  • Andrea Wasserman, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Montvale Board Of Education School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ Pascack Valley Regional High School District 2015 School Report Card District Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 31, 2016. "The district is comprised of two high schools. Pascack Hills High School, which is located in Montvale, receives students from the towns of Montvale and Woodcliff Lake. Pascack Valley High School, located in Hillsdale, enrolls students from Hillsdale and River Vale."
  5. ↑ Welcome to Montvale, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed January 14, 2017. "The Montvale School District is made up of two schools serving students in grades PreK-4 at Memorial Elementary School and grades 5-8 at Fieldstone Middle School.... From Montvale, our students attend top-rated Pascack Hills High School."
  6. ↑ School data for Pascack Hills High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 3, 2014.
  8. ↑ School Data for the Montvale Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ Welcome, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed January 14, 2017. "The Montvale School District is made up of two schools serving students in grades PreK-4 at Memorial Elementary School and grades 5-8 at Fieldstone Middle School."
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Montvale Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ Memorial Elementary School, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed January 14, 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Administration, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed September 24, 2017.
  13. ↑ Fieldstone Middle School, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed January 14, 2017.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  15. ↑ Superintendent of Schools, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed January 14, 2017.
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