Tenafly Public Schools

Tenafly Public Schools
Address
500 Tenafly Road
Tenafly, NJ 07670
United States
Coordinates 40°55′46″N 73°57′58″W / 40.929331°N 73.966016°W / 40.929331; -73.966016Coordinates: 40°55′46″N 73°57′58″W / 40.929331°N 73.966016°W / 40.929331; -73.966016
District information
Grades pre-K to 12
Superintendent Acting Superintendent Barbara Laudicina
Business administrator Yaz Usami
Schools 6
Students and staff
Enrollment 3,598 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 296.0 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 12.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website www.tenafly.k12.nj.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
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, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its six schools had an enrollment of 3,598 students and 296.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.[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]

Students from Alpine attend Tenafly High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[4][5]

Awards and recognition

Tenafly High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award, awarded by the United States Department of Education at a special assembly to the Tenafly High School Community on September 20, 2005. Tenafly was the only high school in New Jersey and one of 38 public high schools in the U.S. to be recognized with the award that year.[6]

The district's high school was the 17th-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", using a new ranking methodology, and had been ranked 3rd in the state of 328 schools in 2012.[7] Tenafly High School was the 3rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 3rd in 2008 out of 316 schools.[8] The high school was the 2nd ranked public high school in the state out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.[9]

The Tenafly Middle School 8th grade string orchestra, conducted by Erika Boras Tesi, won first place in the American String Teachers Association's National Orchestra Festival in 2006, earning the title of number one public middle school orchestra in the United States.[10]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics)[11] are:[12]

  • Malcolm S. Mackay Elementary School[13] (405 students; in grades K-5)
    • Brenda Yoo, Principal
  • Ralph S. Maugham Elementary School[14] (398; K-5)
    • Jennifer Ferrara, Principal
  • J. Spencer Smith Elementary School[15] (389; K-5)
    • Brian Ross, Principal
  • Walter Stillman Elementary School[16] (403; K-5)
    • Gayle Lander, Principal
Middle school
  • Tenafly Middle School[17] (891) for grades 6-8
    • John Fabbo, Principal
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[19][20]

  • Dr. Geoffrey Gordon, Superintendent of Schools[21]
  • Yaz Usami, Board Secretary / Board Administrator[22]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Tenafly Public 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 October 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ 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."
  5. ↑ Alvarado, Monsy. "Alpine to keep sending students to Tenafly", The Record (Bergen County), 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."
  6. ↑ Schools selected as No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools in 2005, United States Department of Education. Accessed October 13, 2014.
  7. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  8. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed May 1, 2011.
  9. ↑ Top Public High Schools in New Jersey Archived 2007-02-06 at the Wayback Machine., New Jersey Monthly, September 2006
  10. ↑ "ASTA National Conference , 2006", American String Teachers Association, May 1, 2006. Accessed November 20, 2017. "Other winners by division were: Middle School Orchestra - 1st place, Tenafly Middle School, Tenafly, N.J"
  11. ↑ School Data for the Tenafly Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Tenafly Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  13. ↑ Malcolm S. Mackay Elementary School, Tenafly Public Schools. Accessed November 20, 2017.
  14. ↑ Ralph S. Maugham Elementary School, Tenafly Public Schools. Accessed November 20, 2017.
  15. ↑ J. Spencer Smith Elementary School, Tenafly Public Schools. Accessed November 20, 2017.
  16. ↑ Walter Stillman Elementary School, Tenafly Public Schools. Accessed November 20, 2017.
  17. ↑ Tenafly Middle School, Tenafly Public Schools. Accessed November 20, 2017.
  18. ↑ Tenafly High School, Tenafly Public Schools. Accessed November 20, 2017.
  19. ↑ Faculty & Staff, Tenafly Public Schools. Accessed November 20, 2017.
  20. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  21. ↑ Superintendent's Page, Tenafly Public Schools. Accessed November 20, 2017.
  22. ↑ Business Office Business Office, Tenafly Public Schools. Accessed November 20, 2017.
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