| Tenafly Public Schools | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Lynn Trager | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Louis Mondello | ||||
| Address: | 500 Tenafly Road Tenafly, NJ 07670 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 6 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 3,489 (as of 2008-09)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 313.5 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 11.1 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | I | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.tenafly.k12.nj.us | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $14,091 | 74 | $13,632 | 3.4% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 8,876 | 82 | 8,035 | 10.5% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,558 | 24 | 2,166 | -28.1% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,586 | 91 | 1,379 | 15.0% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,709 | 69 | 1,674 | 2.1% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 357 | 98 | 258 | 38.4% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 61,300 | 67 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105 |
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The Tenafly Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Tenafly, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 3,489 students and 313.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1.[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]
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Tenafly High School was awarded the prestigious 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.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:
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. The orchestra now has the title of number one public middle school orchestra in the United States. The orchestra competed in Kansas City on March 8, 2006, and received a Superior rating. A new section of the school was opened in the Fall of 2007.
Core members of the district's administration are:[9]