Demarest Public Schools

Demarest Public Schools
568 Piermont Road
Demarest, NJ 07627
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Michael Fox
Business administrator Frank G. Chilson
Schools 5
Students and staff
Enrollment 2,689 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 203.6 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.21:1
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website Official website
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$17,54727$18,891-7.1%
1Budgetary Cost14,1284014,783-4.4%
2Classroom Instruction8,678508,763-1.0%
6Support Services1,56032,392-34.8%
8Administrative Cost1,746571,48517.6%
10Operations & Maintenance1,764491,783-1.1%
13Extracurricular Activities3542226832.1%
16Median Teacher Salary65,4604464,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

The Demarest Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Demarest in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 2,689 students and 203.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.21:1.[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 in ninth through twelfth grades attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in Demarest, together with students from Demarest and Haworth.[4] 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.[5][6][7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9]

Elementary schools
Middle school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Dumont School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 3, 2014.
  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 December 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ 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."
  5. ↑ Our Communities, Northern Valley Regional High School District. Accessed August 28, 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."
  6. ↑ Northern Valley Regional High School District 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015. "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."
  7. ↑ Our Communities, Northern Valley Regional High School District. Accessed December 3, 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."
  8. ↑ School Data for Demarest Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Demarest Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 3, 2014.
  10. ↑ County Road School, Demarest Public Schools. Accessed December 3, 2014.
  11. ↑ Luther Lee Emerson School, Demarest Public Schools. Accessed December 3, 2014.
  12. ↑ Demarest Middle School, Demarest Public Schools. Accessed December 3, 2014.
  13. ↑ Administration, Demarest Public Schools. Accessed December 3, 2014.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 3, 2014.

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Coordinates: 40°57′33″N 73°57′36″W / 40.959269°N 73.960112°W / 40.959269; -73.960112

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