Haworth Public Schools

The Haworth Public Schools are a community public school district, serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Haworth, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

Haworth Public Schools
Address
205 Valley Road
Haworth, NJ 07641
United States
Coordinates40.961156°N 73.98599°W / 40.961156; -73.98599
District information
GradesK-8
SuperintendentDr. Peter J. Hughes
Business administratorPaul Wolford
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment428 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty40.9 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitehttps://haworth.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,29950$18,8917.5%
1Budgetary Cost18,2506214,15928.9%
2Classroom Instruction10,932598,65926.3%
6Support Services3,360592,16755.1%
8Administrative Cost1,800431,54716.4%
10Operations & Maintenance2,047561,61227.0%
13Extracurricular Activities112291047.7%
16Median Teacher Salary76,6266161,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

As of the 2017-18 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 428 students and 40.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1.[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 in ninth through twelfth grades attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in Demarest, which serves students from Closter, 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] During the 1994-96 school years, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.[7] As of the 2017-18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,018 students and 91.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.[8]

The district participates in special education programs offered by Region III, one of seven such regional programs in Bergen County. Region III coordinates and develops special education programs for the 1,000 students with learning disabilities in the region, which also includes the Alpine, Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan districts, as well as the Northern Valley Regional High School District.[9]

History

Jennifer Montesano served as the superintendent from 2014 until 2018, when she became superintendent of the Secaucus School District.[10]

School
  • Haworth Public School serves students in grades K-8.[11] The school had an enrollment of 419 students in grades K-8 as of the 2017-18 school year.[12]
    • Patricia Voigt, Principal[13]

Administration

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

  • Dr. Peter J. Hughes, Superintendent[15]
  • Paul Wolford, Business Administrator[16]

References
  1. District information for Haworth Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  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 4, 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 December 4, 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 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 30, 2017. "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. Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 31, 2016.
  8. School data for Northern Valley Regional High School At Demarest, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  9. Region III Overview, Northern Valley Regional High School District. Accessed December 6, 2019. "Responding to this the Bergen County Superintendents Council almost 25 years ago, divided and reorganized the county into seven regions for special education. Bergen County Region III is comprised of nine participating districts: Alpine, Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northern Valley Regional High School District, Northvale, Norwood, and Old Tappan."
  10. Lightdale, Marc (2017-08-02). "Haworth Supt. to leave for Secaucus School District". The Journal News. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  11. New Jersey School Directory for the Haworth Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  12. Data for Haworth Public School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  13. Principal's Office, Haworth Public School. Accessed December 6, 2019.
  14. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  15. Superintendent's Office, Haworth Public School. Accessed December 6, 2019.
  16. Business Office, Haworth Public School. Accessed December 6, 2019.
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