Montvale Public Schools

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Montvale Public Schools
47 Spring Valley Road
Montvale, NJ 07645
District information
Grades pre-K to 8
Superintendent Dr. Darren A. Petersen
Business administrator Marian Latz
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,080 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 87.5 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 12.34:1
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website www.montvalek8.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1A Total Spending $16,096 22 $18,891 -14.8%
1 Budgetary Cost 13,007 26 14,159 -8.1%
2 Classroom Instruction 8,011 29 8,659 -7.5%
6 Support Services 2,031 41 2,167 -6.3%
8 Administrative Cost 1,678 54 1,547 8.5%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,211 13 1,612 -24.9%
13 Extracurricular Activities 74 27 104 -28.8%
16 Median Teacher Salary 66,040 70 61,136
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 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 1,080 students and 87.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.34:1.[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] 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.[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7][8]

  • Memorial Elementary School[9] with 598 students in grades pre-K through 4
    • David Collier, Principal[10]
  • Fieldstone Middle School[11] with 482 students in grades 5 to 8
    • Erik Parks, Principal[10]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][12]

  • Dr. Darren A. Petersen, Superintendent[13]
  • Marian Latz, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Montvale School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 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 September 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ Pascack Valley Regional High School District 2014 Report Card Narrative District Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 21, 2015. "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. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ School Data for the Montvale Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 3, 2014.
  7. ↑ Welcome, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed September 3, 2014. "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."
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Montvale Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ Memorial Elementary School, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed September 3, 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Administration, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed September 3, 2014.
  11. ↑ Fieldstone Middle School, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed September 3, 2014.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 3, 2014.
  13. ↑ Superintendent of Schools, Montvale Public Schools. Accessed September 3, 2014.

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