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.
As of the 2017-18 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 428 students and 40.9 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
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.
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. 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. 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. As of the 2017-18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,018 students and 91.6 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
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.

History

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

School

Core members of the district's administration are: