Northern Valley Central

Northern Valley Central, a micro-enrollment all-grades campus in Norwood, New Jersey, run under Northern Valley Regional High School District, caters to 178 students, covering grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 81% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 934 students.

Within Northern Valley Regional High School District, which oversees 3 schools and 2,302 students, Northern Valley Central is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Northern Valley Central lists that White students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 22% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 3% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Bergen County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Northern Valley Central is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Norwood Public School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northern Valley Central.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 203 students in 2018 compared to 178 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 66% to 56% over that span.

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