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Enrollment
1,038
High
DISTRICT 1,062 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHERN VALLEY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341176000650
Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest
150 Knickerbocker Road, Demarest, NJ 07627 · (201) 768-3200 · Bergen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,038 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of New Jersey public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
95 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
13 students
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 263 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 264 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 247 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 264 | 25% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
79.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
78.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.9% | 78.4% |
| 2023-24 | 85.8% | 75.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest
Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest this school | 1,038 | 1.3% | 78.7% |
| River Dell Regional High School ORADELL | 1,025 | 2.1% | 70.7% |
| Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan Old Tappan | 1,086 | 1.3% | 67.4% |
| Tenafly High School TENAFLY | 1,141 | 3.1% | 74.3% |
| Montville Township High School MONTVILLE | 1,035 | 4.3% | 65.2% |
| Ridge High School Basking Ridge | 1,577 | 2.3% | 68.2% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #18 of 397 | #3 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #22 of 400 ▲ 9 | #3 of 48 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #42 of 395 ▲ 4 | #7 of 48 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,038 | #169 of 442 | #17 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #92 of 388 | #19 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #132 of 389 | #18 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.3% | #397 of 405 | #46 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #153 of 173 | #15 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,038
+83 (+9%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 819
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 10.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,038 | 95.4 | 10.9:1 | 1% (13) |
| 2023-24 | 1,022 | 95.4 | 10.7:1 | 1% (10) |
| 2022-23 | 978 | 93.3 | 10.5:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2020-21 | 955 | 92 | 10.4:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2017-18 | 1,018 | 91.6 | 11.1:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2015-16 | 1,093 | 96 | 11.4:1 | 1% (13) |
| 2010-11 | 1,285 | 82 | 15.7:1 | 0% (4) |
| 2000-01 | 943 | 58 | 16.3:1 | 0% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 819 | 57 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,018 to 1,038); teachers up 4% (91.6 to 95.4).
About Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest
Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest is a mid-sized high school in New Jersey, located in Demarest. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,038 students.
Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest is one of 3 schools in Northern Valley Regional High School District, which enrolls 2,302 students in total.
The student body at Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest is 53% White. After that, the student body is 30% Asian, 10% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Among Bergen County residents, the White share is about 55%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest lists 95.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.9 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for high schools in New Jersey is 12.7:1. About 1% of students at Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 28% average among public schools in Bergen County.
Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 94% of New Jersey public high schools.
Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.7% and a predicted 65.5%.
In the surrounding county, Bergen County, median household income comes to about $124,884, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 291, with about 133,883 students.
Bergen County Institute for Science and Technology sits less than a tenth of a mile from Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest. Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 70.4% proficiency; Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest posts 78.7%.
The NCES locale for Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 1,038, from 955 in 2020-21.
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Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northern Valley Regional High School District
- Northern Valley Regional High School at Old TappanHigh · 1,086 students
- Northern Valley CentralCombined · 178 students
Other schools in Demarest
- Demarest Middle SchoolMiddle · 359 students
- Bergen County Institute for Science and TechnologyHigh · 290 students
- County Road SchoolElementary · 221 students
- Luther Lee Emerson SchoolElementary · 221 students
Nearby schools
- Bergen County Institute for Science and Technology0.0 mi · 290
- Luther Lee Emerson School0.5 mi · 221
- Haworth Public School0.7 mi · 498
- Demarest Middle School0.7 mi · 359
- Tenakill Middle School0.9 mi · 593
- County Road School1.2 mi · 221
Frequently asked questions
About Northern Valley Regional High School at DemarestHow many students attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest?
Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest enrolls approximately 1,038 students in grades 09-12.
Is Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest have?
Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest employs 95 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest?
At Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest, the student body is approximately 53% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 30% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in?
Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest is part of Northern Valley Regional High School District.
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