Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest

Set in Demarest, New Jersey, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest is a medium-sized four-year high school, overseen by Northern Valley Regional High School District. It educates 1,038 students across grades 9 through 12.

Northern Valley Regional High School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 2,302 students. Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest shows that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Bergen County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 1% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.5%, the actual is 78.7%, a residual of +13.3 points.

Around the school, Bergen County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bergen County Institute for Science and Technology, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 70.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest has held roughly steady, going from 1,018 students in 2018 to 1,038 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 58% to 53%.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.