Northvale Public School

Northvale Public School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in NORTHVALE, New Jersey, one of the schools within Northvale Public School District. The school instructs 540 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 33% bigger than typical.

Northvale Public School is a school of Northvale Public School District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Northvale Public School records that 40% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 39% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Northvale Public School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, census data for Bergen County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Northvale Public School is one campus in the mix.

WILLIAM O SCHAEFER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northvale Public School has increased 4%, going from 517 students in 2018 to 540 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 39% across the same window.

On this page, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.