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Alumni: what's one memory from Tenakill Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
593
Middle
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOSTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340339000318
Tenakill Middle School
275 High Street, CLOSTER, NJ 07624 · (201) 768-1332 · Bergen County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of New Jersey public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
14 students
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 156 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 132 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 160 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 145 | 24% |
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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Closter Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
82.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.9% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.4% | 69.5% |
% 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
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% 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 Tenakill Middle School
Tenakill Middle School's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenakill Middle School this school | 593 | 2.4% | 72.2% |
| Mount Pleasant Middle School LIVINGSTON | 530 | 4.0% | 81.5% |
| River Dell Middle School River Edge | 573 | 0.7% | 69.2% |
| Tenafly Middle School TENAFLY | 916 | 4.8% | 73.9% |
| Cresskill Middle School Cresskill | 421 | 4.0% | 58.6% |
| Charles DeWolf Middle School OLD TAPPAN | 370 | 0.8% | 76.0% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Tenakill Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #21 of 433 | #6 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #35 of 437 ▲ 7 | #9 of 53 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #43 of 437 ▼ 18 | #13 of 53 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #188 of 445 | #21 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #392 of 417 | #50 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #151 of 419 | #22 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.4% | #412 of 436 | #41 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.7% | #33 of 122 | #7 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
593
+54 (+10%) vs 2020
+118% since 1990-91, when it was 272
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 593 | 42.3 | 14.0:1 | 2% (14) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 42.3 | 13.5:1 | 2% (13) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 41.8 | 13.7:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 42.8 | 11.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 33 | 16.7:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 272 | 16 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tenakill Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (504 to 593); teachers down 1% (42.8 to 42.3).
About Tenakill Middle School
Tenakill Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school with an address in CLOSTER, New Jersey. Its 593 students are spread across grades 5 through 8.
The 2 schools of Closter Public School District, including Tenakill Middle School, enroll 1,192 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Tenakill Middle School, at 46%. The rest of enrollment is 41% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Bergen County, the White share is about 55%. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Tenakill Middle School was 14.0:1. On average, middle schools in New Jersey have 10.9:1, compared with 14.0:1 here. Tenakill Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 2%. On average, public schools in Bergen County report 28%.
The allk12 Grade for Tenakill Middle School is A. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 93% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Tenakill Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 72.2%; the prediction is 64.9%.
Across Bergen County, the median household income is $124,884, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, Bergen County has 291 public schools and roughly 133,883 students.
Nearest public school: Bergen County Institute for Science and Technology, about 0.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Tenakill Middle School at 5th of 7.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Tenakill Middle School grew 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 539 to 593 students.
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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 Closter Public School District
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 599 students
Nearby schools
- Bergen County Institute for Science and Technology0.9 mi · 290
- Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest0.9 mi · 1,038
- Hillside Elementary School1.0 mi · 599
- Demarest Middle School1.1 mi · 359
- Harrington Park School1.2 mi · 627
- Luther Lee Emerson School1.4 mi · 221
Frequently asked questions
About Tenakill Middle SchoolHow many students attend Tenakill Middle School?
Tenakill Middle School enrolls approximately 593 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Tenakill Middle School serve?
Tenakill Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tenakill Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tenakill Middle School is approximately 14.0:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tenakill Middle School?
At Tenakill Middle School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 41% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Tenakill Middle School?
Tenakill Middle School is overseen by Closter Public School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.