# Haworth Public Schools

The Haworth Public Schools are a community public school district, serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Haworth, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 436 students and 48.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.1:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I," the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in Demarest, which serves students from Closter, Demarest and Haworth. The high school is part of the Northern Valley Regional High School District, which also serves students from Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan at Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan. During the 1994-96 school years, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education. As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 978 students and 93.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1. The district participates in special education programs offered by Region III, one of seven such regional programs in Bergen County. Region III coordinates and develops special education programs for the 1,000 students with learning disabilities in the region, which also includes the Alpine, Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan districts, as well as the Northern Valley Regional High School District.

## History

The first school built in Haworth was constructed in April 1894. It was located on Valley Road and Haworth Avenue. The building was yellow. A teacher named Miss Kingsland taught all the students in one room. It burned down on June 2, 1898.
Jennifer Montesano served as the superintendent of Haworth Public School from 2014 until 2018, when she became superintendent of the Secaucus Public Schools.

## School

* Haworth Public School serves students in grades K-8. The school had an enrollment of 424 students in grades K-8 as of the 2022–23 school year.
** Adrienne Huettenmoser, principal

## Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:
* Paul Wolford, superintendent
* Kevin Lane, business administrator

## Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of seven members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.