Northern Valley Central
Norwood · NJ · Northern Valley Regional High School District · Public · K-12 combined
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Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan → Bergen County Institute for Science and Technology → Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest → Cresskill High School → Emerson Jr Sr High → Pascack Valley High School → Academy Of The Holy Angels → Primoris Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Northern Valley Central compares for families
What families should know about Northern Valley Central.
- ▸ LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, Bergen County Institute for Science and Technology, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -4.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 178 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan Old Tappan |
Public | 1.3 | 1,086 | +9.6% |
| Bergen County Institute for Science and Technology Demarest |
Public | 2.3 | 290 | +84.7% |
| Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest Demarest |
Public | 2.4 | 1,038 | +8.2% |
| Cresskill High School Cresskill |
Public | 3.3 | 489 | +2.7% |
| Emerson Jr Sr High Emerson |
Public | 3.3 | 271 | -7.2% |
| Pascack Valley High School Hillsdale |
Public | 3.7 | 928 | -8.0% |
| Academy Of The Holy Angels Demarest |
Private | 3.8 | 531 | -5.0% |
| Primoris Academy Westwood |
Private | 4.0 | 114 | — |