|
Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest is a comprehensive four-year public high school serving students from several municipalities in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The high school serves students from the suburban communities of Closter, Demarest and Haworth.〔Cheslow, Jerry. ("If You're Thinking of Living In / Demarest, N.J.; Small Town, Large Sense of History" ), ''The New York Times'', April 4, 1999. Accessed July 22, 2011. "Following eighth grade, students go on to Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, which the borough shares with Haworth and neighboring Closter."〕 The school is one of two high schools that are part of the Northern Valley Regional High School District, the other being Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan. As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,231 students and 102.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.05:1. There were 11 students (0.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 5 (0.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for Northern Valley Regional High School At Demarest ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 29, 2015.〕 The high school is overseen by the New Jersey Department of Education and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1959.〔(Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest ), Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed July 11, 2011.〕 ==Awards, recognition and rankings== 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,〔(Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF) ), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.〕 the highest award an American school can receive.〔"CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department", ''Journal Inquirer'', November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."〕〔"Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test", ''The Washington Post'', September 29, 2005. "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."〕 The school was the 42nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''New Jersey Monthly'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.〔Staff. ("Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.〕 The school had been ranked 34th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 14th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.〔Staff. ("The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2012. Accessed December 2, 2012.〕 The magazine ranked the school 9th in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed March 3, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 16th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.〔("Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed September 16, 2008.〕 Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 23rd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 3 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (96.4%) and language arts literacy (98.2%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).〔(New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011 ), Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 23, 2012.〕 In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", ''The Daily Beast'' ranked the school 351st in the nation among participating public high schools and 28th among schools in New Jersey.〔Streib, Lauren. ("America's Best High Schools" ), ''The Daily Beast'', May 6, 2013. Accessed May 8, 2013.〕 In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by ''The Washington Post'', the school was ranked 21st in New Jersey and 755th nationwide.〔Mathews, Jay. ("The High School Challenge 2011: Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest" ), ''The Washington Post''. Accessed July 28, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 378th in ''Newsweek's'' 2009 ranking of the top 1,500 high schools in the United States and was the seventh-ranked school in New Jersey, with 2.364 AP tests taken in 2008 per graduating senior and 35% of all graduating seniors passing at least one AP exam; The school was ranked 1,166th nationwide in 2008.〔Staff. ("The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,500 top U.S. high schools" ), ''Newsweek'', June 8, 2009. Accessed June 10, 2009.〕 In ''Newsweek's'' 2007 rankings of the country's top 1,200 high schools, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest was listed in 1045th place, the 32nd-highest ranked school in New Jersey.〔("The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools" ), ''Newsweek'', May 22, 2007. Accessed May 24, 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|