Tenafly High School - Tenafly, New Jersey/NJ

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Tenafly High School

19 Columbus Drive, Tenafly, NJ, 07670-1698 -

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Definition of Terms

Tenafly High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Bergen County, NJ

Awards

Blue Ribbon School – Selected in 2005

Students & Faculty

Total Students

992 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

90 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 265 students

Grade 10 - 278 students

Grade 11 - 223 students

Grade 12 - 226 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:11

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	31%	7%
% Hispanic	3%	19%
% Black	1%	18%
% White	65%	56%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

n/a

25%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

n/a

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Tenafly Boro School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	6	2
Number of Students Managed	3,230 students	1,083 students
District Total Revenue	$46,590,000	$17,415,000
District Expenditure	$47,250,000	$17,790,000
District Revenue / Student	$14,424	$34,323
District Expenditure / Student	$14,628	$17,538
District Graduation Rates	100%	100%

Tenafly High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in grades nine through twelve from Tenafly, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Tenafly Public Schools. Students from the neighboring community of Alpine attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Alpine Public School.
Awards and recognition: Tenafly High School was awarded the prestigious Blue Ribbon School Award, awarded by the United States Department of Education at a special assembly to the Tenafly High School Community on September 20, 2005. Tenafly was the only high school in New Jersey and one of 38 public high schools in the U.S. to receive the 2005 Blue Ribbon School Award.
Tenafly High School was the 2nd ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.
The High School's Unique Library Media Center: Tenafly High School's Lalor Library Media Center is a full service library containing over 22,000 volumes, an electronic reference center with on line resources, and an academic theater for projecting all types of materials. A professional television studio located in the center of the library (perhaps the first and only library to so closely integrate television broadcast within a working library) features integrated videoconferencing that allows guest speakers to be brought in electronically) is supported by a television control room located in a one time AV storage room. Live local access broadcasting as well as worldwide web streaming at www.librarymedia.net enables in house productions and presentations to be broadcast and shared worldwide.
Athletics and extracurricular activities: Tenafly is noted for its competitive debate team which has been awarded numerous awards over the years.
Tenafly High School is one of ten schools participating in the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) American Division. The school nickname is the Tigers, and its school colors are consequently black and orange, with a nod to those of Princeton University.
Tenafly is noted for its tennis team which boasts the New Jersey State Doubles Champions (2005), identical twins Alex and Ben Lee. Tenafly's Varsity tennis team has also won the New Jersey State Group II Championship the past three years (2004, 2005, 2006). In the 2006-2007 school year, freshman Anya Sahaydachny and senior Erin Durkin were awarded the title of First Team all League and All County for doubles with a record of 19-0.
Other sports in Tenafly that have winning traditions include soccer, softball, track, and volleyball. Other sports include football, basketball, and bowling.
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About This Zip Code (07670)

School Zip (07670)

(NJ) State Average

Population (Approximate)

13,806 people

8,215,963 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

67%

35%

Population Average Age

41 years old

36 years old

Average Household size

2.9 persons

2.6 persons

Median Household Income

$90,931

$55,509

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

7 rooms

5.6 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

58 years old

47 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

81% / 19%

62% / 38%

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