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Tenafly Public Schools

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

Methodology:   Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more about Scout's School Data


Tenafly Public School District details

Tenafly Public School District
500 Tenafly Road
Tenafly, NJ 07670

3,588 Students enrolled in District

6 Schools in District

12 Students Per Classroom (State average is 12)

Tenafly Public School District School Quality Ratings

District Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 93.5% of all NJ school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.3% of all U.S. school districts.



Public School Test Scores

100 80 60 40 20 0
76%
40%
80%
47%
72%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math

Schools in this District

School Grades
J Spencer Smith School
101 Downey Drive
Tenafly, NJ, 07670
KG-05
Malcolm S Mackay School
111 Jefferson Avenue
Tenafly, NJ, 07670
KG-05
Ralph S Maugham School
111 Magnolia Avenue
Tenafly, NJ, 07670
KG-05
Tenafly High School
19 Columbus Drive
Tenafly, NJ, 07670
09-12
Tenafly Middle School
10 Sunset Lane
Tenafly, NJ, 07670
06-08
Walter Stillman School
75 Tenafly Road
Tenafly, NJ, 07670
PK-05

School District Enrollment by Group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 52.3% 41.1%
Black 1.4% 15.3%
Hispanic 9.0% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 37.3% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.4%
Economic Groups This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 2.1% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 1.5% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.5% 4.2%

Educational Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,768 $46,730,880 55.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,652 $9,706,320 11.6%
Staff $612 $2,239,920 2.7%
General Administration $279 $1,021,140 1.2%
School Administration $1,346 $4,926,360 5.9%
Operation $1,690 $6,185,400 7.4%
Transportation $85 $311,100 0.4%
Other $577 $2,111,820 2.5%
Total Support $7,241 $26,502,060 31.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,822 $10,328,520 12.4%
Total Expenditures $22,830 $83,557,800 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,252 $16,876,633,536 49.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,485 $3,422,916,968 10.0%
Staff $778 $1,071,908,147 3.1%
General Administration $448 $617,313,228 1.8%
School Administration $1,106 $1,523,858,437 4.4%
Operation $2,059 $2,835,591,380 8.3%
Transportation $773 $1,065,361,101 3.1%
Other $557 $766,792,454 2.2%
Total Support $8,206 $11,303,690,627 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,415 $6,081,668,713 17.8%
Total Expenditures $24,874 $34,262,079,216 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%