Demarest, New Jersey

==Education==
The [[Demarest Public Schools]] serve students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=7bb5308be8e34a51ba72f01ae40696d1 Demarest Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Demarest Public Schools. Accessed January 25, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades preschool through eight in the Demarest School District. Composition: The Demarest School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Demarest."</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 714 students and 71.7 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.0:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3403810&DistrictID=3403810 District information for Demarest School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3403810 School Data for Demarest Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are 
County Road School<ref name=crslle>[https://crslle.demarestpublicschools.org/ County Road and Luther Lee Emerson Schools], Demarest School District. Accessed January 25, 2024.</ref> with 168 students in pre-kindergarten through first grade, 
Luther Lee Emerson Schools<ref name=crslle/> with 217 students in grades 2 - 4 and 
Demarest Middle School<ref>[https://dms.demarestpublicschools.org/ Demarest Middle School], Demarest School District. Accessed January 25, 2024.</ref> with 320 students in grades 5 through 8.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/1070 School Performance Reports for the Demarest School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1070 New Jersey School Directory for the Demarest Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Students in [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s attend [[Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest]] in Demarest, together with students from [[Closter, New Jersey|Closter]] and [[Haworth, New Jersey|Haworth]].<ref>Cheslow, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/04/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-demarest-nj-small-town-large-sense-of-history.html "If You're Thinking of Living In / Demarest, N.J.; Small Town, Large Sense of History"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 4, 1999. Accessed December 4, 2014. "Following eighth grade, students go on to Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, which the borough shares with Haworth and neighboring Closter."</ref> The high school is part of the [[Northern Valley Regional High School District]], which also serves students from [[Harrington Park, New Jersey|Harrington Park]], [[Northvale, New Jersey|Northvale]], [[Norwood, New Jersey|Norwood]] and [[Old Tappan, New Jersey|Old Tappan]] at [[Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan]].<ref>[http://www.nvnet.org/employment/our_communities Our Communities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010022142/http://www.nvnet.org/employment/our_communities |date=October 10, 2014 }}, [[Northern Valley Regional High School District]]. Accessed August 28, 2014. "The seven towns that make up the Northern Valley Regional High School District - Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood, and Old Tappan - are situated in the northeast corner of Bergen County, New Jersey."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/03/3710/000.html Northern Valley Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912102025/https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/03/3710/000.html |date=September 12, 2017 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed December 12, 2017. "Located in the upper North Eastern corner of the state, Northern Valley Regional is comprised of two high schools, Northern Valley at Demarest and Northern Valley at Old Tappan...  Our long standing successful and cost efficient Pre-K-12 consortium remains an exemplar model of shared services including seven local Pre-K-8 districts that send their students to the regional high schools: Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan."</ref> During the 1994–1996 school years, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest was awarded the [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program|Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence]] by the [[United States Department of Education]].<ref>[https://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)], [[United States Department of Education]]. Accessed May 31, 2016.</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 974 students and 91.3 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.7:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411760&ID=341176000650 School data for Northern Valley Regional High School At Demarest], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>

Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the [[Bergen County Technical Schools]], which include the [[Bergen County Academies]] in [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]], and the [[Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro Campus|Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro]] or [[Bergen County Technical High School, Paramus Campus|Paramus]]. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.<ref>[http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/about-us About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014000910/http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/about-us |date=October 14, 2013 }}, [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 4, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions Admissions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305034226/https://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions |date=March 5, 2017 }}, [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 10, 2016.</ref>

The [[Academy of the Holy Angels]] is a private middle school and college preparatory high school serving students in sixth through twelfth grade that operates under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]].<ref>[https://catholicschoolsnj.org/bergen-county-1 Bergen County Catholic High Schools], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed January 25, 2024.</ref>