Tenafly High School

Tenafly High School
Address
19 Columbus Drive Tenafly , Bergen County , New Jersey 07670 United States
Coordinates	40°55′54″N73°58′00″W / 40.931723°N 73.966655°W / 40.931723; -73.966655
Information
Type	Public
NCES School ID	341611000864 [1]
Principal	James O. Morrison
Faculty	103.3 FTEs [1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,200 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	11.6:1 [1]
Color(s)	Black and   orange [2]
Athletics conference	Big North Conference (general) North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team name	Tigers [2]
Publication	Omega (literary and art magazine) [3]
Newspaper	The Echo [3]
Website	ths.tenaflyschools.org

Tenafly High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school in Tenafly in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school 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. ^{[4] [5]}

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,200 students and 103.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1. There were 20 students (1.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 12 (1.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. ^[1]

History

Until October 1962, when the initial wing of Cresskill High School opened, Cresskil's students in grades seven to twelve had attended Tenafly High School. Students already in the Tenafly district for grades 11 and 12 when the Cresskill school opened remained at Tenafly High School until graduation. ^[6]

Awards, recognition and rankings

Tenafly High School was recognized by the National Blue Ribbon School Award 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. ^[7]

The school was the 17th-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. ^[8] The school had been ranked 3rd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 3rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. ^[9] The magazine ranked the school third in 2008 out of 316 schools. ^[10] The school was ranked 2nd in the magazine's 2006 rankings out of 316 schools included across the state. ^[11] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 68th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 42 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (89.2%) and language arts literacy (97.3%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA). ^[12]

In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post , the school was ranked 19th in New Jersey and 720th nationwide. ^[13] Tenafly High School was the 2nd-highest ranked school in New Jersey in a 2007 listing by Newsweek magazine of the top 1,200 U.S. high schools . ^[14]

In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 253rd in the nation among participating public high schools and 20th among schools in New Jersey. ^[15] The school was ranked 198th in the nation and 16th in New Jersey on the list of "America's Best High Schools 2012" prepared by The Daily Beast / Newsweek , with rankings based primarily on graduation rate, matriculation rate for college and number of Advanced Placement / International Baccalaureate courses taken per student, with lesser factors based on average scores on the SAT / ACT, average AP/IB scores and the number of AP/IB courses available to students. ^[16]

Extracurricular activities

In 2012, the Tenafly High School Marching Band came in first place for group 3A in the USBands Marching Band Competition in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. ^[17] In 2022 and 2023, the Band came in first place for group 4A in the USBands New Jersey State Championships. ^[18] In 2023, the band competed in the USBands National Championships for the first time and placed first in group 4A. ^[19]

Athletics

The Tenafly High School Tigers ^[2] compete in the Big North Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Bergen and Passaic counties, and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). ^[20] Before the 2010 realignment, Tenafly competed in the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) American Conference, which included public and private high schools located in Bergen and Hudson counties. ^[21] With 910 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range. ^[22] The football team competed in the Ivy White division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league. ^{[23] [24]} The football team was one of the 12 programs assigned to the two Ivy divisions starting in 2020, which are intended to allow weaker programs ineligible for playoff participation to compete primarily against each other. ^[25] The team was promoted to the American Red division after an 8–0 record in 2020, and a 6–4 run in 2021. ^[26] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group III North for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 700 to 884 students. ^[27] The name for the school's athletic teams is the Tigers, and its school colors are black and orange, adopted in the 1920s as a nod to those of Princeton University. ^{[2] [28]}

The school participates as the host school / lead agency in a joint ice hockey team with Cresskill High School. The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. ^[29]

The boys' cross country team won the Group III state championship three consecutive years, from 1955 to 1957. ^[30]

The boys track team won the indoor relay Group III state championship in 1966, won the Group I-II title in 1967, 1968 and 1977, and won the Group II title in 1975. The program's five state group titles are tied for eighth-most in the state. ^[31]

The boys track team won the Group III spring / outdoor track state championship in 1957 and the Group II title in 1967. ^[32]

The 1975 boys' soccer team finished the season with a record of 18-1-2 after a scoreless tie in the playoff finals with Ewing High School made them the Group III co-champion. ^{[33] [34]} In 2014, the boys' soccer team won their first state sectional title in 11 years with a 4–1 win against Wayne Hills High School in the North I, Group III state sectional final. ^[35]

Tenafly is noted for its tennis team, which has been coached by Anthony Zorovich. ^{[36] [37]} The boys' tennis team won the Group I/II state championship in 1975 (vs. Princeton High School), and won four consecutive Group II titles in 2004 (vs. Haddonfield Memorial High School), 2005 (vs. Summit High School), 2006 (vs. West Essex High School) and 2007 (vs. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School). ^[38] The 1975 team finished the season with a record of 17-1 after defeating Chatham Borough High School 5–0 in the semifinals and moving on to defeat Princeton 31⁄2-11⁄2 in the finals win the Group I/II state title. ^[39] The team won the 2006 Group II state championship, defeating Rumson-Fair Haven 3–2 in the semifinals and West Essex by 3–2 in the finals to take the title. ^[40] In 2007, the team won the state sectionals defeating Dwight Morrow High School 5–0 to win the North I, Group II championship, the team's sixth consecutive sectional title. ^{[41] [42]} The team moved onto win the 2007 NJSIAA Group II state championship, defeating Rumson-Fair Haven 3–2 in the final match to earn their fourth consecutive Group II state championship. ^{[43] [44] [45]} The 2019 team won the Group III title over West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North 4–1 in the tournament final. ^[46]

The girls' tennis team won the Group II state championship in 1976 (vs. Princeton High School) and 2007 (vs. Manasquan High School); the 2007 team advanced to the finals of the Tournament of Champions, losing to Millburn High School. ^[47] In 2007, the girls' tennis team took the North I, Group II state sectionals with a string of 5-0 wins over Westwood Regional High School in the quarterfinals, Newton High School in the semis and Pascack Hills High School in the finals. ^[48] The win was the eighth sectional title in team history. ^[49] The team took the Group II state championship with a 3½-1½ win over Haddonfield Memorial High School in the semifinals and Manasquan High School in the finals by a 3–2 score. ^[50]

The girls volleyball team won the Division B state championship in 1981 (against Park Ridge High School in the final match of the tournament) and won the Group II title in 1982 (vs. Garfield High School). ^[51] The 1981 team won the inaugural NJSIAA state title, winning the Group I-II championship in two games (15-11, 16–14) against finals opponent Park Ridge. ^[52] The 1982 team won the Group II title in two games (15–10 and 15–12) against Garfield. ^[53]

The ice hockey team won the McMullen Cup in 2002. ^[54] The team made the Public B state finals in 2012 but fell to Summit High School by a score of 2–1 in overtime. ^[55]

Administration

The school's principal is James O. Morrison. His administration team includes the vice principal and athletic director. ^{[56] [57]}

Notable alumni

See also: Category:Tenafly High School alumni

• Edie Adams (1927-2008), actress ^[58]
• Emin Agalarov (born 1979, class of 1997), Azerbaijani-Russian singer and businessman, who writes and performs songs in English and Russian and has been popular in both Azerbaijan and Russia ^[59]
• Ann Blackman (born 1946, class of 1964), author and journalist ^[60]
• Matt Brown (born 1999), collegiate ice hockey left winger at Boston University ^[61]
• Jonathan Carney, appointed concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 2002 ^[62]
• Hope Davis (born 1964, class of 1982), actress ^{[62] [63] [64] [65]}
• Pierce H. Deamer Jr. (1907-1986), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1952 to 1962 and then in the New Jersey Senate until 1966 ^[66]
• Tate Donovan (born 1963, class of 1981), actor ^[62]
• Eran Ganot (born 1981, class of 1999), head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team ^[67]
• Alan Geisler (1931-2009), food chemist, best known for creating the red onion condiment used as a topping on hot dogs in New York City ^[68]
• Alexander Gemignani (born 1979, class of 1997), actor, starred in Les Misérables , Assassins , Sunday in the Park with George ^{[62] [69] [70]}
• Alexie Gilmore (born 1976, class of 1995), actor who starred in the television series New Amsterdam ^{[62] [71]}
• Nakia Griffin-Stewart (born 1996), American football tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL ^[72]
• Han Seung-yeon (born 1988), actress and member of South Korean girl group Kara ^[73]
• Ed Harris (born 1950, class of 1969), actor ^{[62] [64] [74]}
• Jon-Erik Hexum (1957-1984), actor and model ^[75]
• Jason Itzler (born 1967 as Jason Sylk), founder of NY Confidential, regular guest on The Howard Stern Show - Interviewed on CNN's Larry King Live ^[76]
• Ross Levinsohn (born c. 1964), interim CEO of Yahoo! ^[77]
• Eric Maskin (born 1950, class of 1968), Nobel Prize-winning economist ^[78]
• Richard P. McCormick (1916-2006, class of 1933), historian and professor, who was president of the New Jersey Historical Society ^[79]
• Lea Michele (born 1986, class of 2004), singer and actress who has starred in Les Misérables , Glee and Scream Queens ^{[62] [80]}
• Edward Miguel (born 1974; class of 1992), Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley ^[81]
• Josette Norris (born 1995, class of 2014), middle to long-distance runner ^[82]
• Barbara Pariente (born 1948, class of 1966), Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 2004 to 2006 ^[83]
• Adam Rothenberg (born 1975), stage and movie actor who appeared in the film Mad Money ^{[84] [85]}
• Steve Rothman (born 1952, class of 1970), Congressman who served from 1997 to 2013 ^[86]
• Peter Secchia (1937–2020), businessman who served as the United States Ambassador to Italy and San Marino from 1989 to 1993 ^[87]
• Tapiwa Shumba (born 2003), Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a midfielder for New York Red Bulls II in the USL Championship ^[88]
• Michael Sorvino (born 1977, class of 1996), actor and voice actor ^[89]
• John Spike (born 1951, class of 1969), art historian ^[90]
• Michèle Kahn Spike (born 1951, class of 1969), historian and social activist ^[91]
• Seth Stephens-Davidowitz (born 1982), data scientist, economist and author ^[92]
• Trish Van Devere (born 1941), actress ^[93]
• Gary Wright (1943–2023), singer best known for his song Dream Weaver ^[94]
• Sofie Zamchick (born 1994, class of 2012), indie-pop singer/songwriter and actress ^[95]

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43. Celentano, Rob."Lee digs deep to clinch title", The Record , May 25, 2007. Accessed January 12, 2015. "Lee worked his way through a couple of cramps in the second set and rallied to beat Sean Pahler, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, at first singles as Tenafly defeated Rumson-Fair Haven, 3-2, at Mercer County Park to win its fourth straight Group 2 tennis title."
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53. "Paramus Catholic breezes to crown", The Record , November 21, 1982. Accessed January 2, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Tenafly outfinessed Garfield in taking a 15-10, 15-12 triumph in the Group 2 championship."
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58. Jackson, Kenneth T. The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: 2006-2008, p. 3. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998. ISBN   9780684315751. Accessed October 9, 2018. "While attending Tenafly High School, Adams joined the choir and the glee club and sang in the school's operettas."
59. Cowen, Richard; and Shkolnikova, Svetlana. "Russian pop star tied to Trump has Tenafly roots", The Record , July 13, 2017. Accessed February 28, 2018. "Russian pop star Emin Agalarov wore black leather, drove a souped-up moped and wanted to be the next Elvis Presley, having spent his teenage years living large and dreaming big on the streets of his adopted hometown, Tenafly. Twenty years after graduating from Tenafly High School, the Russian crooner this week hit it really big.... Emin Agalarov as a senior in Tenafly High School's 1997 yearbook."
60. "Tenafly High names distinguished alums", The Record , May 15, 1991. Accessed July 19, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Matthew Densen, a 1987 graduate, and Ann Blackman Putzel, Class of 1964, are the Tenafly High School distinguished alumnus and alumna of the year, it has been announced."
61. Shwalb, Bob. "Tenafly's Brown finding hockey swagger in NAHL", The Record , December 22, 2017. Accessed May 2, 2023. "Matt Brown already knew what a jackalope was. Good thing, because last month, the Wood-Ridge native and Tenafly graduate became a member of the Odessa (Texas) Jackalopes of the North American Hockey League."
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65. Dicker, Ron. "Ever Hopeful Davis", San Francisco Chronicle , January 1, 2006. Accessed October 25, 2011. "Davis makes a striking indie queen. She has acted in 24 movies, many of which were darlings of critics but forgotten stepchildren of the box-office. After graduating from Tenafly High School in New Jersey, she studied science at Vassar, then took up acting during a semester in London."
66. Turpanjian, M. Martin. "State Senate Candidate Sees Big GOP Victory; Eminent Bergenfield Solon Is Widely Known For Experience As Authority On State, National And International Laws", Jersey Parade, September 29, 1961. Accessed October 9, 2018. "Mr. Deamer was born in New York City, April 24, 1907. He was graduated from Tenafly high school and New Jersey Law School."
67. Eran Ganot, Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball. Accessed May 11, 2017. "Hometown: Tenafly, N. J.... A 1999 graduate of Tenafly High School in New Jersey, Ganot was a two-time all-league first-team pick and was named to the all-county team as a senior."
68. Levin, Jay. "Alan Geisler, 78; food chemist, hot dog hero", The Record , January 9, 2009, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 26, 2016. Accessed October 9, 2018. "Alan Geisler of Mahwah, a food chemist who created the tangy red onion sauce that pushcart vendors slather over Sabrett hot dogs, died Tuesday at his winter home in Hernando, Fla. He was 78.... In 1960, Mr. Geisler -- a Tenafly High School graduate who received a bachelor's degree in food technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- founded a company that manufactures emulsifiers, shortenings and other ingredients for the baking industry."
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70. Kampfe, John. "Tenafly: Small Town, Big Stars – Part 2", Jerseywood, June 13, 2016. Accessed October 9, 2018. "Alexander Gemignani — The son of renowned Broadway music director Paul Gemignani is known primarily for his work on the New York stage.... Gemignani was born in New York City but grew up in Tenafly and, yes, he too is a Tenafly High alum (1997)."
71. Rohan, Virginia, "Tenafly High grad stars in Fox pilot", The Record , March 4, 2008. Accessed March 4, 2008.
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73. Seung Yeon Archived December 24, 2010, at archive.today , gokpop.com. Accessed October 25, 2011. "Han Seung-yeon was born on July 24, 1988, in Seoul, South Korea. She left Korea to study at Tenafly High School in the United States. However, she left high school mid-course in order to pursue a singing career."
74. Stein, Ruthe. They're Ready For Their Close-Ups: Camped out at Oscars, the starstruck wait to sneak a peek, San Francisco Chronicle , March 25, 2001. Accessed May 31, 2007. "She's hoping to score a seat near the front and catch the eye of Oscar nominee Ed Harris, who went to Tenafly High School in New Jersey with her mother."
75. Plummer, William. "A Bright, Brief Star: A Tragic On-Set Accident Ends the Sweet, Promising Career of Jon-Erik Hexum, a Nice Guy on His Way to Finishing First", People (magazine) , October 29, 1984. Accessed October 9, 2018. "At Tenafly High School, recalls a girlfriend fondly, 'He was so totally straight that in the early days everybody thought he was a narc. He was the sort who wore white socks and black shoes until his junior year.' By senior year Jon-Erik was Mr. Everything: He was president of the senior class, master of ceremonies at the Holiday Show, the first boy in the school's history to become a cheerleader."
76. Jacobson, Mark. "The $2,000 an-Hour Woman", New York (magazine) , July 10, 2005. Accessed September 8, 2008. "As Jason doesn't mind telling you, he has known many women since he lost his virginity not too long after his bar mitzvah at the Fort Lee Community Jewish Center, doing the deed with the captain of the Tenafly High School cheerleader squad."
77. Newman, Richard; Yellin, Deena; and Superville, Denisa R. "Tenafly grad takes helm at Yahoo", The Record , May 15, 2012. Accessed May 17, 2012. "In choosing former Tenafly resident Ross Levinsohn as its interim CEO on Monday, embattled Yahoo! Inc. picked a man who is focused, driven and confident.... Levinsohn graduated in 1981 from Tenafly High School, where he was a goalkeeper on the soccer team before switching to football to be the team's kicker in his senior year."
78. Minutes of Library Board Meeting Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , Tenafly Public Library, dated October 15, 2007. Accessed January 22, 2008.
79. Birkner, Michael J. McCormick of Rutgers: Scholar, Teacher, Public Historian, p 3. Accessed May 11, 2017. "Never having considered that he might aspire to a college education, McCormick followed the 'general curriculum' at Tenafly High School."
80. Henderson, Kathy. "Lea Michele", Broadway.com, January 17, 2008. Accessed July 6, 2008. "Oh, totally. I went to Tenafly High School [in New Jersey], and I was on the debate team."
81. Edward Miguel CV, University of California, Berkeley. Accessed December 26, 2015. "Tenafly High School, Tenafly NJ. Valedictorian 1992"
82. Schwartz, Paul. "Josette Norris ends college career with fourth-place NCAA finish", The Record , June 26, 2019. Accessed October 24, 2021. "And after all that Norris had gone through in the five years since she graduated Tenafly High School as one of the top distance runners in the nation – the injuries, the transfer from North Carolina to Georgetown, the occasional loss of confidence – it was all forgotten as she began the final 400 meters of her college career."
83. Coutros, Evonne. "Ex-Tenafly Classmates Give Justice High Marks", The Record , November 21, 2000, backed up by the Internet Archive as of November 4, 2012. Accessed October 9, 2018. "'You try to put yourself in her shoes and identify with the incredible task and responsibility she has,' said Jeff Riedl, a Wyckoff lawyer who, like Pariente, was a member of Tenafly's class of 1966."
84. Holden, Stephen. "Movies: About Adam Rothenberg", The New York Times . Accessed May 25, 2010.
85. Stinson, Patricia W. "Rothenberg returns for her pro debut", Northern Valley Suburbanite, November 9, 2005. Accessed March 7, 2022. "Of course, she gets lots of encouragement from her older brother, Adam Rothenberg, another THS graduate -class of 1998. He is pursuing a Hollywood acting career and he just won a part on a new WB (Warner Brothers) television show called Misconceptions, scheduled to debut this January."
86. Steven Rothman, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed October 9, 2018. "Rothman, Steven, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Englewood, Bergen County, N.J., October 14, 1952; graduated from Tenafly High School, Tenafly, N.J., 1970"
87. "Obituary: Peter F. Secchia", Blue Book Services, October 21, 2020. Accessed January 12, 2021. "Born April 15, 1937, Peter spent his early years in Tenafly, NJ, graduating from Tenafly High School and then serving in the United States Marine Corps with NATO and the 2nd Battalion 6th Marines in Beirut."
88. Farrell, Sean. "Tenafly: No. 20 in the North Jersey Boys Soccer Countdown", The Record , August 20, 2018. Accessed March 7, 2022. "The addition of senior club player Nick Botis should help offset the loss of Tapiwa Shumba (Red Bull youth program)."
89. Beckerman, Jim. "Film by Tenafly actors premieres at Tribeca Film Festival", The Record , April 24, 2016. Accessed January 25, 2018. "That's Wally as in Wally Marzano-Lesnevich. And Michael as in Michael Sorvino.... The two Tenafly natives, pals and co-stars since their high school theater days (Tenafly High School, class of 1996), are again working side by side in the new movie Almost Paris, having its world premiere today at the Tribeca Film Festival."
90. "Talk focus will be Tuscan Countess", Northern Valley Suburbanite, May 4, 2005. Accessed November 1, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Spike grew up in Tenafly and was graduated from Tenafly High School."
91. "Weddings: Kahn, Spike", The Record , May 29, 1973. Accessed February 11, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Miss Michele Kahn and John Spike were married Saturday in Our Lady of Mount Carmel R.C. Church in Tenafly.... Mrs. Spike is a graduate of Tenafly High School and Connecticut College."
92. Palmer, Joanne. "Big data is watching you; JCC U talk to focus on the role of googled analysis in social research", The Jewish Standard , February 15, 2018. Accessed June 14, 2020. "Dr. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz and the 1999 Tenafly High School JV baseball team.... Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, who grew up in Alpine, went to high school in Tenafly, where he played on the baseball team, earned an undergraduate degree at Stanford and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard, worked at Google — and he’s just 35! — and now studies and writes, in outlets including the New York Times, about big data, will be at the Kaplen JCC in Tenafly to explore how big data changes our understanding of the world (and also how it does not)."
93. Klemsrud, Judy. "Movies: Trish? Mrs. Scott? Both?", The New York Times , December 31, 1972. Accessed June 14, 2020. "Trish, whose dream since the age of 4 was to become an actress, was active in speech and drama at Tenafly High and then at Ohio Wesleyan University, where she met and married a fellow student named Grant Van Devere."
94. Voger, Mark. "Hippiefest: Gary Wright interview", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 29, 2011. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Born in Cresskill and a graduate of Tenafly High School, Wright is coming home to perform on Aug. 9 in Red Bank, Aug. 10 in Morristown and Aug. 12 in Englewood as part of the Hippiefest tour alongside Felix Cavaliere, Mark Farner, Dave Mason and Rick Derringer."
95. Sofie Zamchick, LinkedIn. Accessed March 7, 2022. "Education... Tenafly High School 2008 - 2012"

External links

• Tenafly High School
• Tenafly Public Schools
• School Performance Report for Tenafly High School , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Tenafly Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics