Here's when the first day of school is for North Jersey districts

Emma Ferschweiler, Grace Reed and Joshua Jongsma, NorthJersey.com
Updated ·5 min read

Summer is coming to an end and another school year will soon start in North Jersey.

Most schools start shortly after Labor Day in our area but there are a couple who begin at the end of August. Below you can find a list of the first day of school through Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Hudson, Morris and Sussex counties.

Note that a few districts did not list the first day of school online.

Bergen County school opening days

  • Allendale School District: Sept. 5

  • Alpine School District: Sept. 5

  • Bergen County Special Services School District: Sept. 7

  • Bergenfield School District: Sept. 7

  • Bogota School District: Sept. 7

  • Carlstadt School District: Sept. 6

  • Cliffside Park School District: Sept. 7

  • Closter School District: Sept. 6

  • Cresskill School District: Sept. 5

  • Demarest School District: Sept. 5

  • Dumont School District: Sept. 7

  • East Rutherford School District: Sept. 7

  • Edgewater School District: Sept. 7

  • Elmwood Park School District: Sept. 6

  • Emerson School District: Sept. 7

  • Englewood City School District: Sept. 5

  • Englewood Cliffs School District: Sept. 6

  • Fair Lawn School District: Sept. 5

  • Fairview School District: Sept. 7

  • Fort Lee School District: Sept. 7

  • Franklin Lakes School District: Sept. 6

  • Garfield School District: Sept. 6

  • Glen Rock School District: Sept. 7

  • Hackensack School District: Sept. 6

  • Harrington Park School District: Sept. 6

  • Hasbrouck Heights School District: Sept. 6

  • Haworth School District: Sept. 6

  • Hillsdale School District: Sept. 6

  • Ho-Ho-Kus School District: Sept. 6

  • Leonia School District: Sept. 7

  • Little Ferry School District: Sept. 7

  • Lodi School District: Sept. 6

  • Lyndhurst Township School District: Sept. 6

  • Mahwah Township School District: Sept. 6

  • Maywood School District: Sept. 7

  • Midland Park Borough School District: Sept. 6

  • Montvale School District: Sept. 5

  • Moonachie School District: Sept. 5

  • New Milford School District: Sept. 6

  • North Arlington School District: Sept. 7

  • Northern Highlands Regional School District: Sept. 5

  • Northern Valley Regional School District: Sept. 5

  • Northvale School District: Sept. 5

  • Norwood School District: Sept. 6

  • Oakland School District: Sept. 6

  • Old Tappan School District: Sept. 5

  • Oradell School District: Sept. 6

  • Palisades Park School District: Sept. 7

  • Paramus School District: Sept. 7

  • Park Ridge School District: Sept. 5

  • Pascack Valley Regional High School District: Aug. 31

  • Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District: Sept. 6

  • Ramsey School District: Sept. 6

  • Ridgefield School District: Sept. 6

  • Ridgefield Park School District: Sept. 7

  • Ridgewood Village School District: Sept. 5

  • River Dell Regional High School District: Sept. 5

  • River Edge School District: Sept. 5

  • River Vale School District: Sept. 11

  • Rochelle Park School District: Sept. 6

  • Rutherford School District: Sept. 7

  • Saddle Brook Township School District: Sept. 7

  • Saddle River School District: Sept. 7

  • South Bergen Jointure Commission School District: Sept 6.

  • Teaneck School District: Sept. 6

  • Tenafly School District: Sept. 5

  • Upper Saddle River School District: Sept. 6

  • Waldwick School District: Sept. 6

  • Wallington School District: Sept. 6

  • Westwood Regional School District: Sept. 7

  • Wood-Ridge School District: Sept. 8

  • Woodcliff Lake School District: Sept. 5

  • Wyckoff Township School District: Sept. 7

Essex County first day of school

  • Belleville School District: Sept. 7

  • Bloomfield Township School District: Sept. 6

  • Caldwell-West Caldwell School District: Sept. 7

  • Cedar Grove Township School District: Sept. 7

  • City of Orange Township School District: Sept. 7

  • East Orange: Sept. 7

  • Essex County Vocational School District: Sept. 6

  • Glen Ridge School District: Sept. 5

  • Irvington Township School District: Sept. 6

  • Livingston Township School District: Sept. 5

  • Millburn Township School District: Sept. 5

  • Montclair School District: Sept. 6

  • Newark School District: Sept. 5

  • North Caldwell School District: Sept. 5

  • Nutley School District: Sept. 6

  • Roseland School District: Sept. 5

  • South Orange-Maplewood School District: Sept. 7

  • Verona School District: Sept. 6

  • West Essex Regional School District: Aug. 30

  • West Orange School District: Sept. 6

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Hudson County first day of school

  • Bayonne School District: Sept. 6

  • Harrison School District: Sept. 6

  • Hudson County Vocational School District: Sept. 6

  • Hoboken School District: Sept. 7

  • Jersey City School District: Sept. 7

  • Kearny School District: Sept. 7

  • North Bergen School District: Sept. 7

  • Secaucus School District: Sept. 6

  • Union City School District: Sept. 7

  • Weehawken Township School District: Sept. 7

  • West New York School District: Sept. 8

Morris County first day of school

  • Boonton Town: Sept. 7

  • Butler: Sept. 5

  • The Chathams: Aug. 28

  • Chester Township Schools: Sept. 5

  • Denville Township: Sept. 5

  • Dover: Aug. 31

  • East Hanover: Sept. 6

  • Florham Park: Sept. 11

  • Hanover Township: Sept. 7

  • Hanover Park Regional School District: Sept. 6 (Freshmen), 7 (All Students)

  • Harding Township: Sept. 5

  • Jefferson Township: Sept. 6

  • Kinnelon: Sept. 5

  • Lincoln Park: Sept. 7

  • Long Hill Township: Sept. 5

  • Madison: Sept. 5

  • Mendham Borough: Aug. 28

  • Mendham Township: Sept. 5

  • Mine Hill: Sept. 5

  • Montville: Sept. 6

  • Morris County Vocational School District: Sept. 5

  • Morris Hills Regional School District: Aug. 29

  • Morris Plains: Sept. 6

  • Morris School District: Sept. 5

  • Morristown: Sept. 5

  • Mount Arlington: Sept. 7

  • Mount Olive: Aug. 30

  • Mountain Lakes: Aug. 30

  • Netcong: Sept. 5

  • Parsippany-Troy Hills: Sept. 5

  • Pequannock: Sept. 7

  • Randolph: Aug. 30

  • Riverdale: Sept. 7

  • Rockaway Borough: Sept. 5

  • Rockaway Township: Sept. 5

  • Roxbury: Aug. 30

  • Washington Township: Aug. 31

  • Wharton: Sept. 5

Passaic County first day of school

  • Bloomingdale: Sept. 7

  • Clifton: Sept. 7

  • Haledon: Sept. 6

  • Hawthorne: Sept. 5

  • Little Falls: Sept. 7

  • North Haledon: Sept. 6

  • Lakeland Regional: Aug. 30

  • Manchester Regional: Sept. 7

  • Passaic: Sept. 7

  • Passaic Valley Regional: Sept. 7

  • Paterson: Sept. 7

  • Pompton Lakes: Sept. 7

  • Prospect Park: Sept. 7

  • Ringwood: Sept. 5

  • Totowa: Sept. 7

  • Wanaque: Sept. 6

  • Wayne: Sept. 6

  • Woodland Park: Sept. 7

Sussex County first day of school

  • Andover Regional: Sept. 7

  • Byram: Sept. 7

  • Frankford: Sept. 7

  • Franklin Borough: Sept. 5

  • Fredon: Sept. 5

  • Green Township: Sept. 7

  • Hamburg Borough: Sept. 5

  • Hampton: Aug. 31

  • Hardyston: Sept. 6

  • High Point Regional: Sept. 7

  • Hopatcong: Sept. 7

  • Lafayette: Sept. 7

  • Montague: Sept. 5

  • Newton: Sept. 7

  • Ogdensburg: Sept. 5

  • Sandyston-Walpack: Sept. 5

  • Sparta: Sept. 5

  • Stanhope: Sept. 5

  • Stillwater: Sept. 5

  • Sussex-Wantage: Sept. 7

  • Vernon: Sept. 7

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Back to school in North Jersey: List of first day of classes