[citation needed] The Teaneck Public Schools have been recognized by the New Jersey Department of Education as part of its Best practices program.

[8] Teaneck's 1965 busing plan was widely reported as the first district in the nation with a white majority to implement a voluntary school integration program.

[11] Schools in the district,[12][13][14][15] with 2019–20 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics,[16] are: Teaneck has received attention in the media due to sexual crimes committed against minors by faculty members.

Joseph White, former principal of Teaneck High School, pleaded guilty to official child endangerment in June 2006 and was sentenced to one year in prison.

[25] James Darden, an award-winning former eighth grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, was charged with sexual assault and misconduct in June 2007.