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Grades
  
K-12

Business administrator
  
Michael Rinderknecht

Student-teacher ratio
  
11.8:1

Schools
  
6

Number of students
  
2,469

Superintendent
  
Dr. Paula Valenti

Enrollment
  
2,469 (as of 2014-15)

District Factor Group
  
J

Founded
  
2011

Faculty
  
208.8


The Glen Rock Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from the Borough of Glen Rock, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

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Map of Glen Rock Borough, NJ, USA

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its six schools had an enrollment of 2,469 students and 208.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Elementary schools
  • Richard E. Byrd School (245 students; in grades K-5)
  • Central Elementary School (291; K-5)
  • Clara E. Coleman School (271; K-5)
  • Alexander Hamilton Elementary School (257; K-5)
    • Middle school
  • Glen Rock Middle School for grades 6-8 (578)
    • High school
  • Glen Rock High School for grades 9-12 (747). The school was the 4th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 28th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. In 2012, Newsweek ranked the school 30th in the state; in the Glen Rock High School graduating class of 2012, 98% of students indicated that they would move on to a two-year or four-year college.

    • The high school underwent a $45.3 million renovation project that started in 2009 and was completed for the 2011-12 school year, which included a new science wing, a creative arts department and system updates.

    Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Dr. Paula Valenti, Superintendent of Schools
  • Michael Rinderknecht, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

    • References

    Glen Rock Public Schools Wikipedia
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