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Glen Ridge High School

Serves grades 7 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
200 Ridgewood Ave
Glen Ridge, NJ 07028
Phone
(973) 429-8303
District
GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ESSEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
827
Classroom Teachers
75

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

9

(10 is best)

Better than 86.8% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Glen Ridge High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
61%
42%
64%
51%
58%
33%
61%
42%
64%
51%
58%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

100 80 60 40 20 0
63%
32%
81%
50%
44%
15%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 139 16.8%
Grade 8 150 18.1%
Grade 9 120 14.5%
Grade 10 143 17.3%
Grade 11 134 16.2%
Grade 12 141 17.0%
Total 827 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 80.2% 78.3% 41.1%
Black 4.3% 3.8% 15.3%
Hispanic 7.7% 7.4% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 7.7% 9.6% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 1.0% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 0.4% 0.3% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 0.4% 0.3% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 7,764 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 6,062.7 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.2% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 26.0% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.6% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.0% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 12.1% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,455 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 3.1% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 99.3% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 82.6% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 74.3% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 9.5% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 6.6% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 3.7% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 2.6% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 0.0% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 3.3% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,874 $22,097,514 47.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,085 $3,880,185 8.3%
Staff $503 $936,083 2.0%
General Administration $541 $1,006,801 2.2%
School Administration $1,490 $2,772,890 5.9%
Operation $1,538 $2,862,218 6.1%
Transportation $132 $245,652 0.5%
Other $469 $872,809 1.9%
Total Support $6,757 $12,574,777 26.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,495 $12,087,195 25.9%
Total Expenditures $25,127 $46,761,347 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,252 $16,876,633,536 49.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,485 $3,422,916,968 10.0%
Staff $778 $1,071,908,147 3.1%
General Administration $448 $617,313,228 1.8%
School Administration $1,106 $1,523,858,437 4.4%
Operation $2,059 $2,835,591,380 8.3%
Transportation $773 $1,065,361,101 3.1%
Other $557 $766,792,454 2.2%
Total Support $8,206 $11,303,690,627 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,415 $6,081,668,713 17.8%
Total Expenditures $24,874 $34,262,079,216 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%