Glen Ridge Public Schools

The Glen Ridge Public Schools is a comprehensive public school district serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade in Glen Ridge, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

Glen Ridge Public Schools
Address
12 High Street Glen Ridge , Essex County, New Jersey, 07028 United States
Coordinates	40.800578°N 74.202296°W / 40.800578; -74.202296
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Dirk Phillips
Business administrator	Barbara Murphy
Schools	5
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,842 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty	157.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	I
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $15,979 10 $18,891 −15.4% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,441 27 14,783 −9.1% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,892 26 8,763 −9.9% 6 Support Services 1,764 12 2,392 −26.3% 8 Administrative Cost 1,880 63 1,485 26.6% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,406 18 1,783 −21.1% 13 Extracurricular Activities 488 56 268 82.1% 16 Median Teacher Salary 65,010 43 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

Crossing guard

Linden Avenue School

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 1,842 students and 157.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.^[4]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[5]) are:^[6][7]

• Central School^[8] with 93 students in grades PreK-2
  • Keisha Harris, principal
• Forest Avenue School^[9] with 176 students in grades PreK-2
  • Matthew J. Murphy, principal
• Linden Avenue School^[10] with 166 students in grades PreK-2
  • Joseph A. Caravela, principal
• Ridgewood Avenue School^[11] with 536 students in grades 3-6
  • Michael Donovan, principal
• Glen Ridge High School^[12] with 852 students in grades 7–12. The high school gained national attention as the school of the athletes involved in the Glen Ridge Rape.
  • John Lawlor, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[13][14]

• Dirk Phillips, superintendent^[15]
• Barbara Murphy, business administrator and board secretary^[16]

Board of education

The district's board of education, composed of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2013) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^[13][17][18]