Forest Avenue School

Forest Avenue School, a micro-enrollment primary school in GLEN RIDGE, New Jersey, part of Glen Ridge Public School District, caters to 127 students, covering grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Forest Avenue School sits 69% below that benchmark.

Glen Ridge Public School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,746 students; Forest Avenue School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Forest Avenue School reports that White students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate median household income runs about $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Forest Avenue School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

The closest other public school is Bloomfield Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Forest Avenue School has contracted 47%, going from 241 students in 2018 to 127 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment fell from 16% to 7% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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