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Glen Rock Middle School
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Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Glen Rock Middle School
Set in GLEN ROCK, New Jersey, Glen Rock Middle School is a mid-tier intermediate school, run under Glen Rock Public School District. It serves 642 students across grades 6 through 8.
Glen Rock Middle School is one of 6 schools operated by Glen Rock Public School District, a district that enrolls 2,531 students overall.
Demographically, Glen Rock Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Glen Rock Middle School shows 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 1% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Bergen County's rate of about 28%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glen Rock Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.6%; this one delivers 66.6%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bergen County) records that median household earnings sit near $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Glen Rock Middle School is one campus in the mix.
Glen Rock High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Glen Rock Middle School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 76.3%.
Glen Rock Middle School operates from a suburban location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glen Rock Middle School has edged up 11%, going from 578 students in 2018 to 642 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 79% to 64% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, members of the Glen Rock Middle School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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- Glen Rock High SchoolHigh · 722 students
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- Glen Rock High SchoolHigh · 722 students
- Clara E Coleman SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Alexander Hamilton SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Central SchoolElementary · 299 students
- Richard E Byrd SchoolElementary · 246 students
- Glen Rock High School0.0 mi · 722
- Clara E Coleman School0.3 mi · 322
- Alexander Hamilton School0.5 mi · 300
- Central School0.6 mi · 299
- Radburn Elementary School0.7 mi · 445
- Richard E Byrd School0.9 mi · 246