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Enrollment
642
Middle
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLEN ROCK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340597000077
Glen Rock Middle School
600 HARRISTOWN ROAD, GLEN ROCK, NJ 07452 · (201) 445-7700 · Bergen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of New Jersey public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
7 students
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 209 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 219 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 214 | 33% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Glen Rock Middle School→Glen Rock High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Glen Rock Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
85.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
72.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.3pp since 2023
What 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.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.4% | 72.5% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 69.2% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Glen Rock Middle School
Glen Rock Middle School's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Rock Middle School this school | 642 | 1.1% | 66.6% |
| Benjamin Franklin Middle School RIDGEWOOD | 627 | 2.6% | 66.1% |
| River Dell Middle School River Edge | 573 | 0.7% | 69.2% |
| Robert R Lazar Middle School MONTVILLE | 798 | 4.1% | 70.1% |
| George Washington Middle School RIDGEWOOD | 644 | 1.9% | 69.6% |
| Brookside School Allendale | 502 | 2.0% | 78.7% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Glen Rock Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #46 of 433 | #12 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #42 of 437 ▲ 2 | #11 of 53 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.4% | #27 of 437 ▲ 36 | #9 of 53 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 642 | #156 of 445 | #14 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #215 of 417 | #28 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.0% | #244 of 419 | #38 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.1% | #425 of 436 | #45 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.1% | #46 of 122 | #9 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
642
+15 (+2%) vs 2020
+22% since 2000-01, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 10.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 642 | 59 | 10.9:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 57 | 10.8:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2022-23 | 621 | 60 | 10.3:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 627 | 61 | 10.3:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 56.8 | 10.2:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2015-16 | 573 | 54 | 10.6:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2010-11 | 577 | 46 | 12.5:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 40 | 13.2:1 | 2% (8) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glen Rock Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (578 to 642); teachers up 4% (56.8 to 59).
About Glen Rock Middle School
Glen Rock Middle School sits in GLEN ROCK, New Jersey, and is classified as a middle school. It has an enrollment of 642 students in grades 6 through 8.
Glen Rock Middle School is part of a district of 6 schools: Glen Rock Public School District, with 2,531 students.
About 64% of the student body at Glen Rock Middle School is White. The remaining students are 27% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Among people living in Bergen County, the White share is about 55%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 59 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Roughly 1% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Bergen County, the average eligibility rate is 28%.
Glen Rock Middle School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 82% of New Jersey public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Glen Rock Middle School is 1.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
For the population of Bergen County, the median household earns about $124,884 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Glen Rock Middle School shares Bergen County with 290 other public schools.
Glen Rock High School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Glen Rock Middle School ranks 8th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Glen Rock Middle School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 627 in 2020-21 and 642 in 2024-25.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Glen Rock Public School District
- 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
Other schools in GLEN ROCK
- 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
Nearby schools
- 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
Frequently asked questions
About Glen Rock Middle SchoolHow large is Glen Rock Middle School?
Glen Rock Middle School enrolls approximately 642 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Glen Rock Middle School serve?
Glen Rock Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Glen Rock Middle School have?
Glen Rock Middle School employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Glen Rock Middle School?
Student demographics at Glen Rock Middle School are roughly 64% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 27% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Glen Rock Middle School in?
Glen Rock Middle School is part of Glen Rock Public School District.
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