Glenfield Middle School

Glenfield Middle School is one of the mid-sized junior highs in MONTCLAIR, New Jersey, run under Montclair Public School District, with 512 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Across the 11 schools in Montclair Public School District (6,193 students total), Glenfield Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Glenfield Middle School logs that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 21% Black, 15% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 30% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Glenfield Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Essex County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glenfield Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Essex County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Glenfield Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Charles H. Bullock School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glenfield Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 62.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Glenfield Middle School's enrollment has contracted 20% since 2018, when it stood at 641 (now 512). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 54% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 today.

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