Glenwood School

Glenwood School operates as a cozy elementary school in SHORT HILLS, New Jersey, part of Millburn Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 315 students spanning grades K through 4. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Glenwood School sits 22% smaller than that benchmark.

Millburn Township School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,538 students; Glenwood School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glenwood School lists that the largest single group is Asian, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 6% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 1% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Essex County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glenwood School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 65.6%; Glenwood School posts 93.7%, +28.0 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Essex County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Glenwood School is one.

The closest other public school is Hartshorn School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glenwood School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glenwood School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 70.9%.

Glenwood School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 367 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 27% across the same window.

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