Glen Ridge High School
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Glen Ridge High School (GRHS) is a comprehensive public high school in Glen Ridge, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Glen Ridge Public Schools. GRHS is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and by the New Jersey Department of Education. The high school sports team name is the Ridgers.
Glen Ridge High School houses students in grades 7-12. Excellence in academic preparation is valued in both the school and community cultures. Standardized test scores far exceed both the state and national averages. More than 98% of the graduates from the Class of 2004 went on to study at four- or two-year colleges and universities. The remaining graduates continue their education in trade or technical schools or in our armed services, while others find employment. Recent graduates have attended schools such as Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, the United States Naval Academy, Tufts University, Georgetown University, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Rutgers University, as well as other extremely competitive colleges.
The Class of 2004 average SAT scores were 583 on the math section and 591 on the verbal section. (Compared to a NJ average of 514 math, 501 verbal and USA average of 518 math, 508 verbal.) Over the past four years the graduation rate has been approximately 99%, while 100% of students pass the New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA). The success of the students is due in a large part to rigorous academic programs, a committed professional staff, a serious about learning student body, strong instructional leadership and parental involvement and support. Glen Ridge High School has often been cited as a top school in New Jersey and the country and has been cited for our excellent curricular and co-curricular programs.
In 1989, athletes from the school were involved in the sexual assault of a mentally handicapped student. Author Bernard Lefkowitz wrote about the tragedy in Our Guys: The Glen Ridge Rape and the Secret Life of the Perfect Suburb. His novel was later produced as Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge, a 1999 made-for-television movie starring Ally Sheedy and Eric Stoltz.
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[edit] Awards and recognition
Glen Ridge High School was the 10th ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools[1].
[edit] Athletics
Glen Ridge High School competes in the Colonial Hills Conference which is comprised of eighteen public and parochial high schools covering Essex County, Morris County and Somerset County in west central New Jersey, under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).
[edit] Notable alumni
- Tom Cruise (b. 1962) actor
- Gary Cuozzo pro football player
- Jennifer Granick, cyber-law attorney
[edit] References
- ^ Top Public High Schools in New Jersey, New Jersey Monthly, September 2006
