Glen Rock Public Schools
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| Glen Rock Public Schools | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Dr. George Connelly | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Michael Rinderknecht | ||||
| Address: | 620 Harristown Road Glen Rock, NJ 07452 |
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| Phone number: | 201-445-7700 | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.glenrocknj.org | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Avg. |
%± vs. Avg. |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $13,588 | 65 | $12,180 | 11.6% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 7,837 | 62 | 7,194 | 8.9% |
| 6 | Support Services | 2,056 | 64 | 1,913 | 7.5% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,662 | 71 | 1,275 | 30.4% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,714 | 64 | 1,477 | 16.0% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 56,081 | 49 | 53,549 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2007 Comparative Spending Guide.[1] *Within K-12 districts with 1,801-3,500 students. Low=1; High=73 |
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The Glen Rock Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from the Borough of Glen Rock, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
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[edit] Schools
The district consists of six schools (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[2]), which are:
Elementary schools (K-5)
- Richard E. Byrd School with 223 students
- Central Elementary school with 310 students
- Clara E. Coleman School with 332 students
- Alexander Hamilton Elementary School with 276 students
Middle School (6-8)
- Glen Rock Middle School, with 617 students
High School (9-12)
- Glen Rock High School, which has an enrollment of 714 students in grades 9-12. The high school consistently places in the top 50 public schools in the state. Over 90% of students who attend Glen Rock High School go on to a two-year or four-year college.
[edit] Athletics
Glen Rock's athletic teams have been successful in recent years. The football team won 5 consecutive state championships, from 1998-2002, and is still a power. (Grant Adams, who continued his career playing for Boston College and appeared in a pre-season game for the Philadelphia Eagles, played on the 98-00 teams.) The girls soccer team has also been a state power for a decade. (Sarah Volkomer, a member of the 2004 team was selected to that year's All-American Team.) All teams, with the exception of the Golf, Ice Hockey, and Girls and Boys Lacrosse teams, compete in the 13-member Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (BPSL) Carpenter division.
[edit] Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
- Superintendent of Schools - Dr. George Connelly[3]
- Business Administrator/Board Secretary - Michael Rinderknecht[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2007, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 5, 2007.
- ^ Glen Rock Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 5, 2007.
- ^ Office of the Superintendent of Schools, Glen Rock Public School. Accessed December 5, 2007.
- ^ Business Office, Glen Rock Public School. Accessed December 5, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Glen Rock Public Schools
- Glen Rock Public Schools's 2006-07 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Glen Rock Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
