The Glen Ridge Public Schools is a comprehensive public school district serving students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade in Glen Ridge, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,855 students and 113.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.4.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
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