Glen Ridge Public Schools - Schools

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Forest Avenue School (247 students) is an early childhood learning community serving grades pre-kindergarten through second. Development for four-year-old students takes place as part of our half-day pre-kindergarten program. Through many hands-on experiences the children begin on a path of learning through discovery about their environment. They also begin developing an understanding of how numbers and letters help them to communicate. The full-day kindergarten program develops literacy and language arts development as well as beginning skills in mathematics, science, and social studies through learning centers and hands-on activities.

Linden Avenue Elementary School (262 students) aims to provide all students with a love of learning in a stimulating, caring, safe educational setting which will ensure that each child meets his/her fullest potential. Students are taught by a group of caring professionals who teach the whole child. Well versed in the rigorous core curricular offerings, teachers use the Rigby balanced literacy program for reading and language arts and the Everyday Mathematics program created at the University of Chicago. Both programs have been well researched to provide students a sound foundation in both reading and math.he academic program in the primary school is comprehensive and enriched with instruction in developmental reading, mathematics, language arts, social studies, and science being implemented by the self-contained classroom teachers.

Ridgewood Avenue Upper Elementary School houses students in grades 3-6 (601 students). In addition to a rigorous academic curriculum in the major disciplines of language arts literacy, mathematics, social studies, and science, students are exposed to art, instrumental and vocal music, physical education, health, library skills and Spanish. Students in grades five and six move through the stations of the Synergistics Lab, solving real world problems through the study of mathematics, science, and technology. Teachers take pride in displaying student work through creatively designed bulletin boards, which not only beautify the school, but also enhance the learning environment.

Glen Ridge High School houses students in grades 7-12 (745 students). The school's 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 top four or two year colleges and universities, with recent graduates have attended schools such as Harvard University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, The United States Naval Academy, College of the Holy Cross, Lafayette College, 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 a US 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 High School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and has been cited for the quality of its curricular and co-curricular programs. The high school gained national attention as the school of the athletes involved in the Glen Ridge Rape.