Glen Ridge High School
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Glen Ridge High School
Glen Ridge High School
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| 200 Ridgewood Avenue Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1895 |
| Principal | Louis A. Melchor |
| Asst. principal | Dr. Keisha Harris |
| Faculty | 70.2 FTEs |
| Grades | 7 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 824 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.7:1 |
| Color(s) |
Red and white |
| Athletics conference | Super Essex Conference |
| Team name | Ridgers |
| Website | School website |
Glen Ridge High School (GRHS) is a comprehensive six-year public high school serving students in seventh through twelfth grades in Glen Ridge, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Glen Ridge Public Schools. GRHS is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 824 students and 70.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1. There were 0 students (0.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 0 (0.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school's standardized test scores far exceed both the state and national averages. The Class of 2013's average SAT scores were 575 on the math section, 579 on the critical reading section and 565 on writing, totaling 1719 on the three sections combined (compared to a New Jersey averages of 495 math, 521 reading and 496 writing for 1512 overall). Among students taking the SAT, 69% of students met or exceed the combined score of 1550 considered by the College Board to indicate likely college success, vs. 44% statewide. The graduation rate for the class of 2013 was 97%, with 91.2% of students passing the New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
The school was the 27th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 12th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 4th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 5th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 10th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 113th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 21 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (87.9%) and language arts literacy (94.0%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
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