Glen Rock High School | |
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Location | |
400 Hamilton Avenue Glen Rock, NJ 07452 |
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Information | |
Type | Public high school |
Motto | In scientia vis ("Power in knowledge") |
Established | 1956 |
School district | Glen Rock Public Schools |
Principal | John Arlotta |
Asst. principal | Mike Pasciuto |
Faculty | 71.6 FTEs |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 747 (as of 2014-15) |
Student to teacher ratio | 10.4:1 |
Color(s) |
Red White and Black |
Athletics conference | North Jersey Interscholastic Conference |
Team name | Panthers |
Newspaper | The Glen Echo |
Website | School Website |
Glen Rock High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in Glen Rock, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Glen Rock Public Schools.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 747 students and 71.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1. There were 3 students (0.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 3 (0.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
In its listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", the school was ranked 137th out of 500 best high schools in the country; it was ranked 25th among all high schools in New Jersey and 12th among the state's non-magnet schools. In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 218th in the nation among participating public high schools and 17th overall (tenth of non-magnet schools) in New Jersey. Glen Rock was ranked 30th in New Jersey and 287th nationwide in Newsweek magazine's 2012 issue of "America's Best High Schools." In the 2012 "Ranking America's Best High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 40th in New Jersey and 1,028th nationwide. In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 31st in New Jersey and 1,070th nationwide. Glen Rock was ranked 874th, the 24th-highest in New Jersey, in Newsweek magazine's 2010 rankings of America's Best High Schools. In Newsweek's May 22, 2007, issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Glen Rock High School was listed in 964th place, the 28th-highest ranked school in New Jersey. The school was ranked as number 614 in the April 30, 2006 issue, the 18th highest ranked school in New Jersey.