Editing Glassboro, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
[[File:Glassboro_Intermediate_School.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Former Glassboro High School|alt=This building is currently owned by Rowan University. Formerly Glassboro High School (1930-1965), then later Glassboro Intermediate School, before being purchased by Rowan University in 2022.]]
The [[Glassboro Public Schools]] serve students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=c53fa2e000da48569866dcf904b45671 Glassboro Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Glassboro Public Schools. Accessed February 12, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Glassboro School District. Composition: The Glassboro School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Glassboro."</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,895 students and 155.7 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.2:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3405880&DistrictID=3405880 District information for Glassboro School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3405880 School Data for the Glassboro Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>) are 
J. Harvey Rodgers School<ref>[https://www.gpsd.us/Domain/318 J. Harvey Rodgers School], Glassboro Public Schools. Accessed February 12, 2024.</ref> with 265 students in grades PreK and kindergarten, 
Dorothy L. Bullock School<ref>[https://www.gpsd.us/Domain/264 Dorothy L. Bullock School], Glassboro Public Schools. Accessed February 12, 2024.</ref> with 651 students in grades 1-5, 
Thomas E. Bowe Elementary School<ref>[https://www.gpsd.us/Domain/210 Thomas E. Bowe Elementary School], Glassboro Public Schools. Accessed February 12, 2024.</ref> with 432 students in grades 6-8 and 
[[Glassboro High School]]<ref>[https://www.gpsd.us/Domain/41 Glassboro High School], Glassboro Public Schools. Accessed February 12, 2024.</ref> with 518 students in grades 9-12.<ref>[https://www.gloucestercountynj.gov/DocumentCenter/View/12267/GCPSD-revisions-for-2023-2024 ''2023–2024 Gloucester County Office of Education Public School Directory''], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/15/1730 School Performance Reports for the Glassboro School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 12, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1730 New Jersey School Directory for the Glassboro Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Students in [[Gloucester County, New Jersey|Gloucester County]] are eligible to apply to attend [[Gloucester County Institute of Technology]], a four-year high school in [[Deptford Township, New Jersey|Deptford Township]] that provides technical and vocational education. As a public school, students do not pay tuition to attend the school.<ref>[https://www.gcit.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=26635&type=d&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=19284 Admissions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522161158/https://www.gcit.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=26635&type=d&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=19284 |date=May 22, 2020 }}, [[Gloucester County Institute of Technology]]. Accessed November 7, 2019. "There is no charge to attend. GCIT is a public school.... GCIT is the vocational-technical school for Gloucester County residents. You must live in Gloucester County to apply and attend."</ref>

Guardian Angels Regional School is a [[K-8 school]] that operates under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden]] and accepts students from Glassboro.<ref>[https://southjerseycatholicschools.org/catholic-schools-in-south-jersey/ Schools], South Jersey Catholic Schools. Accessed February 27, 2023.</ref> Its PreK-3 campus is in [[Gibbstown, New Jersey|Gibbstown]] while its 4-8 campus is in [[Paulsboro, New Jersey|Paulsboro]].<ref>[https://www.gars-online.com/gars/About%20Us/Contact%20Information.html/_top Contact Information], Guardian Angels Regional School. Accessed February 27, 2023.</ref> Our Lady of Lourdes in Glassboro is one of the sending parishes; the former St. Bridget Regional School in Glassboro merged into St. Michael in 2008.<ref>Giordano, Rita. [https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/local/20080906_After_much_work__newly_merged_school_opens_in_Clayton.html "After much work, newly merged school opens in Clayton"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', September 6, 2008. Accessed February 27, 2023. "St. Michael's is about people pulling together and getting it done - the families of the two former schools and others from their other sending parishes, Our Lady of Lourdes in Glassboro, Our Lady Queen of Peace in Pitman, and Nativity in Franklinville."</ref>

[[Rowan University]] is a [[public university]] with an enrollment of 19,500 undergraduate and graduate students in 2018–2019.<ref>[https://sites.rowan.edu/fastfacts/ Rowan University Fast Facts 2018-2019], [[Rowan University]]. Accessed November 8, 2019.</ref> The university was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a {{convert|25|acres|adj=on}} site donated by the borough. The school became New Jersey State Teachers College at Glassboro in 1937 and Glassboro State College in 1958. Beginning in the 1970s, the university expanded into a multi-purpose institution, adding programs in [[business]], [[communications]], and [[engineering]].<ref name=RowanHistory/> Rowan Boulevard is a [[mixed-use development]] intended to provide a vibrant downtown district for Glassboro, incorporating university student life into its design as part of an effort to accommodate a student body that has been projected to grow to about 25,000 in 2023.<ref>Kent, Spencer. [http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2015/07/rowan_boulevard_project_will_address_student-housi.html "Rowan Boulevard: They're building it, but will they come?"], [[NJ.com]], July 20, 2015. Accessed July 21, 2015.</ref>