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==Education== {{See also|Glen Rock Public Schools}} {{Multiple image | image1 = Glen Rock Byrd School Sept2021 (1).jpg | image2 = Glen Rock Hamilton School Sept2021 (1).jpg | image3 = Glen Rock Coleman School Sept2021 (1).jpg | image4 = Glen Rock Central School Sept2021 (2) corrected.jpg | perrow = 2 / 2 | footer = The four Glen Rock public elementary schools: (clockwise from top left) Richard E. Byrd School, Alexander Hamilton School, Central Elementary School, Clara E. Coleman School | width = 150 }} The [[Glen Rock Public Schools]] serve students in [[kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&search=0110&id=02bc91df7e2b440a90c444f013a0ab9d Glen Rock Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Glen Rock Public Schools. Accessed September 24, 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 Glen Rock School District. Composition The Glen Rock School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Glen Rock."</ref> The operation of the district is overseen by a nine-member [[board of education]].<ref>[https://www.glenrocknj.org/board_of_education Board of Education], Glen Rock Public Schools. Accessed September 24, 2024. "The Glen Rock Board of Education is comprised of a 9-member board of trustees, the chief school administrator and the board secretary/district business administrator."</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 2,620 students and 222.9 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.8:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3405970&DistrictID=3405970 District information for Glen Rock Public 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=3405970 School Data for the Glen Rock Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>) are Richard E. Byrd School<ref>[https://byrd.glenrocknj.org/ Richard E. Byrd School], Glen Rock Public Schools. Accessed September 24, 2024.</ref> with 269 students in grades K–5, Central Elementary School<ref>[https://central.glenrocknj.org/ Central Elementary School], Glen Rock Public Schools. Accessed September 24, 2024.</ref> with 339 students in grades K–5, Clara E. Coleman School<ref>[https://coleman.glenrocknj.org/ Clara E. Coleman School], Glen Rock Public Schools. Accessed September 24, 2024.</ref> with 351 students in grades K–5, Alexander Hamilton Elementary School<ref>[https://hamilton.glenrocknj.org/ Alexander Hamilton Elementary School], Glen Rock Public Schools. Accessed September 24, 2024.</ref> with 281 students in grades K–5, Glen Rock Middle School<ref name=MSHS>[https://mshs.glenrocknj.org/ Glen Rock Middle and High School], Glen Rock Public Schools. Accessed September 24, 2024.</ref> with 621 students in grades 6–8 and [[Glen Rock High School]]<ref name=MSHS/> with 729 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[https://www.glenrocknj.org/district District], Glen Rock Public Schools. Accessed September 24, 2024. "Today, Glen Rock Public Schools serve 2,562 students in grades pre-K through 12 in four elementary schools - Richard E. Byrd, Central, Clara E. Coleman and Alexander Hamilton - plus Glen Rock Middle School and Glen Rock High School."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/1760 School Performance Reports for the Glen Rock Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1760 New Jersey School Directory for the Glen Rock Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Public school students from the borough (and all of Bergen County) are eligible to attend the [[secondary education]] programs offered by the [[Bergen County Technical Schools]], which include [[Bergen County Academies]] in [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]] and the [[Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro Campus|Bergen Tech campuses in Teterboro]] and [[Bergen County Technical High School, Paramus Campus|Paramus]]. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.<ref>[http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/about-us About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014000910/http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/about-us |date=October 14, 2013 }}, [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 7, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions Admissions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305034226/https://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions |date=March 5, 2017 }}, [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref> Academy of Our Lady is a [[Catholic school]] for students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]] that is affiliated with St. Catharine's Roman Catholic Church located in Glen Rock and Our Lady of Mount Carmel in neighboring [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Ridgewood]], and is operated under the supervision of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]].<ref>[http://www.academyofourlady.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=433467&type=d&pREC_ID=942211 Our School's History], Academy of Our Lady. Accessed August 29, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://catholicschoolsnj.org/bergen-county Bergen County Catholic Elementary Schools], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed December 16, 2022.</ref> In September 2013, the school was one of 15 schools in New Jersey to be recognized by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, which Education Secretary [[Arne Duncan]] described as schools that "represent examples of educational excellence".<ref>Rundquist, Jeanette. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/15_nj_schools_named_as_national_blue_ribbon_winners.html "15 N.J. schools named as national 'Blue Ribbon' winners"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', September 24, 2013. Accessed September 25, 2013. "Five Catholic schools, six county vocational-technical schools and a Yeshiva are among the list of honored schools in New Jersey. Also named as 2013 Blue Ribbon Schools were Dover, Harrison and Wildwood high schools."</ref><ref>[http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2013/national.pdf#page=15 2013 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Private], pp. 15-17. [[United States Department of Education]], [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program]]. Accessed September 25, 2013.</ref>
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