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Glen Rock Public School District

Glen Rock, New Jersey · Superintendent: Gregory Van Nest · #154 of 303 New Jersey districts by enrollment

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2,566

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$21,283

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the New Jersey median

11.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · New Jersey median 11.6

Glen Rock Public School District is a public school district based in Glen Rock, New Jersey, serving 2,566 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #154 of the 303 New Jersey districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 49% of them. Its schools average 428 students each, fewer than the New Jersey median of 563. Its superintendent is Gregory Van Nest. It spends about $21,283 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.5 students per teacher.

How Glen Rock compares

Glen RockNew Jersey median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$21,283

New Jersey median $21,034 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$12,972

New Jersey median $12,858 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school428

New Jersey median 563 · 24% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.5

New Jersey median 11.6 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor151

New Jersey median 276 · 45% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$66.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 2%State 20%Local 79%

Measure	Glen Rock	New Jersey median	Year
Current spending per student	$21,283	$21,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,972	$12,858	FY2020-21
Total spending	$66.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$66.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	224	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	448	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.5	11.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	151	276	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The New Jersey median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

Leadership

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Gregory Van Nest

Superintendent, Glen Rock Public School District

Source: New Jersey Department of Education, School Directory, checked 2026-10-05. Report a change

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Peer districts in New Jersey

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Morris Hills Regional School DistrictRockaway	2,626	2	$27,540	10.5	#152
Rutherford School DistrictRutherford	2,601	5	$20,032	11.8	#153
Glen Rock Public School DistrictGlen Rock · this district	2,566	6	$21,283	11.5	#154
Dumont Public School DistrictDumont	2,562	5	$19,149	12.2	#155
Caldwell-West School DistrictWest Caldwell	2,561	7	$19,885	11.4	#156

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Allendale Public SchoolsAllendale, MI	2,568	$11,646	16.4
North Shore Central School DistrictSea Cliff, NY	2,568	$41,582	9.1
Branford School DistrictBranford, CT	2,567	$25,206	10.6
MarbleheadMarblehead, MA	2,564	$20,830	11.4

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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