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Forest Avenue School

Serves grades PK - 2

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
287 Forest Ave
Glen Ridge, NJ 07028
Phone
(973) 429-8308
District
GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ESSEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
188
Classroom Teachers
13

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Forest Avenue School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
No Data
40%
No Data
47%
No Data
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 22 11.7%
Kindergarten 46 24.5%
Grade 1 44 23.4%
Grade 2 76 40.4%
Total 188 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 79.2% 78.3% 41.1%
Black 1.7% 3.8% 15.3%
Hispanic 6.7% 7.4% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 10.7% 9.6% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.7% 1.0% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported 0.3% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible Unreported 0.3% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported 0.0% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 7,764 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 6,062.7 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.2% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 26.0% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.6% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.0% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 12.1% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,455 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 3.1% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 99.3% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 82.6% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 74.3% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 9.5% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 6.6% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 3.7% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 2.6% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 0.0% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 3.3% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,874 $22,097,514 47.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,085 $3,880,185 8.3%
Staff $503 $936,083 2.0%
General Administration $541 $1,006,801 2.2%
School Administration $1,490 $2,772,890 5.9%
Operation $1,538 $2,862,218 6.1%
Transportation $132 $245,652 0.5%
Other $469 $872,809 1.9%
Total Support $6,757 $12,574,777 26.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,495 $12,087,195 25.9%
Total Expenditures $25,127 $46,761,347 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,252 $16,876,633,536 49.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,485 $3,422,916,968 10.0%
Staff $778 $1,071,908,147 3.1%
General Administration $448 $617,313,228 1.8%
School Administration $1,106 $1,523,858,437 4.4%
Operation $2,059 $2,835,591,380 8.3%
Transportation $773 $1,065,361,101 3.1%
Other $557 $766,792,454 2.2%
Total Support $8,206 $11,303,690,627 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,415 $6,081,668,713 17.8%
Total Expenditures $24,874 $34,262,079,216 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%