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Glen Rock High School

600 Harristown Rd., Glen Rock, NJ, 07452-2328 -

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Definition of Terms

Glen Rock High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Bergen County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

714 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

61 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 194 students

Grade 10 - 166 students

Grade 11 - 179 students

Grade 12 - 175 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:12

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	10%	7%
% Hispanic	3%	15%
% Black	1%	17%
% White	85%	61%
% Unknown	1 %	2%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

n/a

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Glen Rock Boro School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	6	5
Number of Students Managed	2,486 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$37,956,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$36,813,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$15,268	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$14,808	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	n/a	81%

Boys Soccer: Panthers fall to Ramsey in state-sectional semifinals (The Record and Herald News)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 06:18:29 am
After posting exciting victories in the first two games of the Group 2, Section 1 state tournament, Glen Rock High School's boys soccer team, seeded second, lost a 5-1 decision to third-seeded Ramsey on Tuesday in the semifinal round.
Girls Volleyball: Panthers undefeated league champions (The Record and Herald News)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 06:18:09 am
The Glen Rock High School girls volleyball team lost to Bogota, 2-0, on Tuesday in the Group 1, Section 1 state quarterfinals to finish the season with an outstanding 27-3 record.
GRHS Football: A prayer, a PV win and a playoff berth (The Record and Herald News)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 06:17:49 am
The final regular season game for the Glen Rock High School football team last Saturday afternoon was not taxing on the nerves of the coaches and players.
Girls Soccer: Team advances to sectional final (The Record and Herald News)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 06:16:17 am
With a 1-0 upset victory over top-seeded Kinnelon on penalty kicks Monday, Glen Rock High School's young girls soccer team advanced to yesterday's Group 2, Section 1 state final game against Mahwah. Results were not available at press time.
GRHS Tennis: Lady Panthers net an 18-1-1 season (The Record and Herald News)
posted on November 6, 2009 at 06:15:27 am
The Glen Rock High School girls tennis team compiled an 18-1-1 record this fall, and coach Bonnie Zimmermann credits it to a solid team effort. "I had complete confidence in everyone's ability at all positions," she said. "They went out and played and played well. It was a great season.

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Glen Rock High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students from Glen Rock, in Bergen County, New Jersey, as part of the Glen Rock Public Schools. The school has an enrollment of 520 students.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 714 students and 61.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.7.
Awards and recognition
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 Newsweek Magazine's April 30, 2006 issue, the 18th highest ranked school in New Jersey.
The school was the 28th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 6th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
Principal - James McCarthy
Assistant Principal - Steven Purciello
Superintendent - George Conneley
Athletics
Glen Rock's athletic teams have been successful in recent years. The football team won five consecutive state championships, from 1998-2002, one short of the state record. (Grant Adams, who continued his career playing for Boston College and appeared in a pre-season game for the Philadelphia Eagles, played on the 98-00 teams.) The girls soccer team has also been a state power for a decade. (Sarah Volkomer, a member of the 2004 team, was selected to that year's All-American Team.) In the last 2 years the ice hockey team has gone a combined 39-8-4, winning league and cup titles both years. All teams, with the exception of the Ice Hockey, and Girls and Boys Lacrosse teams, compete in the Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (BPSL).
The football team won the 2001 North I, Group I state sectional championship with a 22-14 win against Cresskill High School. 2001 NJSIAA Football - North I, Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed July 31, 2007. The team won its fifth consecutive sectional championship with a 41-0 win against Henry P. Becton Regional High School in 2002.Fox, Ron. "Long Live Rock! - Panthers roll; capture fifth straight title", The Record , December 8, 2002. Accessed July 31, 2007. "But the senior quarterback/safety returned to action quickly enough and contributed another interception and two more scores to the 41-0 rout of the third-seeded Wildcats, which earned the fourth-seeded Panthers their fifth straight sectional title, one short of the State record held by Pope John of Sparta and Paulsboro." 2002 Football - North I, Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed July 31, 2007.
The girls tennis team took the North I, Group I sectional title in 1999 with a 4-1 win vs. Henry P. Becton Regional High School in the tournament finals. "IMMACULATE HEART WINS CHAMPIONSHIP", The Record , October 22, 1999. Accessed July 31, 2007. "In Group 1, freshman phenom Gabby Pasternak, the Bergen County small schools first singles champ, led a 4-1 Glen Rock victory over Becton." Girls Tennis Public Group Finals - North I, Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed July 31, 2007.
Notable alumni
Floyd Vivino (born 1951), star of The Uncle Floyd Show.
Jimmy Vivino (born 1955), musician. Jimmy Vivino: Biography, accessed April 21, 2007. "By the mid-seventies, The Uncle Floyd Show was very popular, and Floyd Vivino was selling out the Bottom Line in New York City. At this time Jimmy's band provided the music. On sax was Jerry Vivino; on guitar, Jimmy Vivino; on keyboards the fabulous Ed Alstrom; and on drums, Frank Pagano. Interestingly, all of the band were Glen Rock High School graduates, and they all went on to be successful musicians."
External links
Glen Rock High School website
Data for the Glen Rock Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics

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