Summary:
Zip code 07452 has six Glen Rock schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. Across the elementary schools, 2025–2026 averages were 83% proficient in ELA, 87% in math and 64% in grade 5 science, compared with state averages of 49%, 47% and 27%. The clearest area-wide takeaway is that elementary results are well above state averages overall, especially in math, even though some individual grades and schools are much less consistent.
Alexander Hamilton School was the strongest broad elementary performer: its grades 3–5 averages were 88% in ELA and 90% in math, leading the next-highest school by 4 and 3 percentage points, and it led grade 5 science at 76%. Other schools had standout grades: Richard E Byrd School led grade 4 ELA and math at 95% in each, while Clara E Coleman School led grade 3 ELA at 92%. Central School had the most notable weak point: grade 4 ELA was 60%, the lowest among the four elementary schools and 14 points below the state; its 73% in grade 4 math was also the group’s lowest. Glen Rock Middle School was above the state in every listed 2025–2026 result, though grade 8 math (41%) and science (34%) were weaker than its other tested grades. Glen Rock High School also exceeded the state in listed results, with grade 9 ELA at 80% versus 51% statewide.
Elementary ELA and math averages improved between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026: ELA rose 5 percentage points and math 3, while grade 5 science fell 6 points. Middle-school math improved 8 points on average, but grade 8 science fell 10; at the high school, grade 9 ELA rose 9 points while grade 9 Geometry fell 10. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings place the elementary schools between 12th and 68th statewide, the middle school 44th and the high school 51st. As context, the 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible share was 2% at Hamilton and 1% at Central; Central’s student-teacher ratio was 13.8, compared with 10.0 at the high school. These figures describe the schools but do not explain why results differ.
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