Education is highly valued in this community, and
the Bloomfield School District has some very highly
regarded schools. There are eight elementary schools
including Berkeley, Brookdale, Carteret, Demarest,
Fairview, Franklin, Oak View and Watsessing. There
is one Bloomfield middle school and Bloomfield High
School.
North Caldwell has its own elementary school (The
Grandview School, Pre-K through 3rd grade) and
middle school (The Gould School, 4th through 6th
grade). In 7th grade, they move into the West Essex
Regional School District which draws students form
Fairfield, Roseland and Essex Fells. That district
is made up of two schools - the West Essex Regional
Junior High School and Senior High School. Both are
located in the Borough of North Caldwell.
Caldwell and West Caldwell share a public school
district. There are four elementary schools (grades
K-5) - Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson and Wilson.
Grover Cleveland Middle School services all
students, grades 6-8. James Caldwell High School is
very highly regarded and serves grades 9-12. There
are also many private schools in the Essex County
area.
Cedar Grove’s very highly regarded public school
district has two elementary schools (North End and
South end), Cedar Grove middle school (grades 5-8),
and Cedar Grove High School. Their mission statement
is, “Close Enough to Care, Bold Enough to Dare”.
Cedar Grove also offers choices in private and
parochial education.
The mission statement of the very active Cedar Grove
Education Foundation’s (CGEF - which does so much
including offering scholarships) is to enrich and
enhance the educational experiences of Cedar Grove
students above and beyond the scope of the regular
curriculum and to provide lifelong learning
opportunities for the entire community.
The
Essex Fells School District is very highly ranked
and well supported. The elementary school serves
kindergarten through sixth grade and has a smaller
student/teacher ratio than surrounding communities.
As students reach middle and high school, they
become part of the West Essex Regional School
District, attending West Essex Junior High School
and West Essex High School.
The Glen Ridge School District is outstanding and
students score well above state and national
averages for standardized tests. New Jersey Monthly
Magazine has repeatedly voted Glen Ridge High School
among the Top 10 best public high schools in the
state. Elementary schools include Forest Ave, Linden
Ave and Ridgewood Ave School.
Montclair is nationally recognized for its
outstanding magnet school system and was selected by
the U.S. Department of Education as one of the 6
best in the country. It was a model for the report,
“Innovations in Education: Creating Successful
Magnet School Systems”. A magnet system is one where
choice of school is the major characteristic.
The
Verona Public School District is made up of four
elementary schools: Forest, Brookdale, Laning and
F.N. Brown. There is one middle school - H.B.
Whitehorne; and of course,Verona High School which
has been named among the top fifty high schools in
the state by NJ Monthly Magazine. There are many
private schools to choose from in the Verona and
Essex County area, as well.
The
West Orange Public School District offers an
excellent education to students in kindergarten
through twelfth grades. There are eleven schools
total with seven elementary schools including
Gregory, Hazel, St. Cloud, Mt. Pleasant,
Pleasantdale, Redwood and Washington. There are
three middle schools including Edison, Liberty and
Roosevelt and of course, West Orange High School.
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