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The highest-poverty public high schools in Bergen County, New Jersey

Across Bergen County, New Jersey, 49 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School leads the list at 73.9%, against a median of 21.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Bergen County, New Jersey

Top % FRL

73.9%

Median % FRL

21.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School	PALISADES PARK, NJ	Palisades Park School District	High	747	73.9%
2	Cliffside Park High School	CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ	Cliffside Park School District	High	1,314	70.2%
3	Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood	ENGLEWOOD, NJ	Englewood Public School District	High	1,083	66.9%
4	Hackensack High School	HACKENSACK, NJ	Hackensack School District	High	1,813	63.7%
5	Lodi High School	LODI, NJ	Lodi School District	High	906	62.5%
6	Garfield High School	GARFIELD, NJ	Garfield Public School District	High	1,258	60.6%
7	Bogota Jr./Sr. High School	BOGOTA, NJ	Bogota Public School District	High	475	59.6%
8	Ridgefield Park Jr Sr High School	RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ	Ridgefield Park Public School District	High	1,159	53.9%
9	Memorial Senior High School	ELMWOOD PARK, NJ	Elmwood Park School District	High	823	49.9%
10	Wallington Junior Senior High School	WALLINGTON, NJ	Wallington Boro School District	High	545	48.4%
11	Ridgefield Memorial High School	RIDGEFIELD, NJ	Ridgefield School District	High	512	46.7%
12	Teaneck High School	TEANECK, NJ	Teaneck School District	High	1,244	42.1%
13	Henry P. Becton Regional High School	EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ	Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional High School District	High	853	40.6%
14	Bergenfield High School	BERGENFIELD, NJ	Bergenfield Borough School District	High	1,239	39.4%
15	North Arlington High School	North Arlington, NJ	North Arlington School District	High	634	36.3%
16	Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus	Paramus, NJ	Bergen County Vocational Technical School District	High	288	35.1%
17	Lyndhurst High School	LYNDHURST, NJ	Lyndhurst Public School District	High	841	33.2%
18	Saddle Brook Middle/High School	SADDLE BROOK, NJ	Saddle Brook School District	High	806	30.9%
19	Leonia High School	Leonia, NJ	Leonia Public School District	High	802	28.6%
20	Fort Lee High School	FORT LEE, NJ	Fort Lee School District	High	1,170	28.4%
21	Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School	WOOD RIDGE, NJ	Wood-Ridge School District	High	554	26.7%
22	Applied Technology High School	Paramus, NJ	Bergen County Vocational Technical School District	High	348	22.1%
23	Hasbrouck Heights High School	HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ	Hasbrouck Heights School District	High	499	22.0%
24	New Milford High School	NEW MILFORD, NJ	New Milford Public School District	High	584	21.2%
25	Fair Lawn High School	FAIR LAWN, NJ	Fair Lawn Public School District	High	1,687	21.2%
26	Paramus High School	PARAMUS, NJ	Paramus Public School District	High	1,153	19.2%
27	Dumont High School	DUMONT, NJ	Dumont Public School District	High	704	16.6%
28	Mahwah High School	MAHWAH, NJ	Mahwah Township Public School District	High	829	16.5%
29	Westwood Regional High School	TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, NJ	Westwood Regional School District	High	830	15.7%
30	Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro	Teterboro, NJ	Bergen County Vocational Technical School District	High	665	14.4%
31	Emerson Jr Sr High	Emerson, NJ	Emerson Public School District	High	440	14.3%
32	Park Ridge High School	PARK RIDGE, NJ	Park Ridge School District	High	491	11.6%
33	Bergen County Academies	Hackensack, NJ	Bergen County Vocational Technical School District	High	1,130	9.7%
34	Midland Park Jr./Sr. High School	MIDLAND PARK, NJ	Midland Park School District	High	367	7.6%
35	Ramsey High School	RAMSEY, NJ	Ramsey School District	High	739	5.1%
36	Cresskill High School	Cresskill, NJ	Cresskill Public School District	High	489	4.5%
37	Rutherford High School	RUTHERFORD, NJ	Rutherford School District	High	727	4.0%
38	Indian Hills High School	OAKLAND, NJ	Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District	High	668	3.4%
39	Ridgewood High School	RIDGEWOOD, NJ	Ridgewood Public School District	High	1,740	3.2%
40	Tenafly High School	TENAFLY, NJ	Tenafly Public School District	High	1,141	3.1%
41	Pascack Valley High School	Hillsdale, NJ	Pascack Valley Regional High School District	High	928	2.2%
42	River Dell Regional High School	ORADELL, NJ	River Dell Regional School District	High	1,025	2.1%
43	Pascack Hills High School	Montvale, NJ	Pascack Valley Regional High School District	High	768	2.0%
44	Waldwick High School	WALDWICK, NJ	Waldwick School District	High	434	1.8%
45	Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan	Old Tappan, NJ	Northern Valley Regional High School District	High	1,086	1.3%
46	Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest	Demarest, NJ	Northern Valley Regional High School District	High	1,038	1.3%
47	Northern Highlands Regional High School	ALLENDALE, NJ	Northern Highlands Regional High School District	High	1,257	1.0%
48	Ramapo High School	FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ	Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District	High	1,166	0.9%
49	Glen Rock High School	GLEN ROCK, NJ	Glen Rock Public School District	High	722	0.6%

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