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Alumni: what's one memory from Bergenfield High School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,239
High
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERGENFIELD BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340150000268
Bergenfield High School
80 S PROSPECT AVE, BERGENFIELD, NJ 07621 · (201) 385-8600 · Bergen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,239 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New Jersey public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
105 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
488 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 309 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 315 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 288 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 327 | 26% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bergenfield Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
60.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -10.4pp since 2023
Math
31.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.7% | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 71.1% | 30.8% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bergenfield High School
Bergenfield High School's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bergenfield High School this school | 1,239 | 39.4% | 42.5% |
| Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy Wayne | 1,040 | 42.6% | 84.3% |
| Hightstown High School HIGHTSTOWN | 1,616 | 47.4% | 30.0% |
| High Tech High School Secaucus | 790 | 36.2% | 72.1% |
| Secaucus High School SECAUCUS | 612 | 41.5% | 45.7% |
| Henry P. Becton Regional High School EAST RUTHERFORD | 853 | 40.6% | 38.5% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bergenfield High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #151 of 397 | #32 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #181 of 400 ▲ 6 | #35 of 48 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #138 of 395 ▼ 15 | #32 of 48 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,239 | #119 of 442 | #8 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #164 of 388 | #25 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #151 of 389 | #24 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.4% | #193 of 405 | #14 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #115 of 173 | #12 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,239
+36 (+3%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 913
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,239 | 105.4 | 11.8:1 | 39% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 1,250 | 107.6 | 11.6:1 | 34% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 1,224 | 106.1 | 11.5:1 | 35% (427) |
| 2020-21 | 1,203 | 104 | 11.6:1 | 32% (389) |
| 2017-18 | 1,174 | 99.4 | 11.8:1 | 39% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 1,205 | 89 | 13.5:1 | 33% (398) |
| 2010-11 | 1,190 | 84 | 14.2:1 | 28% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 1,014 | 71 | 14.3:1 | 12% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 913 | 64 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bergenfield High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (1,174 to 1,239); teachers up 6% (99.4 to 105.4).
About Bergenfield High School
This page covers Bergenfield High School, a mid-sized high school in BERGENFIELD, New Jersey. In all, 1,239 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. The school is 33% bigger than the average for high schools in New Jersey.
Bergenfield High School is part of a district of 7 schools: Bergenfield Borough School District, with 3,600 students.
Hispanic students are 59% of those enrolled at Bergenfield High School. The rest of enrollment is 23% Asian, 8% White, 7% Black, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bergen County's population at about 23%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
With 105.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.8:1. Statewide, high schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1. Roughly 39% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 28% for public schools in Bergen County.
Bergenfield High School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 68% of New Jersey public high schools.
Test results at Bergenfield High School are 2.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (42.5% actual, 44.6% predicted).
In Bergen County, median household income comes to about $124,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Bergen County counts 291 public schools with about 133,883 students.
Measured in a straight line, Franklin Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Bergenfield High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Bergenfield High School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 36 students, from 1,203 to 1,239.
People who know Bergenfield High School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bergenfield Borough School District
- Roy W. Brown Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 352 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Other schools in BERGENFIELD
- Roy W. Brown Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 352 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Elementary School0.3 mi · 352
- Roy W. Brown Middle School0.5 mi · 761
- Lincoln Elementary School0.5 mi · 443
- Washington Elementary School0.8 mi · 253
- Berkley Street School0.9 mi · 415
- David E. Owens Middle School0.9 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About Bergenfield High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bergenfield High School?
Bergenfield High School enrolls approximately 1,239 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Bergenfield High School serve?
Bergenfield High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bergenfield High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bergenfield High School is approximately 11.8:1 (105 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bergenfield High School?
Student demographics at Bergenfield High School are roughly 8% White, 59% Hispanic, 7% Black, 23% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Bergenfield High School public or private?
Bergenfield High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bergenfield Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.