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Enrollment
489
High
DISTRICT 437 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRESSKILL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340360000324
Cresskill High School
1 Lincoln Drive, Cresskill, NJ 07626 · (201) 227-7791 · Bergen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of New Jersey public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
9.9:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
22 students
DISTRICT 3% · 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 | 116 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 123 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 135 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 115 | 24% |
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 Cresskill Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
53.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -26.5pp since 2023
Math
43.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 27 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.5% | 43.9% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 40.3% |
% 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
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Cresskill High School
Cresskill High School's state test result (54.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cresskill High School this school | 489 | 4.5% | 54.2% |
| Metuchen High School METUCHEN | 718 | 9.3% | 66.7% |
| River Dell Regional High School ORADELL | 1,025 | 2.1% | 70.7% |
| Morris County School of Technology DENVILLE | 885 | 8.4% | 74.4% |
| Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest Demarest | 1,038 | 1.3% | 78.7% |
| Glen Rock High School GLEN ROCK | 722 | 0.6% | 69.4% |
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 Cresskill High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #92 of 397 | #20 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #111 of 400 ▲ 25 | #25 of 48 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #181 of 395 ▼ 105 | #40 of 48 ▼ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #327 of 442 | #43 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #38 of 388 | #10 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #163 of 389 | #27 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.5% | #363 of 405 | #36 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #82 of 200 | #11 of 31 |
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
489
-20 (-4%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 489 | 49.5 | 9.9:1 | 4% (22) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 48.5 | 9.9:1 | 5% (22) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 49 | 9.7:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 54 | 9.4:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 53.2 | 10.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 57 | 9.5:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 24 | 23.4:1 | 3% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 50 | 11.4:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 42 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cresskill High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (547 to 489); teachers down 7% (53.2 to 49.5).
About Cresskill High School
Students in Cresskill, New Jersey, attend Cresskill High School, a small high school. It enrolls 489 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. The school is 47% below the average for high schools in New Jersey.
Cresskill Public School District has 4 schools; together they serve 1,747 students.
White students are 57% of those enrolled at Cresskill High School. The rest of enrollment is 30% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 3% Black. That is in line with Bergen County, where about 55% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Cresskill High School reported 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.9:1. High schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1, 2.8 more students per teacher than here. There are 22 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 4% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Bergen County report 28%.
Cresskill 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 65% of New Jersey public high schools.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 63.7%. Cresskill High School scores 54.2%.
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.
Cresskill High School's closest public school neighbor is Cresskill Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Cresskill High School's average proficiency of 54.2% compares with 70.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment fell 4% over 4 years, reaching 489 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Cresskill Public School District
- Edward H. BryanElementary · 555 students
- Cresskill Middle SchoolMiddle · 421 students
- Merritt MemorialElementary · 282 students
Other schools in Cresskill
- Edward H. BryanElementary · 555 students
- Cresskill Middle SchoolMiddle · 421 students
- Merritt MemorialElementary · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Cresskill Middle School0.0 mi · 421
- Edward H. Bryan0.3 mi · 555
- Merritt Memorial0.4 mi · 282
- County Road School0.5 mi · 221
- Luther Lee Emerson School0.7 mi · 221
- Demarest Middle School0.8 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Cresskill High SchoolHow large is Cresskill High School?
Cresskill High School enrolls approximately 489 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Cresskill High School serve?
Cresskill High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Cresskill High School have?
Cresskill High School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cresskill High School?
At Cresskill High School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 30% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Cresskill High School?
Cresskill High School is overseen by Cresskill Public School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.