George Washington Middle School

George Washington Middle School operates as a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in RIDGEWOOD, New Jersey, overseen by Ridgewood Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 644 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Ridgewood Public School District runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,419 students. George Washington Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, George Washington Middle School shows that 63% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 17% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, George Washington Middle School logs 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting George Washington Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 2% of students at George Washington Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, George Washington Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.1%, the actual is 69.6%, a residual of +4.5 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate median household income runs about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), George Washington Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Ridge Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around George Washington Middle School. On composite proficiency, George Washington Middle School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 74.0%.

George Washington Middle School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 712 students in 2018 compared to 644 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 70% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.