North Bergen High School

North Bergen High School is one of the large secondary schools in N BERGEN, New Jersey, operated by North Bergen School District, with 2,328 students on its rolls from grades 8 through 12. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so North Bergen High School sits 151% above that benchmark.

North Bergen School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 7,031 students; North Bergen High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, North Bergen High School shows that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% White. By comparison, Hudson County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, North Bergen High School has 158 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Roughly 66% of students at North Bergen High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), North Bergen High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hudson County) shows that median household earnings sit near $91,795, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. North Bergen High School is one of 130 public schools in Hudson County (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students).

The closest other public school is Polk Street School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Bergen High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 2,412 students in 2018 compared to 2,328 in 2025.

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