Northern Highlands Regional High School

Northern Highlands Regional High School is a mid-sized high school in ALLENDALE, New Jersey, operated by Northern Highlands Regional High School District. The school enrolls 1,257 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 35% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Operationally, Northern Highlands Regional High School answers to Northern Highlands Regional High School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Northern Highlands Regional High School shows that White students make up the majority at 68%; the rest is composed of 16% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Northern Highlands Regional High School lists 110 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 1% of students at Northern Highlands Regional High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

With demographic context factored in, Northern Highlands Regional High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.6%; this one delivers 73.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate median household income runs about $124,884, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Northern Highlands Regional High School is one.

Hillside Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northern Highlands Regional High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northern Highlands Regional High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 69.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Northern Highlands Regional High School's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,352 (now 1,257). The White share of enrollment edged down from 81% to 68% over that span.

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