Park Ridge High School

Set in PARK RIDGE, New Jersey, Park Ridge High School is a modestly sized senior high, operated by Park Ridge School District. It educates 491 students across grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 929.

Across the 3 schools in Park Ridge School District (1,148 students total), Park Ridge High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Park Ridge High School records that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, Park Ridge High School lists 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Park Ridge High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

After controlling for student poverty, Park Ridge High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.8%; this one delivers 58.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Bergen County put median household income runs about $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Park Ridge High School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Memorial Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Park Ridge High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Park Ridge High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 70.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 559 students in 2018 compared to 491 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 77% to 71% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 in 2025.

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