Ridge High School

Located at 268 South Finley Avenue, in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, Ridge High School is a high-enrollment high school that caters to 1,577 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Bernards Township School District. Enrollment runs roughly 70% bigger than the state mean of about 929.

Bernards Township School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,645 students; Ridge High School is among them.

On demographics, Ridge High School records that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 34% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Ridge High School has 130 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 2% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Somerset County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ridge High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.9%, the actual is 68.2%, a residual of +3.3 points.

In the area at large, Somerset County reports that the typical household earns roughly $140,374 per year, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ridge High School is one of 84 public schools in Somerset County (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students).

Cedar Hill School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ridge High School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 67.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ridge High School has ticked down 16%, going from 1,884 students in 2018 to 1,577 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 53% across the same window.

On allk12, members of the Ridge High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.