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Enrollment
1,577
High
DISTRICT 774 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERNARDS TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340165005124
Ridge High School
268 South Finley Avenue, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 · (908) 204-2585 · Somerset County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,577 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of New Jersey public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
130 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
37 students
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 378 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 368 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 390 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 441 | 28% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bernards Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
72.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -12.4pp since 2023
Math
64.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 64.2% |
| 2023-24 | 84.4% | 62.2% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ridge High School
Ridge High School's state test result (68.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge High School this school | 1,577 | 2.3% | 68.2% |
| Tenafly High School TENAFLY | 1,141 | 3.1% | 74.3% |
| Livingston High School LIVINGSTON | 2,081 | 2.2% | 71.5% |
| Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan Old Tappan | 1,086 | 1.3% | 67.4% |
| Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest Demarest | 1,038 | 1.3% | 78.7% |
| River Dell Regional High School ORADELL | 1,025 | 2.1% | 70.7% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ridge High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #42 of 397 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #49 of 400 ▲ 7 | #2 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #69 of 395 ▼ 20 | #3 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,577 | #74 of 442 | #6 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #190 of 388 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #144 of 389 | #7 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.3% | #383 of 405 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #39 of 200 | #2 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,577
-217 (-12%) vs 2020
+151% since 1990-91, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,577 | 130 | 12.1:1 | 2% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 1,644 | 142.6 | 11.5:1 | 2% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 1,682 | 147.9 | 11.4:1 | 1% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 1,794 | 146 | 12.3:1 | 1% (21) |
| 2017-18 | 1,884 | 148.5 | 12.7:1 | 2% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 1,897 | 145 | 13.1:1 | 2% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 1,729 | 109 | 15.9:1 | 2% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 1,006 | 83 | 12.1:1 | 0% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 628 | 48 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridge High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (1,884 to 1,577); teachers down 12% (148.5 to 130).
About Ridge High School
Ridge High School is a large high school. Its address is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. The school counts 1,577 students across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in New Jersey is about 929 students.
Bernards Township School District has a total of 6 schools and 4,645 students, Ridge High School among them.
White students are the majority at Ridge High School, with 53% of enrollment. Other groups make up 34% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 52% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Ridge High School counts 130 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.1 students for each one. That is close to the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. About 2% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Compared with the 28% average for public schools in Somerset County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Ridge High School is A. Compared with New Jersey public high schools, the school scored higher than 87% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Ridge High School scores 68.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 64.9%.
Among Somerset County residents, the median household income is $140,374, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Besides Ridge High School, Somerset County has 83 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Cedar Hill School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Ridge High School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns Ridge High School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 217 fewer students in 2024-25.
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Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bernards Township School District
- William Annin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,122 students
- Cedar Hill SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Mount Prospect Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Liberty Corner SchoolElementary · 429 students
- Oak Street SchoolElementary · 427 students
Other schools in Basking Ridge
- William Annin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,122 students
- Cedar Hill SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Mount Prospect Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Hamilton Primary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Oak Street SchoolElementary · 427 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Hill School0.2 mi · 568
- Oak Street School0.8 mi · 427
- William Annin Middle School1.3 mi · 1,122
- Bernards High School2.1 mi · 751
- Millington Elementary School2.2 mi · 362
- Liberty Corner School2.7 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About Ridge High SchoolHow many students attend Ridge High School?
Ridge High School enrolls approximately 1,577 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Ridge High School serve?
Ridge High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Ridge High School have?
Ridge High School employs 130 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ridge High School?
At Ridge High School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 34% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Ridge High School public or private?
Ridge High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bernards Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.