Enrollment
321
Middle
DISTRICT 313 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLORHAM PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340525004238
Ridgedale Middle School
71 RIDGEDALE AVENUE, FLORHAM PARK, NJ 07932 · (973) 822-3855 · Morris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
7 students
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 119 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 109 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 93 | 29% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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 Florham Park School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
74.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.6% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.4% | 65.2% |
% 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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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 Ridgedale Middle School
Ridgedale Middle School's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgedale Middle School this school | 321 | 2.2% | 62.2% |
| East Hanover Middle School EAST HANOVER | 325 | 3.4% | 69.2% |
| Holdrum Middle School RIVER VALE | 347 | 0.9% | 67.9% |
| Black River Middle School Chester | 352 | 5.7% | 64.4% |
| Pearl R. Miller Middle School KINNELON | 378 | 4.2% | 64.3% |
| Franklin Avenue Middle School Franklin Lakes | 369 | 3.3% | 61.5% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Ridgedale Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #82 of 433 | #10 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #99 of 437 ▼ 36 | #14 of 32 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #103 of 437 ▼ 14 | #15 of 32 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #361 of 445 | #25 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #161 of 417 | #20 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #224 of 419 | #15 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.2% | #415 of 436 | #30 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #95 of 122 | #4 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
321
+8 (+3%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 262
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 321 | 30.7 | 10.5:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 30 | 9.9:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 33 | 9.0:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 32 | 9.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 32.7 | 9.6:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 36 | 9.5:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 350 | 23 | 15.2:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 253 | 24 | 10.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 262 | 24 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgedale Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (313 to 321); teachers down 6% (32.7 to 30.7).
About Ridgedale Middle School
Ridgedale Middle School is a small middle school in New Jersey, with an address in FLORHAM PARK. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 321 students. By comparison, middle schools in New Jersey enroll about 578 students on average.
Florham Park School District has 938 students spread across 3 schools.
At Ridgedale Middle School, 65% of students are White. It is also 12% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put Morris County at about 68% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Ridgedale Middle School is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Ridgedale Middle School has 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1. The ratio is within a point of the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The school has 2% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Morris County, the average eligibility rate is 19%.
Ridgedale Middle School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 69% of New Jersey public middle schools.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 65.0%. Ridgedale Middle School scores 62.2%.
In Morris County, home to about 514,528 people, the median household earns about $137,326 a year, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Ridgedale Middle School shares Morris County with 155 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Madison High School, is about 0.6 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Ridgedale Middle School ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 3%.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Florham Park School District
- Briarwood SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Brooklake SchoolElementary · 306 students
Other schools in FLORHAM PARK
- Briarwood SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Brooklake SchoolElementary · 306 students
Nearby schools
- Madison High School0.6 mi · 761
- Briarwood School0.9 mi · 311
- Brooklake School1.0 mi · 306
- Central Avenue School1.3 mi · 492
- Madison Junior School1.5 mi · 555
- Kings Road School2.0 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgedale Middle SchoolHow large is Ridgedale Middle School?
Ridgedale Middle School enrolls approximately 321 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Ridgedale Middle School serve?
Ridgedale Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Ridgedale Middle School?
Approximately 10.5:1 students per teacher at Ridgedale Middle School.
How diverse is Ridgedale Middle School?
Ridgedale Middle School reports a student body of 65% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 12% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Ridgedale Middle School?
Ridgedale Middle School is overseen by Florham Park School District in Morris County.
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