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Enrollment
1,740
High
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIDGEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341383000764
Ridgewood High School
627 EAST RIDGEWOOD AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07451 · (201) 670-2800 · Bergen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,740 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% 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
12.8:1
136 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
55 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 | 427 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 427 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 431 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 455 | 26% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Based on grade levels within Ridgewood Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
65.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -18.4pp since 2023
Math
72.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.8% | 72.3% |
| 2023-24 | 84.2% | 62.5% |
% 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
66.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Ridgewood High School
Ridgewood High School's state test result (66.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgewood High School this school | 1,740 | 3.2% | 66.1% |
| Watchung Hills Regional High School Warren | 1,653 | 3.4% | 60.5% |
| Northern Highlands Regional High School ALLENDALE | 1,257 | 1.0% | 73.8% |
| Marlboro High School MARLBORO | 1,700 | 10.9% | 45.7% |
| Montville Township High School MONTVILLE | 1,035 | 4.3% | 65.2% |
| Moorestown High School MOORESTOWN | 1,251 | 8.8% | 68.3% |
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 Ridgewood High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #52 of 397 | #12 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #29 of 400 ▲ 26 | #7 of 48 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #101 of 395 ▼ 51 | #23 of 48 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,740 | #59 of 442 | #2 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #231 of 388 | #33 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #136 of 389 | #21 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.2% | #372 of 405 | #39 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.1% | #200 of 200 | #31 of 31 |
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
1,740
-35 (-2%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 1,521
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 1,740 | 135.8 | 12.8:1 | 3% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 1,740 | 137.5 | 12.7:1 | 3% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 1,746 | 138.7 | 12.6:1 | 2% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 1,775 | 133 | 13.3:1 | 2% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 1,742 | 132.2 | 13.2:1 | 2% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 1,713 | 132 | 13.0:1 | 2% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 1,668 | 108 | 15.4:1 | 2% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 1,421 | 108 | 13.2:1 | 2% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 1,521 | 104 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgewood High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,742 to 1,740); teachers up 3% (132.2 to 135.8).
About Ridgewood High School
Ridgewood High School is a high-enrollment high school in Ridgewood Public School District, located in RIDGEWOOD, New Jersey. The school has 1,740 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 929 students for high schools in New Jersey.
Ridgewood Public School District has 5,419 students in 10 schools, and Ridgewood High School is one of those schools.
About 58% of the student body at Ridgewood High School is White. Smaller groups are 19% Asian, 12% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Bergen County residents are about 55% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at Ridgewood High School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 135.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.8:1. The 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 3%. Across public schools in Bergen County, the average is 28%.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Ridgewood High School outscored 85%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Ridgewood High School is 1.7 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 66.1% actual, 64.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
In Bergen County, median household income comes to about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 291, with about 133,883 students.
Somerville Elementary School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ridgewood High School ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 66.1% against a local average of 73.5%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 1,775 in 2020-21 to 1,740 in 2024-25, a change of 35 students.
People who know Ridgewood High School can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ridgewood Public School District
- George Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 644 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Willard Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Somerville Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Hawes Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
Other schools in RIDGEWOOD
- George Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 644 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Willard Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Somerville Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Hawes Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
Other Ridgewood High schools
One other US public school is named Ridgewood High. Ridgewood High School is the largest of the 2.
- Ridgewood High SchoolWest Lafayette, OH · 418 students
Nearby schools
- Somerville Elementary School0.4 mi · 394
- Travell Elementary School0.6 mi · 295
- Benjamin Franklin Middle School0.7 mi · 627
- Stony Lane Elementary School1.0 mi · 223
- George Washington Middle School1.1 mi · 644
- Orchard Elementary School1.2 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgewood High SchoolHow many students attend Ridgewood High School?
Ridgewood High School enrolls approximately 1,740 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Ridgewood High School serve?
Ridgewood High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Ridgewood High School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Ridgewood High School.
What is the student diversity at Ridgewood High School?
Student demographics at Ridgewood High School are roughly 58% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 19% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Ridgewood High School in?
Ridgewood High School is part of Ridgewood Public School District.
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