Waldwick High School

Waldwick High School is a high school of cozy scale in WALDWICK, New Jersey, run under Waldwick School District, serveing 434 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 929 students per school, that is 53% smaller than typical.

Waldwick School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,562 students; Waldwick High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Waldwick High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 22% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Waldwick High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 2% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Waldwick High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.2%; this one delivers 63.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Waldwick High School is one.

The closest other public school is Waldwick Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Waldwick High School. On composite proficiency, Waldwick High School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 68.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Waldwick High School has held roughly steady, going from 440 students in 2018 to 434 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 69% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Waldwick High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.