Wood-Ridge Intermediate School

Wood-Ridge Intermediate School is one of the modestly sized middle schools in WOOD-RIDGE, New Jersey, one of the schools within Wood-Ridge School District, with 256 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 56% leaner than the state mean of about 578.

Within Wood-Ridge School District, which oversees 3 schools and 1,289 students, Wood-Ridge Intermediate School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Wood-Ridge Intermediate School reports that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 34% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 5% Black, 2% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Wood-Ridge Intermediate School shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Wood-Ridge Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.5%; this one delivers 60.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bergen County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Wood-Ridge Intermediate School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wood-Ridge Intermediate School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wood-Ridge Intermediate School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.4%.

Wood-Ridge Intermediate School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wood-Ridge Intermediate School's enrollment has rose 4% since 2018, when it stood at 246 (now 256). White enrollment moved from 63% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.