Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School

Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School is a four-year high school of small scale in WOOD RIDGE, New Jersey, part of Wood-Ridge School District, works with 554 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 929 students per school, that is 40% smaller than typical.

Wood-Ridge School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,289 students. Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School shows that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 39% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School logs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 51.5%; actual is 33.9%, a gap of -17.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Wood-Ridge Intermediate School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.7%.

Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School has decreased 10%, going from 618 students in 2018 to 554 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 46% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.