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Ridgewood High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
627 East Ridgewood Ave
Ridgewood, NJ 07451
Phone
(201) 670-2800
District
Ridgewood Public School District
County
BERGEN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1746
Classroom Teachers
139

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 90.8% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Ridgewood High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

80 60 40 20 0
79%
44%
79%
50%
No Data
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
13
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 422 24.2%
Grade 10 446 25.5%
Grade 11 410 23.5%
Grade 12 443 25.4%
Total 1746 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 65.0% 64.9% 40.1%
Black 1.4% 1.3% 15.1%
Hispanic 12.9% 11.6% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 20.5% 22.1% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 2.1% 2.5% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 1.6% 2.0% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.5% 0.5% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 26,043 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,535.9 1,255
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 26.2% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.1% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.7% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 13.2% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,692 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 5.7% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.9% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 78.6% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 64.4% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.7% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.3% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 5.9% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 5.3% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 2.2% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 2.3% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,896 $71,663,000 55.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $3,030 $16,836,000 13.0%
Staff $938 $5,211,000 4.0%
General Administration $256 $1,420,000 1.1%
School Administration $1,023 $5,683,000 4.4%
Operation $1,749 $9,720,000 7.5%
Transportation $230 $1,278,000 1.0%
Other $616 $3,421,000 2.6%
Total Support $7,840 $43,569,000 33.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,594 $14,413,000 11.1%
Total Expenditures $23,330 $129,645,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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