May 13,2015
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood High School is ranked 15th within New Jersey. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® course work and exams. The AP® participation rate at Ridgewood High School is 68 percent. The student body makeup is 51 percent male and 49 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 30 percent. Ridgewood High School is the only high school in the Ridgewood Public Schools.
Rankings / Awards
This details how this school compares with others based on U.S. News ranking criteria.
Medal Awarded Gold
National Rank
#307
State Rank
#15
STEM Rank
#222
Students / Teachers
These counts and percentages of students and teachers are from data reported by schools to the government.
Total Enrollment 1,694
Total Minority Enrollment (% of total) 30%
Total Economically Disadvantaged (% of total) 1%
Full-Time Teachers 132
More About Student Body
Test Scores
U.S. News calculates these values based on student performance on state exit exams and internationally available exams on college-level course work (AP®/IB exams).
Proficient in Language 98%
Proficient in Mathematics 96%
College Readiness Index 60.4
15th within NJ? So why does Ridgewood have this “great schools” image? hey, let’s have a survey where we can say Ridgewood High School is ranked the top high school in Ridgewood?
15th ? Do they factor in our stellar Lax teams…??
Underwhelming, to say the least.
Jersey City #4? Really?
Time to move down to Monmouth County. Freehold or Lincroft…
15 from 400 odd puts the HS in the top 4% in NJ, and 6 of the top 15 were vocational. My kids received a great education here. And I think seeing Elizabeth and Jersey City schools in the top rankings is great.
Looking at dollars per student the village is a good deal.
This is a really a top 5 if you eliminate the weighted points for minority population and the magnet/vocational schools. Diversity is a great goal but not one that a public school which simply accepts the people who live in the town can actually control.
The school’s sheer size, and the fact that it is not a regional school or a magnet school but is confined within and coextensive with the borders of a single municipality, combine to distinguish Ridgewood HS from the other top-ranked high schools in the region. Now if we could only get decent baseball and swimming facilities we’d be in like Flynn!
Why are my taxes top five in NJ for only the 15th best school?
ANY “ranking” from US News mean absolutely nothing…bought and paid for and if you think otherwise guess what?
You’ve been duped… What a scam.
The charters and magnet schools siphon off the top students. Of course they are at the top. They cost top dollar.
Remove the charters and magnets and just rank public schools.