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Ridge 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
268 South Finley Avenue
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
Phone
(908) 204-2585
District
Bernards Township School District
County
SOMERSET COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1682
Classroom Teachers
148

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 94.7% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

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

100 80 60 40 20 0
83%
44%
81%
50%
85%
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
11
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 382 22.7%
Grade 10 411 24.4%
Grade 11 429 25.5%
Grade 12 398 23.7%
Total 1682 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 60.6% 53.6% 40.1%
Black 0.4% 1.0% 15.1%
Hispanic 7.0% 8.5% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 32.0% 36.7% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 1.4% 1.6% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 0.9% 1.1% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.5% 0.5% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 27,768 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,147.4 1,255
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.5% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.8% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 21.2% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 34.4% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 17.2% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,048 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 3.4% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.4% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 73.2% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 57.2% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.9% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 5.2% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 6.9% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.0% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.8% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 4.0% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $15,235 $72,292,000 60.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,816 $13,363,000 11.1%
Staff $1,243 $5,898,000 4.9%
General Administration $356 $1,690,000 1.4%
School Administration $1,388 $6,585,000 5.5%
Operation $1,588 $7,534,000 6.3%
Transportation $757 $3,594,000 3.0%
Other $596 $2,826,000 2.3%
Total Support $8,744 $41,490,000 34.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,390 $6,597,000 5.5%
Total Expenditures $25,370 $120,379,000 100.0%
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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