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Ridge High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

Analytics built by: Location, Inc.

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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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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
1794
Classroom Teachers
147

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 92.7% of NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

10

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
77%
42%
85%
53%
69%
31%
    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
12
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 9 433 24.1%
Grade 10 407 22.7%
Grade 11 441 24.6%
Grade 12 460 25.6%
Total 1794 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 63.0% 57.1% 42.0%
Black 0.9% 1.0% 15.4%
Hispanic 6.8% 8.3% 31.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 29.3% 33.6% 10.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 1.2% 1.3% 34.1%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 0.9% 0.9% 29.9%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 0.3% 0.4% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 27,114 9,267,130
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,128.8 1,255
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.0% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 24.1% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 20.8% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 35.0% 27.5%
65 OR OLDER 16.1% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,684 3,264,352
Single Parent Households With Children 4.7% 9.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.4% 90.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 71.5% 40.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 51.2% 25.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.5% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.2% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.7% 14.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.5% 12.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.0% 9.9%
$15,000 or less 3.9% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,432 $66,001,488 56.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,345 $12,449,605 10.6%
Staff $1,011 $5,367,399 4.6%
General Administration $260 $1,380,340 1.2%
School Administration $1,187 $6,301,783 5.4%
Operation $1,309 $6,949,481 5.9%
Transportation $660 $3,503,940 3.0%
Other $455 $2,415,595 2.1%
Total Support $7,227 $38,368,143 32.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,501 $13,277,809 11.3%
Total Expenditures $22,160 $117,647,440 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,889 $16,397,790,534 48.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,355 $3,247,692,321 9.7%
Staff $826 $1,139,283,538 3.4%
General Administration $441 $607,811,946 1.8%
School Administration $1,079 $1,488,315,589 4.4%
Operation $2,068 $2,852,610,543 8.5%
Transportation $841 $1,160,215,377 3.5%
Other $540 $745,147,198 2.2%
Total Support $8,150 $11,241,230,566 33.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,259 $5,874,271,672 17.5%
Total Expenditures $24,298 $33,513,259,268 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%