Bergenfield High School - Bergenfield, New Jersey/NJ

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Bergenfield High School

80 S Prospect Ave, Bergenfield, NJ, 07621-1958 -

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Definition of Terms

Bergenfield High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Bergen County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1287 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

71 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 325 students

Grade 10 - 352 students

Grade 11 - 309 students

Grade 12 - 301 students

This School

( NJ ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:18

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( NJ ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	27%	7%
% Hispanic	32%	19%
% Black	7%	18%
% White	34%	55%

Additional Student Information

This School

( NJ ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

24%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

( NJ ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Bergenfield Boro School District

This School's Agency

( NJ ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	7	2
Number of Students Managed	3,864 students	1,024 students
District Total Revenue	$52,853,000	$17,415,000
District Expenditure	$52,669,000	$17,790,000
District Revenue / Student	$13,678	$12,814
District Expenditure / Student	$13,631	$11,430
District Graduation Rates	82%	95%

Bergenfield High School is a four-year, comprehensive public high school serving students from Bergenfield, in Bergen County, New Jersey. A suburb of New York City, Bergenfield has a population of 28,000 people, mostly consisting of people in professional, business, and technical fields. As part of the Bergenfield Public Schools.
Bergenfield High School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the New Jersey Department of Education.
Athletics: Bergenfield High School is one of the twelve schools participating in the North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League (NBIL/NBIAL). It plays under the team name of the Bergenfield Bears. Alex Turnamian is Bergenfield's Athletic Director.
Most sports have Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Freshman teams, but some only have the top one or two tiers.
Note: Sports marked with an asterisk (*) usually practice and compete with each other, but they are two separate teams and officially compete and are scored separately.
Fall sports teams: Cross Country (Boys)*, Cross Country (Girls)*, Football, Soccer (Boys), Soccer (Girls), Tennis (Girls), Volleyball.
Winter sports teams: Basketball (Boys), Basketball (Girls), Bowling (Boys)*, Bowling (Girls)*, Track (Boys)*, Track (Girls)*, Wrestling.
Spring sports teams: Baseball, Softball, Golf (Boys)*, Golf (Girls)*, Tennis (Boys), Track (Boys)*, Track (Girls)*.
Curriculum: Bergenfield High School offers a wide range of courses in the areas of art, business and marketing, English, health and physical education, industrial and technological education, mathematics, music, science, social studies, and world language. Class levels range from modified to Advanced Placement. Full-, half-, and quarter-year electives are also offered.
Advanced Placement Program (AP) Courses include AP Studio Art, AP Art History, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Calculus, AP Computer Science, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP United States History, AP United States Government and Politics, AP Music Theory, and AP Spanish Language.
Notable alumni: Bob Gaudio of the group The Four Seasons.
Ron Villone, pitcher for the New York Yankees.
Jacklyn Zeman actress who has played Barbara "Bobbie" Spencer on General Hospital since 1977.
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About This Zip Code (07621)

School Zip (07621)

(NJ) State Average

Population (Approximate)

26,272 people

8,203,495 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

38%

35%

Population Average Age

38 years old

36.7 years old

Average Household size

2.9 persons

2.6 persons

Median Household Income

$62,166

$55,551

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.8 rooms

5.6 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

57 years old

47 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

71% / 29%

61% / 39%

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