| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Somerset County, NJ |
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| Awards |
 Blue Ribbon School – Selected in
2009 |
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| Total Students |
1518 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
51% /
49% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
108 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 417 students | | Grade 10 - 382 students | | Grade 11 - 377 students | | Grade 12 - 342 students | | Grade Not Listed - 8 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:14 |
1:13 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
13% |
7% |
| % Hispanic |
2% |
15% |
| % Black |
1% |
17% |
| % White |
83% |
61% |
| % Unknown |
1 % |
2% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
n/a |
16% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
n/a |
4% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Bernards Township School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
6 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
5,329 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$68,903,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$67,317,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$12,930 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$12,632 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
100% |
81% |
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- Ridge High School is a four-year public high school serving students from Bernards Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of the Bernards Township School District.
- As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,603 students and 120 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4.
- Awards and recognition
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During the 1986-87 school year, Ridge High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive. During the 2009-10 school year, Ridge High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence for a second time.
- The school was ranked 175th in Newsweek's 2009 ranking of the top 1,500 high schools in the United States and was the third-ranked school in New Jersey, with 3.132 AP tests taken in 2008 per graduating senior and 50% of all graduating seniors passing at least one AP exam; The school was ranked 136th nationwide in 2008. The school was listed in 98th place, the second-highest ranked school in New Jersey in Newsweeks 2007 list of the Top 1,200 Public High Schools in the United States. The school was listed in 116th place, the second-highest ranked school in New Jersey, in the 2006 issue. Ridge High School was ranked as Number 91 in Newsweek's 2005 survey, third-highest in the state for that year.
- The school was the 24th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 11th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.
- Athletics
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Sports offered at Ridge include; volleyball, baseball, hockey, football, fencing, basketball, cross country, gymnastics, cheerleading, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, ski racing, softball, swimming, tennis, track, and wrestling.
- Ridge High School competes in the Skyland Conference, which includes public and parochial high schools covering Hunterdon County, Somerset County and Warren County in Central Jersey. The conference operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).
- An undefeated 2003 season led the girls' soccer team to take the #3 national ranking.
- In 2007, the girls' cross country team finished #3 in the NJSIAA Meet of Champions, and finished #6 in the Northeast Nike Team Regional Championships. The next year, the team finished #2 in the Meet of Champions. The team won the Section 2 Group 4 Championships, and the Group 4 Championships.
- The boy's cross country team finished #4 in the NJSIAA Meet of Champions in 2006.
- The varsity team participated in the Public division A state championship in 2008, winning 5-0 over Watchung Hills Regional High School
- The boy's varsity ski team won the 2009 New Jersey Interscholastic Ski Racing Association (NJISRA) overall State Championship.
- Extracurricular Activities
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Ridge has a speech and debate team which has had members rank high in national competitions. They won the New Jersey state tournament each of eight years from 2001 to 2009.
- The school has a drama and musical theater department, producing works such as the musical Seussical, in 2008.
- The school's Marching Band program has won competitions, including as high as 2nd Place at the USSBA Northern States Championships in 2005, and 4th place in 2008.
- Notable alumni
- Christopher Daggett 1968, regional administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and independent candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 2009.
- Jarryd Goldberg 2003, professional soccer player
- Tobin Heath 2006, member of the United States women's national soccer team.
- Administration
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The members of the school's administration are:
- Francis Howlett - Principal
- Gina Tenga - Assistant Principal
- Scott Thompson - Assistant Principal
- Thomas Thorpe - Assistant Principal
- Kathleen Dusebout - Assistant Principal
- External links
- Ridge High School
- Data for the Bernards Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
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| About This Zip Code (07920) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
24,600 people |
8,215,963 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
72% |
35% |
| Population Average Age |
39 years old
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36 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.6 persons
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2.6 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$105,471
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$55,509 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
7.1 rooms |
5.6 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
25 years old |
47 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
87% / 13% |
62% / 38% |
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