| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 7 - 12 |
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| County |
Bergen County, NJ |
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| Total Students |
560 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
50% /
50% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
49 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 7 - 88 students | | Grade 8 - 101 students | | Grade 9 - 95 students | | Grade 10 - 107 students | | Grade 11 - 68 students | | Grade 12 - 101 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:11 |
1:13 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
7% |
7% |
| % Hispanic |
6% |
15% |
| % Black |
1% |
17% |
| % White |
86% |
61% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
2% |
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 |
Park Ridge Boro School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
3 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
1,339 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$19,863,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$19,054,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$14,834 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$14,230 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
n/a |
81% |
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- Park Ridge High School is a six-year comprehensive public high school with an integrated two-year middle school located in the borough of Park Ridge in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Park Ridge Public Schools. The school is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education. The school hosts students in grades 7-12, and is located on the corner of Park Avenue and Pascack Road in the center of Park Ridge. The school is one of the three public schools in the town of Park Ridge, along with East Brook Elementary School and West Ridge Elementary School, which serve grades K-6.
- Park Ridge High School is a small, co-educational school consisting of class sizes from 80 to 130 students. The building itself has two sections: the "main" building of three floors and the "A-wing" of two. The main building contains a multipurpose venue known as the "little theater," which hosts arts events such as the annual "Popcert," "Mini-Pop," and a variety of other arts showcases, including seasonal theatrical productions. The A-wing branches off into two spacious gymnasiums through its lower floor.
- As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 569 students and 46.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.2.
- Academic achievement
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The school was the 31st-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 40th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.
- Park Ridge is highly acclaimed as one of the top public schools in Bergen County, and offers several Advanced Placement Program (AP) classes, run by the College Board. Average SAT scores for the class of 2006 were 542 for the math section, 532 for verbal and 524 on the essay component, compared to statewide averages of 516, 494 and 493 respectively.
- Athletics
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Under the nickname Owls, Park Ridge High School boasts a rich tradition of athletics. The school hosts several sports in statewide competition, including football, soccer, track and field, basketball, baseball, and several others. The school's athletic complex consists of several acres of open fields and a full sized high school football infield, surrounded by a recently constructed running track. Park Ridge High School competes in the Bergen County Scholastic League Olympic athletic conference. The school runs a combined wrestling team with Emerson Jr./Sr. High School. Park Ridge has done very well athletically in past years, especially with girls sports, wrestling, and the track & field program. In 2006, Park Ridge Boy's Spring Track went undefeated on their way to a BCSL Olympic Championship, their first in 30 years. The Girl's team lost only once, and also proceeded to win a Championship.
- In 2007, the girls soccer team won the North I, Group I state sectional championship with a 2-0 win over Pompton Lakes High School in the tournament final, marking the first sectional title in team history.
- The Boys baseball team won the 2009 Group I NJSIAA State Championships, defeating County Prep High School 10–0 in the semi-final round, and taking the title with a 4–2 win over David Brearley High School in the championship game.
- Administration
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Core members of the school's administration are:
- Principal - Patricia Bucci
- Assistant Principal - Mark Cosgrove
- Noted alumni
- Jedh Colby Barker (1945-1967), awarded the Medal of Honor.
- Karen Duffy (born 1961), model, television personality, and actress.
- James Gandolfini (born 1961), star of the HBO TV show, The Sopranos.
- The Roches, folk singers
- External links
- Park Ridge High School
- Park Ridge Public Schools
- Data for the Park Ridge Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- East Brook Elementary School
- West Ridge Elementary School
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (07656) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
8,708 people |
8,215,963 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
50% |
35% |
| Population Average Age |
41 years old
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36 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.7 persons
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2.6 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$86,632
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$55,509 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
6.9 rooms |
5.6 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
50 years old |
47 years old |
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82% / 18% |
62% / 38% |
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