Ridgefield Park High School - Ridgefield Park, New Jersey/NJ

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Ridgefield Park High School

1 Ozzie Nelson Drive, Ridgefield Park, NJ, 07660-1200 -

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Definition of Terms

Ridgefield Park High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 7 - 12

County

Bergen County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1063 students

% Male / % Female

53% / 47%

Total Classroom Teachers

85 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 7 - 148 students

Grade 8 - 145 students

Grade 9 - 215 students

Grade 10 - 188 students

Grade 11 - 198 students

Grade 12 - 151 students

Grade Not Listed - 18 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:13

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	11%	7%
% Hispanic	41%	19%
% Black	3%	18%
% White	45%	56%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

14%

25%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

10%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Ridgefield Park Township School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	4	2
Number of Students Managed	2,011 students	1,083 students
District Total Revenue	$28,003,000	$17,415,000
District Expenditure	$27,213,000	$17,790,000
District Revenue / Student	$13,925	$34,323
District Expenditure / Student	$13,532	$17,538
District Graduation Rates	96%	100%

Ridgefield Park High School is a six-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grade from Ridgefield Park, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Ridgefield Park Public Schools.
Athletics: The Ridgefield Park High School Scarlets compete in the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) American Conference, comprised of private and public high schools located in Bergen County and Hudson County.
Awards and recognition: For the 2005-06 school year, Ridgefield Park High School was one of only 22 schools statewide selected as Governor's School of Excellence Winners, an award given to schools that have demonstrated significant academic improvement over the previous two academic years.
A team of students was one of five finalists in the 2004 New Jersey Business Idea Competition Winners at Fairleigh Dickinson University representing the Northern Region, which covers Bergen, Essex, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Warren Counties. Three other RPHS teams were semi-finalists.
History: In 1916, Ridgefield Park High School was the subject of a groundbreaking ruling by the New Jersey Commissioner of Education, who ruled that teachers could remove their jackets while in class. A principal and teacher at the high school had been removed from his duties, based on charges against him that included "conduct unbecoming a teacher" related to the removal of his coat while teaching one day. The charges were dismissed and the teacher was reinstated.
In March 2006, alumnus Gregory Olsen (RPHS '62), an entrepreneur who paid $20 million to become the world's third paying space tourist visited his alma mater to share his experiences in space.
Popular culture: 13 of the 17 students featured in the 1987 documentary film Scared Straight! were from Ridgefield Park High School. Over 300 students, nearly a quarter of the school's enrollment, had voluntarily participated in the program at Rahway State Prison (now formally known as East Jersey State Prison), in which the students were given a hard look at the "physical and psychological brutality of prison life." The program was credited with contributing to a sharp drop in teen-aged crime in Ridgefield Park from 1976 to 1978.
Notable alumni: Gregory Olsen, entrepreneur and scientist who in October 2005 became the third private citizen to make a paid trip into space with Space Adventures, Ltd.
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About This Zip Code (07660)

School Zip (07660)

(NJ) State Average

Population (Approximate)

12,873 people

8,215,963 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

31%

35%

Population Average Age

37 years old

36 years old

Average Household size

2.6 persons

2.6 persons

Median Household Income

$51,825

$55,509

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

4.9 rooms

5.6 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

65 years old

47 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

53% / 47%

62% / 38%

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