Bergenfield High School
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 Bergenfield High School
Bergenfield High School
Bergenfield High School
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| 80 South Prospect Avenue Bergenfield, NJ 07621 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1940 |
| Principal | Jim Fasano |
| Asst. principal | Rob Ragasa |
| Faculty | 96.9 FTEs |
| Enrollment | 1,207 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.5:1 |
| Color(s) |
Red and Black |
| Athletics conference | Big North Conference |
| Team name | Bears |
| Rivals | Dumont High School |
| Website | School website |
Bergenfield High School is a four-year, comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Bergenfield, in Bergen County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Bergenfield Public Schools. Bergenfield High School is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1945.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,207 students and 96.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1. There were 294 students (24.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 114 (9.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school's CEEB code is 310090.
The high school was constructed at a cost of $370,000 as an addition to an existing school, and dedicated in ceremonies held in April 1941.
The school was the 122nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 139th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 136th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 234th in 2008 out of 316 schools and 192nd in the 2006. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 163rd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 52 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (80.5%) and language arts literacy (94.5%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
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