Ridge High School
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| 268 South Finley Avenue Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1961 |
| School district | Bernards Township School District |
| Principal | Frank Howlett |
| Asst. principals | Gina Donlevie Kathleen Dusebout Scott Thompson Thomas Thorp |
| Faculty | 140.5 FTEs |
| Enrollment | 1,900 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.5:1 |
| Color(s) |
Green and white |
| Athletics conference | Skyland Conference |
| Team name | Red Devils |
| Website | School website |
Ridge High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Bernards Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Bernards Township School District. Ridge High School opened in September 1961, ending a relationship under which students from the district had been sent to Bernardsville High School dating back to 1948.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,900 students and 140.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.5:1. There were 31 students (1.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 12 (0.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
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.
Ridge High School was the 9th-best public high school in 2012 as rated by the New Jersey Monthly magazine, and was the 194th best high school in the United States as rated by Newsweek, being the top-rated comprehensive high school in New Jersey, beating out other high schools rated higher on the New Jersey Monthly magazine.
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