Park Ridge High School

Park Ridge High School
Address
2 Park Avenue

, ,
07656

United States
Coordinates41°02′04″N 74°02′32″W / 41.034469°N 74.042096°W / 41.034469; -74.042096
Information
TypePublic high school / middle school
Established1900
School districtPark Ridge Public Schools
NCES School ID341245000710
PrincipalTroy Lederman
Faculty59.2 FTEs
Grades7-12
Enrollment520 (as of 2023–24)
Student to teacher ratio8.8:1
Color(s)  Maroon and
  white
Fight song"Ridgers"
Athletics conferenceNorth Jersey Interscholastic Conference
Team nameOwls
PublicationImprints (literary magazine)
NewspaperNight Watch
Websiteprhs.parkridgeschools.org

Park Ridge High School is a six-year comprehensive community public high school with an integrated two-year middle school located in the borough of Park Ridge in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in seventh through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Park Ridge Public Schools. The school is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education. The school 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 , along with East Brook Elementary School and West Ridge Elementary School, which both serve grades K-6.

Park Ridge High School's building 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 Middle School Variety Show, including seasonal theatrical productions. The A-wing branches off into two gymnasiums through its lower floor.

As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 520 students and 59.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.8:1. There were 17 students (3.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 9 (1.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Park Ridge offers several Advanced Placement (AP) classes, run by the College Board. Average SAT scores for the class of 2013-14 were 528 in Critical reading, 559 in Mathematics and 546 on the Writing component for a composite score of 1633, compared to statewide averages of 496 / 521 / 497 respectively, and a composite score of 1514. There were 59.0% of students who met the standard of a 1550 composite score on the SAT, which College Board research shows to be indicative of college success, vs. 44.6% statewide.