Type Public Principal Russell Petrocelli Faculty 37.7 (on FTE basis) Phone +1 201-939-0810 Color White | Established 1922 Asst. principal Joseph Sutera Grades 7-12 Number of students 358 (2013–2014) | |
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Wood-Ridge High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in Seventh through twelfth grade from Wood-Ridge, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the third school of the Wood-Ridge School District. The school was established in 1922.
Contents
- Awards recognition and rankings
- Athletics
- Baseball
- Basketball Boys
- Basketball Girls
- Bowling
- Cheerleading Competition
- Cross Country
- Football
- Golf
- Soccer Girls
- Softball
- Tennis Boys
- Tennis Girls
- Track Field Boys
- Track Field Girls
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
- NJSIAA Sportsmanship Award
- Administration
- Notable alumni
- References
As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 358 students and 37.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.5:1. There were 65 students (18.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 16 (4.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Approximately 100 public school students from Moonachie attend Wood-Ridge High School, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Moonachie School District.
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 232nd-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 176th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 137th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 101st in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 143rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
The Wood-Ridge High School Blue Devils compete in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, which includes private and public high schools located in Bergen County, Passaic County and Hudson County, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 279 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as North I, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 117 to 478 students in that grade range. Prior to the NJSIAA's realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Wood-Ridge was a member of the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL).
Interscholastic programs available at the high school include:
Baseball
Basketball (Boys)
Basketball (Girls)
Bowling
Cheerleading (Competition)
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Soccer (Girls)
Softball
Tennis (Boys)
Tennis (Girls)
Track & Field (Boys)
Track & Field (Girls)
Volleyball
Wrestling
NJSIAA Sportsmanship Award
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are: