Park Ridge High School

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Park Ridge High School is a six-year comprehensive public high school with an integrated two-year middle school, established in 1808, and located in the borough of Park Ridge in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Park Ridge Public Schools. The school is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education. The school hosts students in grades 7-12, and 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 the town of Park Ridge, along with East Brook Elementary School and West Ridge Elementary School, which serve grades K-6.

Park Ridge High School is a small, co-educational school consisting of class sizes from 80 to 130 students. The building itself 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 "Popcert," "Mini-Pop," and a variety of other arts showcases, including seasonal theatrical productions. The A-wing branches off into two spacious gymnasiums through its lower floor.

1 Academic achievement
2 Athletics
3 Administration
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5 Noted alumni
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[edit] Academic achievement

The school is highly acclaimed as one of the top public schools in Bergen County, and offers several Advanced Placement Program (AP)classes, run by the College Board. Average SAT scores for the class of 2005 are 546 for the verbal section and 561 for the math section, as compared to the national averages of 508 and 520.

Park Ridge High School was the 40th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.^[1]

[edit] Athletics

Under the nickname Owls, Park Ridge High School boasts a rich tradition of athletics. The school hosts several sports in statewide competition, including football, soccer, track and field, basketball, and several others. The school's athletic complex consists of several acres of open fields and a full sized high school football infield, surrounded by a recently constructed running track. Park Ridge High School competes in the BCSL Olympic athletic conference.