Best High Schools in Zip Code 07451

The high-school list for ZIP code 07451 contains one school: Ridgewood High School, serving grades 9–12 with 1,740 students. The results offer no comparison with another listed school, so the most useful benchmarks are New Jersey and Ridgewood’s own earlier results. In 2025–2026, grade-11 science and grade-9 English were well above state proficiency, while math results varied considerably by assessment. The most important takeaway is that strong Algebra II results sit alongside a pronounced Algebra I weakness.

Within the school’s results, science was its clearest strength and Algebra I End of Course its sharpest weakness compared with the state. In 2025–2026, 68% of students were proficient in grade-11 science, versus 29% statewide—a 40-point advantage; grade-9 English was 75% versus 51%, 24 points higher. Algebra II was also above the state: End of Course proficiency was 76% versus 52% (+23 points), and grade-9 proficiency was 78% versus 53% (+25 points). By contrast, Algebra I End of Course was 21% versus 40%, 19 points lower. Some results, including NJGPA English and several grade-10 math scores, were suppressed, and this one-school list cannot establish peer-school comparisons.

Year-to-year changes were mixed, not a uniform rise or fall: Algebra I End of Course proficiency dropped 48 points, from 69% in 2024–2025 to 21% in 2025–2026, while grade-9 English rose 9 points, from 66% to 75%, and grade-11 science rose 8 points, from 60% to 68%. SchoolDigger ranked Ridgewood High School 89th of 434 schools (79th percentile, four stars) in 2025–2026, compared with 34th of 434 (92nd percentile, five stars) the prior year—a fall of 55 places. Other context is favorable: in 2024–2025, chronic absenteeism was 3% versus 14% statewide, and 95% graduated versus 89% statewide. The school reported 3% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025 and a 12.8 student–teacher ratio; these figures describe the school but do not explain its results.