Ridge High School

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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.Awards, recognition and rankingsDuring 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.