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Ridgewood High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Ridgewood, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Ridgewood Public Schools. As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,703 students and 135.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1. There were 16 students (1.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 3 (0.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for Ridgewood High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 25, 2015.〕 ==Awards, recognition and rankings== During the 1986-87 school year, Ridgewood High School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,〔(Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF) ), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.〕 the highest award an American school can receive.〔"CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department", ''Journal Inquirer'', November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."〕〔"Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test", ''The Washington Post''. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."〕 The school was the 28th-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.〔Staff. ("Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.〕 The school had been ranked 28th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 20th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.〔Staff. ("The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2012. Accessed September 12, 2012.〕 The magazine ranked the school 7th in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed June 22, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 24th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.〔("Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.〕 Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 40th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 8 positions from the 2010 ranking), which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (94.6%) and language arts literacy (96.5%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).〔(New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011 ), Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 26, 2012.〕 In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by ''The Washington Post'', the school was ranked 27th in New Jersey and 917th nationwide.〔Mathews, Jay. ("The High School Challenge 2011: Ridgewood High School" ), ''The Washington Post''. Accessed August 4, 2011.〕 In ''Newsweek's'' May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Ridgewood High School was listed in 549th place, the tenth-highest ranked school in New Jersey.〔("The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools" ), ''Newsweek'', May 22, 2007. Accessed May 24, 2007.〕 The school was ranked 472 in ''Newsweek's'' May 8, 2006, issue, listing the Top 1,200 High Schools in The United States,〔(Top 1,200 High Schools in The United States ), ''Newsweek'' May 8, 2006.〕 and was ranked 323 in ''Newsweek's'' 2005 survey.〔(America's Best High Schools ), ''Newsweek,'' August 5, 2005, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 15, 2005. Accessed November 25, 2015.〕 In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools," ''The Daily Beast'' ranked the school 363rd in the nation among participating public high schools and 32nd among schools in New Jersey.〔Streib, Lauren. ("America's Best High Schools" ), ''The Daily Beast'', May 6, 2013. Accessed May 8, 2013.〕 The school was ranked 273rd in the nation and 25th in New Jersey on the list of "America's Best High Schools 2012" prepared by ''The Daily Beast'' / ''Newsweek'', with rankings based primarily on graduation rate, matriculation rate for college and number of Advanced Placement / International Baccalaureate courses taken per student, with lesser factors based on average scores on the SAT / ACT, average AP/IB scores and the number of AP/IB courses available to students.〔Staff. ("America's Best High Schools 2012" ), ''The Daily Beast'' / ''Newsweek'', May 20, 2012. Accessed May 24, 2012.〕 In Spring 2013, Medha Kirtane, a Social Studies teacher at RHS, was honored as an "exceptional" secondary school teacher by Princeton University. An alumnus of Williams College and Harvard Graduate School, Kirtane was recognized along with three other teachers from across the state.〔Herzog, Laura. ("Top Ridgewood teacher distinguishes herself" ), ''The Ridgewood News'', May 31, 2013. Accessed November 25, 2015. "According to Princeton University, as well as her colleagues and students, these qualities make her one of the state's top teachers. In June, the university will honor Kirtane, who has worked at RHS for nine years, and three other public and private high school teachers in New Jersey."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ridgewood High School (New Jersey)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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