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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Wood-Ridge School District. The school was established in 1922. As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 530 students and 46.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1. There were 61 students (11.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 19 (3.6% 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 participate in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, which is comprised of small-enrollment schools in Bergen, Hudson County, Morris County and Passaic County counties, and was created following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). 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). With 327 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 students in that grade range. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I North for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 254 to 474 students. Interscholastic programs available at the high school include:

Athletic accomplishments

Baseball

Boys basketball

Girls basketball

Bowling

Cheerleading (competition)

Cross country

Football

Golf

Girls soccer

Softball

Boys tennis

Girls tennis

Boys track and field

Girls track and field

Volleyball

Wrestling

NJSIAA Sportsmanship Award

Administration

The school's principal is Ben Suro. His core administration team includes the assistant principal and athletic director.

Notable alumni