Ridgewood Ranked Among Best High Schools In NYC Metro Area

RIDGEWOOD, NJ — The high school is high on U.S. News' rankings of the best high schools in the New York City metro area.

The rankings released on Wednesday analyze how schools compare to each other in the same region. The top 300 schools were named to the New York City metro list.

Ridgewood was ranked No. 72. Glen Rock was ranked No. 103. Nearby Ramapo High School in Franklin Lakes was ranked No. 95. Tenafly was ranked No. 67.

Two Bergen County high schools were ranked in the top 20. Bergen County Academies in Hackensack was ranked No. 7 and Bergen County Technical High School in Teterboro was ranked No. 17.

New York City metro statistical area includes parts of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

U.S. News says it used the same methodology to compile the metro-area rankings as it did for the national rankings. Metros areas were matched to their corresponding core-based statistical areas as defined by the government. The U.S. Census Bureau says metro areas and micropolitan areas (which have a population of between 10,000 and 50,000) are collectively referred to as core-based statistical areas.

To view the entire list New York City metro area list, click here.

With reporting by Tom Davis, Patch staff

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