NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Basking Ridge, NJ

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6 public K-12 schools in Basking Ridge from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
4,678
Students
59.3/100
Avg Resource Index
11:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Basking Ridge has more public-school enrollment than 52% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Basking Ridge lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

3 of Basking Ridge's 6 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 17-point gap between Ridge High School and Cedar Hill School shows the range hidden by Basking Ridge's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 48%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
98th percentile
Teacher staffing
95th percentile

Ridge High School accounts for 33.7% of all Basking Ridge public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Basking Ridge-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Basking Ridge school enrollment varies 3.7× across entities

Basking Ridge school enrollment ranges from 427 students (lowest) to 1,577 students (highest), a spread of 1,150 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Basking Ridge student-teacher ratio is 11.0:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Ridge High School 69
2. William Annin Middle School 68
3. Oak Street School 58
4. Mount Prospect Elementary School 56
5. Hamilton Primary School 53
6. Cedar Hill School 52

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Basking Ridge

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Hamilton Primary School 66.9/100
  2. 2 William Annin Middle School 62.8/100
  3. 3 Cedar Hill School 62.1/100
  4. 4 Ridge High School 59.2/100
  5. 5 Oak Street School 52.9/100

What do families ask about schools in Basking Ridge?

Which Basking Ridge school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Ridge High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Basking Ridge schools in this federal-data comparison at 69/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Basking Ridge, NJ? ▼

Basking Ridge has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,678 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.