Original Research by School Decision on North Arlington High School
North Arlington High School serves grades nine through twelve in a single building within the borough of North Arlington, a densely populated community at the southern edge of Bergen County. The school is part of the North Arlington School District, which also includes three elementary schools and a middle school spread across the borough’s compact, roughly two-square-mile footprint. The high school itself sits on Ridge Road, integrated into the borough’s street grid rather than on a separated suburban campus.
The student body of roughly six hundred and fifty is split almost evenly between Hispanic students and white students, each group making up close to half of the enrollment. Asian students account for a small share, and Black students a smaller one. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a rate that places the school in a middle range for economic need within Bergen County. The school serves a single high school grade band, and the enrollment is distributed fairly evenly across grades nine through twelve, with each grade holding between roughly one hundred forty and one hundred sixty-five students.
State testing data for North Arlington High School was not available in the data provided, so there is no direct measure of academic proficiency in math, English language arts, or science to report. Similarly, the four-year graduation rate and chronic absenteeism rate were not present. Without these core academic and outcome metrics, it is not possible to assess the school’s performance relative to other high schools in Bergen County or to draw conclusions about student achievement or persistence. A parent or resident looking for this information would need to consult the school or district directly for state test results and graduation figures.
The school’s student composition reflects the broader borough. North Arlington is a densely populated, mostly urban community of roughly six square miles, with a mix of residential streets, commercial corridors along Ridge Road and Belleville Turnpike, and the large Holy Cross Cemetery covering nearly an eighth of the borough’s land. The borough was ranked by Money magazine on a national best-places list, cited for its economy and housing affordability. The local housing market shows a median home value that is above the national benchmark but below the state benchmark, and rents are moderately high relative to incomes. The borough has seen steady population growth over recent decades, and recent development includes a FedEx freight distribution facility built on a former industrial site, which brought jobs and a new access road.
The school district itself, which includes three elementary schools and a middle school in addition to the high school, did not have any recent parent-relevant changes such as referendums, curriculum shifts, or property tax adjustments reported in the available information. The district’s small geographic footprint means the high school is integrated into the borough’s street grid, not isolated on a large campus.
North Arlington High School is a regular public high school, not a charter or magnet school. It does not have a Title I status reported. Information on special education and English learner populations was missing from the data, as were details on discipline, course access, staffing, and attendance. The school’s program offerings were also not available. Given the absence of state testing results, graduation rate, and chronic absenteeism data, a family considering this school would need to seek out those figures from the district to get a clear picture of academic outcomes and student engagement. The school’s size is moderate for a high school, and its student body is roughly half Hispanic and half white, with a notable share of students from lower-income households. The borough itself is compact, with schools integrated into the neighborhood grid, and the district has not reported any recent major changes that would affect a family’s decision.
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