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Schools in The Hills

The Hills’s public schools

Bernards Township School District and Bedminster Township School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for The Hills. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?7/7schools above New Jersey’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in New Jersey’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
78%
2021–22
Math proficiency
72%
2021–22
Graduate on time
94%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$29.2K
▲ 3% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024 · Bernards Township
Students per teacher
10.7
NJ 11.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
5,057 students on the public path
In brief

The Hills’s schools, in brief

School by school

7 of The Hills’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s 2,144 public schools. Mount Prospect Elementary School places highest (better than 99%); Bedminster Township Public School lowest (78%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Five elementary schools serve The Hills, graded from A− to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and one high school: Ridge High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in The Hills, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–55 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressA− to A+
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressA− to A
9–12Ridge High Schoolin Basking RidgeA+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Bernards Township School District.

Two districts serve The Hills

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Bernards Township School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 4,645 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 10.9 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$29,221NJ $28,441 · FY2024
A
Bedminster Township School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 1 schools · 412 students, down 15% since 2020–21 · 8.4 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$35,549NJ $28,441 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Bernards Township School District78%
State average 48.6% · 2552 students tested
Math · PK–12, Bernards Township School District72%
State average 35.5% · 2574 students tested
Reading · PK–8, Bedminster Township School District65%
State average 48.6% · 328 students tested
Math · PK–8, Bedminster Township School District51%
State average 35.5% · 331 students tested

The Hills vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New Jersey towns that share The Hills’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
The Hills—Bernards Township PK–12 · Bedminster Township PK–8
BernardsABernards Township
Far Hills—Somerset Hills Regional
BedminsterA−Bedminster Township
BridgewaterB+Bridgewater-Raritan Regional

Every school in The Hills

7 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Jersey’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving The Hillsin other towns
Mount Prospect Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Basking Ridge
A+
522 students9:1Rate it →
Bedminster Township Public School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Bedminster
A−
412 students8:1Rate it →
Cedar Hill School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Basking Ridge
A
568 students12:1Rate it →
Liberty Corner School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Liberty Corner
A
429 students11:1Rate it →
Oak Street School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Basking Ridge
A
427 students11:1Rate it →
William Annin Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Basking Ridge
A
1,122 students10:1Rate it →
Ridge High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Basking Ridge
A+
1,577 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about The Hills’s schools

Are The Hills’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for The Hills. Bernards Township School District and Bedminster Township School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for The Hills. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 7 of its 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is The Hills in?

Bernards Township School District and Bedminster Township School District.

Where do The Hills kids go to high school?

Ridge High School.

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What The Hills families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.