Bergen County Academies

Q: Where do Bergen County Academies graduates go to college?

Bergen County Academies publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the 2019-2022: 182 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Rutgers University-New Brunswick (123), Cornell University (57), Northeastern University (54), New York University (43), Stevens Institute of Technology (34). Source: Bergen County Academies Class of 2023 Profile.

Q: Which colleges is Bergen County Academies a top feeder school to?

Bergen County Academies's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #4 Cornell, #4 MIT, #5 Northeastern, #7 Harvard, #9 Carnegie Mellon, #10 NYU. Ivy+ enrollment: #8 of 298 schools per class year.

Q: How many AP courses does Bergen County Academies offer?

Bergen County Academies offers 14 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 76% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).

Q: What is Bergen County Academies's graduation rate?

Bergen County Academies's federal four-year graduation rate was about 99% in the latest EDFacts release.

Q: How many students attend Bergen County Academies?

Bergen County Academies is a public high school in Hackensack, NJ, enrolling 1,130 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

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AP rigor: 76th percentile nationally 14 AP courses 99% 4-yr grad rate

A parent's read

Where graduates go: #8 of 298 schools for Ivy+ enrollment per class year. Bergen County Academies's own list (2019-2022), enrolled: Rutgers University-New Brunswick (123), Cornell (57), Northeastern (54), NYU (43), Stevens Institute of Technology (34). Feeder standing: #4 Cornell, #4 MIT, #5 Northeastern, #7 Harvard, #9 Carnegie Mellon, #10 NYU. Ivy+ enrollment: #8 of 298 schools per class year.
99% graduate on time. Nearly every student who starts 9th grade here finishes in four years — the strongest baseline signal a school can post.

Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.

Where graduates go — as published by the school

Bergen County Academies publishes where its graduates enrolled (2019-2022): 182 colleges with per-college counts — the largest counts enrolled at Rutgers University-New Brunswick (123), Cornell University (57), Northeastern University (54). See the full list ↓

Top-10 feeder to 6 top colleges #4Cornell University14.2/yr #4Massachusetts Institute of Technology4.2/yr #5Northeastern University13.5/yr #7Harvard University6.0/yr #9Carnegie Mellon University4.0/yr #10New York University10.8/yr

Feeder standing #8 of 298 schools for Ivy+ enrollment per class year · #1 feeder to Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology · #4 to Cornell University, #4 to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, #5 to Northeastern University, #7 to Harvard University — from its own published counts, ranked per class year

At a glance

Programs & features

14 AP courses offered — Elite
Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
Gifted & talented program
15 calculus classes · 23 physics · 28 chemistry

Academic signals

AP rigor: 76th percentile nationally
SAT/ACT participation: 93rd percentile by test-taker volume
4-yr grad rate: 99% in 2019 (Top 0.7% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

Bergen County Academies publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 182 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

Years, as the document states them
2019-2022

The ten largest counts, enrolled

Rutgers University-New Brunswick 123

Cornell University 57

Northeastern University 54

New York University 43

Stevens Institute of Technology 34

New Jersey Institute of Technology 27

University of Michigan 27

Harvard University 24

Boston University 23

Boston College 18

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Any college:

#8of 298 schools for Ivy+ enrollment per class year · 46.5/yr #4of 239 feeder schools to Cornell University · 14.2/yrTop college #4of 117 feeder schools to Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 4.2/yrTop college #5of 242 feeder schools to Northeastern University · 13.5/yrTop college #7of 165 feeder schools to Harvard University · 6.0/yrTop college #9of 167 feeder schools to Carnegie Mellon University · 4.0/yrTop college #10of 261 feeder schools to New York University · 10.8/yrTop college

All 182 colleges, as the document prints them

College · COLLEGE ENROLLMENTS 2019-2022

Rutgers University-New Brunswick 123

Cornell University 57

Northeastern University 54

New York University 43

Stevens Institute of Technology 34

New Jersey Institute of Technology 27

University of Michigan 27

Harvard University 24

Boston University 23

Boston College 18

Massachusetts Institute of Tech 17

Carnegie Mellon University 16

University of California-Berkeley 16

Columbia University 15

University of Pennsylvania 15

Tufts University 14

University of Southern California 13

Vanderbilt University 13

Pennsylvania State University 12

Princeton University 12

Brown University 11

Drexel University 11

Georgetown University 11

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 11

Washington University in St Louis 11

Yale University 11

Cooper Union 10

Fordham University 10

Duke University 9

Georgia Institute of Technology 9

and 152 more

Northwestern University 9

University of Maryland-College Park 9

George Washington University 8

Purdue University 8

Villanova University 8

Barnard College 7

Bergen Community College 7

Muhlenberg College 7

Rochester Institute of Technology 7

The College of New Jersey 7

University of Connecticut 7

University of Rochester 7

Emerson College 6

Montclair State University 6

Rhode Island School of Design 6

Rutgers University-Newark 6

The University of Texas at Austin 6

University of Chicago 6

University of Pittsburgh 6

Emory University 5

Rice University 5

Seton Hall University 5

Stanford University 5

University of California-San Diego 5

University of Miami 5

University of Wisconsin 5

Amherst College 4

Case Western Reserve University 4

Dartmouth College 4

Drew University 4

Johns Hopkins University 4

McGill University 4

Ramapo College of New Jersey 4

The University of North Carolina 4

University of Illinois 4

University of Notre Dame 4

Babson College 3

Binghamton University 3

Howard University 3

Indiana University-Bloomington 3

Lehigh University 3

Rowan University 3

The Juilliard School 3

University of California-Los Angeles 3

University of Massachusetts-Amherst 3

University of Oxford 3

Vassar College 3

Wesleyan University 3

Worcester Polytechnic Institute 3

Boston Conservatory at Berklee 2

Brandeis University 2

Bucknell University 2

California Institute of Technology 2

California Institute of the Arts 2

CUNY Brooklyn College 2

Elon University 2

Fairleigh Dickinson University 2

Florida Southern College 2

Hofstra University 2

Ithaca College 2

Manhattan College 2

Miami University, Oxford 2

Nova Southeastern University 2

Oberlin College 2

Ohio State University 2

Pratt Institute 2

Ringling College of Art and Design 2

San Diego State University 2

School of Visual Arts 2

Siena College 2

Skidmore College 2

Stony Brook University 2

Swarthmore College 2

Temple University 2

The University of Texas at Dallas 2

Tulane University of Louisiana 2

Union College 2

Universita Bocconi 2

University of California-Irvine 2

University of Florida 2

University of Rhode Island 2

University of South Carolina 2

University of Vermont 2

University of Virginias 2

Washington and Lee University 2

Wellesley College 2

William & Mary 2

Williams College 2

Yonsei University-Underwood 2

Arizona State University 1

Baylor University 1

Bentley University 1

Bowdoin College 1

Champlain College 1

Chapman University 1

City University of London 1

Colby College 1

Colgate University 1

College of the Holy Cross 1

Columbia College Chicago 1

Culinary Institute of America 1

CUNY John Jay College 1

CUNY Macaulay Honors College 1

Durham University 1

Eckerd College 1

EHL 1

Fashion Institute of Technology 1

Franklin W Olin College 1

Grinnell College 1

Johnson & Wales University 1

King's College 1

King's College London 1

Liberty University 1

Loyola Marymount University 1

Marymount Manhattan College 1

Middlebury College 1

Montserrat College of Art 1

Nebraska Wesleyan University 1

New York Institute of Technology 1

NYU Abu Dhabi 1

Pepperdine University 1

Point Park University 1

Rider University 1

Smith College 1

Southern Methodist University 1

St. John's University-New York 1

The Catholic University of America 1

The New England Conservatory 1

The New School 1

The University of Tampa 1

United States Military Academy 1

Universiteit van Amsterdam 1

University at Buffalo 1

University of California-Santa Barbara 1

University of California-Santa Cruz 1

University of Colorado Boulder 1

University of Georgia 1

University of Minnesota 1

University of Missouri 1

University of Richmond 1

University of Scranton 1

University of South Florida 1

University of the Sciences 1

University of Toronto 1

University of Ulster 1

Ursinus College 1

Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1

Wagner College 1

Wake Forest University 1

Webb Institute 1

Western Colorado University 1

William Paterson University 1

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How Bergen County Academies compares for families

Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.

▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 24% nationally with 14 AP courses.
▸ LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Paramus High School, Teaneck High School, Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth

76th percentile nationally

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AP courses offered

Subject breadth not reported

Students taking AP courses

508

≈45 per 100 students · uptake, not just offerings

Advanced math classes

15 calculus · 29 advanced

Lab science classes

23 physics · 28 chemistry

Other rigor signals

Dual-enrollment program
Gifted/talented program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

93rd percentile by test-taker volume

SAT/ACT test-takers

523

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

46.3

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Compared against

18,426

US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Top 0.7% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

4-year graduation rate

99%

Range: 99–100%

4-year cohort size

260

Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years

Compared against

17,988

US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

‍ Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

9.0%

Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

61.8%

Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Federal Title I context

Lower-need school

Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)

9.7%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Your state's public flagship

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

65%

admit rate

$17,929

in-state tuition/yr · $37,441 out-of-state

1270–1480

SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–33

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $24,406/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

2.9%

Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.

Students absent 15+ days

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor

188:1

Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.

Counselor FTE

6.0

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 259 in 2021 to 272 in 2024 — over 3 years.

+5.0%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +0.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,130 students:

2025

1,136

2027

1,149

2029

1,162

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $42,487 per student in district revenue, the 32 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,359,584/year in additional funding.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Paramus High School PARAMUS	Public	2.3	1,110	-1.9%
Teaneck High School TEANECK	Public	1.5	1,244	+3.0%
Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood ENGLEWOOD	Public	2.7	1,083	+9.0%
Bergenfield High School BERGENFIELD	Public	2.1	1,239	+5.3%
Tenafly High School TENAFLY	Public	4.1	1,141	-6.6%
River Dell Regional High School ORADELL	Public	2.9	1,025	+4.2%
Fort Lee High School FORT LEE	Public	4.7	1,170	+2.5%
Garfield High School GARFIELD	Public	4.3	1,258	+26.2%

At a glance

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Bergen County Academies is a public high school in Hackensack, NJ, enrolling 1,130 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

Enrollment is up 5% from 2021 to 2024.

It offers 14 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 76% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).

523 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 93% of U.S. high schools.

Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 99% in the latest EDFacts release.

It has about 188 students per school counselor.

3% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.

Bergen County Academies publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the 2019-2022: 182 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Rutgers University-New Brunswick (123), Cornell University (57), Northeastern University (54), New York University (43), Stevens Institute of Technology (34). Source: Bergen County Academies Class of 2023 Profile.

Bergen County Academies's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #4 Cornell, #4 MIT, #5 Northeastern, #7 Harvard, #9 Carnegie Mellon, #10 NYU. Ivy+ enrollment: #8 of 298 schools per class year.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

Where do Bergen County Academies graduates go to college? Bergen County Academies publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the 2019-2022: 182 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Rutgers University-New Brunswick (123), Cornell University (57), Northeastern University (54), New York University (43), Stevens Institute of Technology (34). Source: Bergen County Academies Class of 2023 Profile.

Which colleges is Bergen County Academies a top feeder school to? Bergen County Academies's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #4 Cornell, #4 MIT, #5 Northeastern, #7 Harvard, #9 Carnegie Mellon, #10 NYU. Ivy+ enrollment: #8 of 298 schools per class year.

How many AP courses does Bergen County Academies offer? Bergen County Academies offers 14 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 76% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).

What is Bergen County Academies's graduation rate? Bergen County Academies's federal four-year graduation rate was about 99% in the latest EDFacts release.

How many students attend Bergen County Academies? Bergen County Academies is a public high school in Hackensack, NJ, enrolling 1,130 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

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