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North Caroline High School, Ridgely, MD

CEP schoolNorth Caroline High School is a public high school in Ridgely, part of Caroline County Public Schools. It enrolled 1,238 students in 2024-25, with 15.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,238
Teachers (FTE)
80.0
Students per teacher
15.5
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 2.4 higher than the district figure of 13.1. The Maryland average across schools is 14.6. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.5
District13.1
Maryland14.6
United States15.3

School details

Address
10990 River Rd, Ridgely, MD 21660
Phone
(410)479-2332
District
Caroline County Public Schools
County
Caroline County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
240018000523
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
394
Reduced-price lunch
374
Free or reduced-price lunch
76862.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
747Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Caroline County Public Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.