Bergen Catholic High School is an all-male Roman Catholic high school in Oradell, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1989.
Bergen Catholic operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Bergen Catholic draws students from a wide geographic area that includes North Jersey, Rockland County in New York and Pennsylvania.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 738 students and 43.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a Student–teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
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