Cedar Ridge High School (North Carolina)

Cedar Ridge High School is a school in Hillsborough, North Carolina. It is one of two high schools in the Orange County Schools.

Cedar Ridge High School
Address
1125 New Grady Brown School Road Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 United States
Coordinates	36°03′09″N 79°07′32″W
Information
Type	Public
Established	2002 (23 years ago) (2002)
School district	Orange County Schools
Superintendent	Dr. Danielle Jones
CEEB code	341871
Principal	Dr. Anna Hipps
Teaching staff	63.95 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Enrollment	1,118[1] (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio	17.48[1]
Color(s)	Dark red and silver
Nickname	Red Wolves
Website	www.orangecountyfirst.com/crhs

The school opened in 2002, in order to help relieve overcrowding at Orange High School. It serves the southern half of Hillsborough and almost all of Orange County south of I-85 except Chapel Hill and Carrboro, which are served by Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. Cedar Ridge High School is a part of the 3A Central conference in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA).

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1,020 students enrolled in 2018–19 was:

• Male – 50.8%
• Female – 49.2%
• Asian/Pacific islanders – 2.1%
• Black – 9.2%
• Hispanic – 30.2%
• White – 54.5%
• Multiracial – 3.7%

32.0% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch.^[1]

Notable alumni

• Trenton Gill, NFL punter, played collegiately at NC State^[2]