Cedar Ridge High

1125 New Grady Brown School Road

School District

Orange County
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:13
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by other on October 19, 2024

PLEASE DO NOT COME TO THIS SCHOOL. This school is filled with mean girls who judge you for every little thing. If you dont have friends you will get bullied. There is countless cases of bullying that go on in this school, the administrators do nothing about the issues, infact they ignore most of the reports and there have been countless shooting threats written in the bathroom stalls that have not been reported. Orange county need to shut this school down.
Submitted by parent on May 10, 2023

The school has had three principals in the four years my kids have been there. The current principal is not available to speak with parents. If you have any concerns, she’ll ignore your emails or assign you to speak with another administrator who is also new. You will be given a chance to speak to the other staff person but you will never be given a response. Teacher turnover has been significant due to poor governance by the three principals. The quality teachers have left. Teachers that remain have no oversight by administration and therefore kids do not learn. The scheduling process is abysmal with kids getting the wrong classes or classes they have no interest in. Getting the schedules corrected is nearly impossible as the school has plenty of administrators but no guidance counselors. Support for students wishing to go to college does not exist, again no guidance staff. It is unclear to me what all the administrators do but their time is not spent getting to know or supporting the students. Athletics is biased towards boys. Simple things like posting game schedules do not include girls sports. Managing coaches is not actively handled by the athletic director. There are no on site safety measures taken for kids competing in sports other than football.
Submitted by teacher on December 05, 2019

I'm a teacher in this school and I feel like it is a supportive teaching environment and administration turnover is a bit concerning, but all of our individual administrators does their best. The other teachers work hard. Students here are not any better or worse than other schools where I have taught, although they recognize the lack of consistency in administrators and know they can get away with a lot more before disciplinary action is taken. Our school would benefit from consistent leadership and a strong supportive leader.
Submitted by student on May 04, 2019

I am a student at Cedar Ridge and over the past couple of years the school has gone downhill. Overall they have nice facilities but don't let that fool you. Since they have lost the majority of their best faculty and staff, students are left with very few outstanding teachers. As a student I only recognize the principal, and other faculty are still unknown to me. This year Cedar Ridge's athletics have also suffered. The overall high school experience has diminished since we only had a JV football team. The walls are left bare due to the lack of color and personality within the school and students withhold a sense of school pride. Pep rally's have been taken away from students because of overly strict policies that don't allow students to have fun. This leads students to the decision to leave school before any "fun" activities. Lunch time is also a disaster because students are forced to schedule themselves for tutoring even if they're doing fine is classes. During lunch students aren't allowed to leave campus even though Cedar Ridge is only a few miles from downtown Hillsborough. Cedar Ridge has potential to be a great school but it is going to take time to make a change to the current situation.
Submitted by student on June 20, 2017

I am a student at Cedar Ridge and so far my experience has been great! They offer many different athletic and cultural extra curricular activities, in addition to extensive offerings in AP and IB classes. I have been able to make lots of new friends and I have found that Cedar Ridge is much more "homey" and welcoming as compared to other schools in the area. This is most likely due to the fact that Cedar Ridge is on the small side for a high school based on the number of students it currently has enrolled. Other people on this page have been discussing a particular issue with a teacher sharing their political views with their class earlier this year, however this teacher has since left the school and the administration has done a good job of making sure that other teachers are not including their personal beliefs in their lessons. Overall, this school is one of the best that I have attended.
Submitted by other on September 24, 2016

Teachers should not be teaching their political opinions to our children, they should be teaching behavior and strategy from the schools curriculum.
Submitted by other on September 23, 2016

Teachers are politically motivated instead of teaching the basic items students need to be productive citizens
Submitted by parent on November 26, 2013

Cedar Ridge is a fantastic school. The education opportunities for the students include many honors courses, AP courses, IB program, and Middle College. Great extra-curricular activities through many clubs and sports. The school has slightly more than 1000 students now but the facilities were designed to handle that. There are plans to construct another building in the next few years because the feeder area for the school continues to grow.
Submitted by student on May 07, 2013

My school is one that will help me thorough my life and career in this school(Cedar Ridge). I have come to learn that this place WILL take you places you want to reach.