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New Jersey's Best Private High Schools Ranked
A new list compiled by Niche.com, an information service provider, ranks N.J.'s best private high schools.

Where are New Jersey’s best private high schools?
A new list compiled by Niche.com, an information service provider, ranks the state’s best private high schools. Below is the list of the top 100, which are scattered across the state.
According to Niche.com, the ranking is “based on statistics, student and parent reviews, and expert insights. Ranking factors include SAT/ACT scores, the qulity of colleges that students consider, student-teacher ratio, student and parent reviews, and more.”
Click here to read the full methodology.
Here are the top 100 private high schools in New Jersey in 2016, according to Niche.com:
- The Lawrenceville School, Lawrence
- The Pingry School, Warren
- Newark Academy, Livingston
- Delbarton School, Morris
- Kent Place School, Summit
- Collegiate School, Passaic
- Peddie School, Hightstown
- Dwight-Englewood School, Englewood
- Blair Academy, Blairstown
- Princeton Day School, Princeton
- Stuart Country Day School, Princeton
- The Montclair Kimberley Academy, Montclair
- Rutgers Preparatory School, Somerset
- The Hun School of Princeton, Princeton
- The Hudson School, Hoboken
- Wardlaw-Hartridge School, Edison
- Ranney School, Tinton Falls
- The Pennington School, Pennington
- Moorestown Friends School, Moorestown
- Gill St. Bernard’s School, Chester
- Oratory Preparatory School, Summit
- Academy of the Holy Angels, Demarest
- Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, Summit
- Villa Walsh Academy, Morris
- The Frisch School, Paramus
- The Morristown-Beard School, Morris
- Mount Saint Mary Academy, Watchung
- Christian Brothers Academy, Middletown
- Seton Hall Preparatory School, West Orange
- Golda Och Academy, West Orange
- Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing
- Pioneer Academy of Science, Clifton
- Saddle River Day School, Saddle River
- Don Bosco Prep High School, Ramsey
- Doane Academy, Burlington
- Torah Academy of Bergen County, Teaneck
- Noor-Ul-Iman School, Heathcote
- St. Peter’s Preparatory SchoolJersey City
- Immaculate Heart Academy, Washington Township
- Maayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls, Teaneck
- St. Joseph High School, Metuchen
- Hillel Yeshiva School, Ocean Township
- Bishop Eustace Preparatory School, Pennsauken
- Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy, Elizabeth
- Mount St. Dominic Academy, Caldwell
- St. Augustine Preparatory School, Buena Vista Township
- Calvary Christian School, Old Bridge Township
- Lacordaire Academy Secondary School, Upper Montclair
- Union Catholic Regional High School, Scotch Plains
- Notre Dame High School, Lawrence
- Red Bank Catholic High School, Red Bank
- Academy of Saint Elizabeth, Morris
- Bruriah High School for Girls, Elizabeth
- Morris Catholic High School, Denville
- Camden Catholic High School, Cherry Hill
- Trinity Christian School, Montville
- Timothy Christian School, Piscataway
- St. Joseph Regional High School, Montvale
- Al-Ghazaly High School, Teaneck
- Pope John XXIII High School, Sparta
- Purnell School, Bedminster
- Atlantic Christian School, Egg Harbor Township
- Hawthorne Christian Academy, Hawthorne
- Baptist Regional School, Haddon Heights
- Our Lady of Mercy Academy, Franklin Township
- New Jersey United Christian Academy, Upper Freehold Township
- Wildwood Catholic High School, North Wildwood
- Calvary Academy
- The Pilgrim Academy, Galloway Township
- Cumberland Christian School, Vineland
- Immaculata High School, Somerville
- Life Center Academy, Florence
- Eastern Christian High School, North Haledon
- Barnstable Academy, Oakland
- St. John Vianney Regional High School, Holmdel
- Mother Seton Regional High School, Clark
- Paramus Catholic High School, Paramus
- Mater Dei, Middletown
- Koinonia Academy, Plainfield
- Holy Cross High School, Delran
- Holy Spirit High School, Absecon
- Veritas Christian Academy, Sparta
- St. Rose High School, Belmar
- Paul VI High School, Haddon
- Benedictine Academy, Elizabeth
- Bishop George Ahr High School, Edison
- DePaul Catholic High School, Wayne
- Gloucester County Christian School, Richwood
- St. Mary of the Assumption High School, Elizabeth
- St. Mary High School, Rutherford
- Immaculate Conception High School, Montclair
- St. Benedict’s Preparatory School, Newark
- Immaculate Conception High School, Lodi
- Cape Christian Academy, Cape May Court House
- Cardinal McCarrick High School, South Amboy
- Marist High School, Bayonne
- Queen of Peace High School, North Arlington
- Hudson Catholic Regional High School, Jersey City
- Gloucester Catholic High School. Gloucester City
- Roselle Catholic High School, Roselle
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