Brick's High Schools Rise In Bi-Annual NJ Monthy School Rankings

Brick Memorial High School and Brick Township High School both rose significantly in the bi-annual rankings of 339 high schools in New Jersey Monthly magazine released this month.

A release from the Brick Township School District cited the improvements as impressive. Brick Memorial, which ranked 269th in 2012, rose to 188 in the 2014 rankings, while Brick Township High School rose from 261 in 2012 to 206 this year, an improvement of 55 spots.

The entire list of schools, in alphabetical order, can be found here.

The rankings are compiled by Leflein Associates, an independent research company in Ringwood, New Jersey, and are based on data for the 2012-2013 school year reported by the schools to the New Jersey Department of Education, according to a news release from the magazine. Among the factors taken into consideration are student/teacher ratio; student results on the SAT, HSPA and AP or IB tests; and graduation rates.

In keeping with changes in data provided by the Department of Education, this year’s rankings include two new factors. The SAT performance score for each school is based on the percentage of students scoring 1,550 or better on the annual tests, a benchmark the DOE says is “associated with a high likelihood of college success.” Also, the Student Outcomes score includes “post-secondary enrollment,” a calculation of the percentage of students enrolled in a two- or four-year college at least 16 months after high school graduation.

“We specifically added these new data points to our scoring system to help identify the high schools that are doing the best job in preparing their students for success at the college level,” says New Jersey Monthly editor Ken Schlager.

More information can be found in the New Jersey Monthly Education 2014 report here.