U.S. News Ranks Top High Schools In New Jersey, Nation

Perhaps the most respected of publications that surveys the top high schools in the nation came out with its 2016 list this week.

U.S. News evaluated more than 28,000 schools to determine the top public high schools nationally, and in all 50 states and the District of Columbia (see list below).

All schools in the 2016 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings have graduating students who get exposure to college-level work by passing at least one AP or IB exam, according to the publication.

U.S. News also looked at the following criteria:

• Overall student performance on state-required tests;
• How effectively schools educated their disadvantaged students – those of black, Hispanic and low-income backgrounds;
• High school graduation rates (new this year);
• How well they prepared students for college based on participation in and performance on AP and IB exams.

Read the full methodology here.

Here is the list of top schools in New Jersey - schools in the top 200 nationally were so noted:

1. High Technology High School, Middletown (11th nationally)
2. Biotechnology High School, Freehold (14th nationally)
3. Dr. Ronald E McNair High School, Jersey City (48th nationally)
4. Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro (61st nationally)
5. Bergen County Academies, Hackensack (92nd nationally)
6. Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains (134th nationally)
7. Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, Edison (167th nationally)
8. Elizabeth High School, Elizabeth (183rd nationally)
9. Academy of Allied Health and Science, Neptune (189th nationally)
10. Princeton High School, Princeton (192nd nationally)
11. Rumson-​Fair Haven Regional High School, Rumson
12. Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health, Woodbridge
13. Tenafly High School, Tenafly
14. Glen Rock High School, Glen Rock
15. Haddonfield Memorial High School, Haddonfield
16. Chatham High School, Chatham
17. North Star Academy Charter School of Newark, Newark
18. Bernards High School, Bernardsville
19. Summit Senior High School, Summit
20. Science Park High School, Newark
21. Ridge High School, Basking Ridge
22. West Windsor-​Plainsboro High School North90 Grovers Mill RdPlainsboro
23. Montgomery High School, Skillman
24. Millburn High School, Millburn
25. Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood
26. Glen Ridge High School, Glen Ridge
27. West Windsor-​Plainsboro High School South, West Windsor
28. Academy for Information Technology, Scotch Plains
29. Livingston High School, Livingston
30. Academy for Allied Health Sciences, Scotch Plains
31. Cresskill High School, Cresskill
32. Mahwah High, Mahwah
33. Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy, Elizabeth
34. Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale
35. Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest, Demarest
36. Mountain Lakes High School, Mountain Lakes
37. Madison High School, Madison
38. Bergenfield High School, Bergenfield
39. North Hunterdon High School, Annandale
40. Park Ridge High School, Park Ridge
41. John P. Stevens High School, Edison
42. Marine Academy of Science and Technology, Highlands
43. Hopewell Valley Central High School, Pennington
44. West Morris Central High School, Chester
45. Moorestown High School, Moorestown
46. Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill
47. East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick
48. Montclair High School, Montclair
49. Dover High School, Dover
50. High Tech High School, North Bergen
51. Randolph High School, Randolph
52. Union County Tech, Scotch Plains
53. West Morris Mendham High School, Mendham
54. Hillsborough High School, Hillsborough
55. Fort Lee High School, Fort Lee
56. Weehawken High School, Weehawken
57. Red Bank Regional High School, Little Silver
58. John F. Kennedy Memorial High School, Woodbridge
59. Edison High School, Edison
60. Communications High School, Wall
61. Freehold Borough High School, Freehold
62. Technology High School, Newark
63. Woodbridge High School, Woodbridge
64. Absegami High School,Galloway
65. Central Jersey College Prep Charter School, Somerset
66. Arts High School, Newark
67. American History High School, Newark