Clark Among Safest School Districts In New Jersey

CLARK, NJ — Clark Township Public Schools was ranked among the safest schools in New Jersey. The district ranked 52th in Niche.com's list.

The rankings were based on student and parent ratings of health and safety, area crime rates, and rates for expulsion, suspension, and school related arrests. Read more on how this ranking was calculated.

Along with the district's A+ ranking for Health & Safety, it also did not report any incidents involving weapons in 2016-17.

Many other districts, ironically, appeared on Patch's Monday list of 578 schools that had incidents involving weapons in 2016-17.

Read more: Weapons Found In These 578 NJ Schools During 2016-17 Year

East Brunswick was No. 2 and No. 9 nationally. Just this past week, East Brunswick High School student was arrested after allegedly making a terroristic threat in an online post, school officials said. The district also plans to place armed police officers at each school building in response to the Florida shootings.

The rankings were based on student and parent ratings of health and safety, area crime rates, and rates for expulsion, suspension, and school related arrests. Read more on how this ranking was calculated.

Read the complete list here.

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