Best High Schools In South Jersey: See New Rankings By U.S. News

U.S. News has just released its annual ranking of high schools by metro area, and a number of South Jersey high schools are included among the top 200 in the Philadelphia, Ocean City and Atlantic City metro areas.

Separate from the publication's annual ranking of the best high schools in the country — published in April — the best high schools by metro area rankings released on Wednesday analyze how schools compare to each other in the same region.

Read more: US News Best High Schools 2019: Here's How 350 NJ Schools Ranked

The Philadelphia metro statistical area includes parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.

U.S. News says it used the same methodology to compile the metro-area rankings as it did for the national rankings. Metros areas were matched to their corresponding core-based statistical areas as defined by the government. The U.S. Census Bureau says metro areas and micropolitan areas (which have a population of between 10,000 and 50,000) are collectively referred to as core-based statistical areas.

"We've heard from students, parents and school officials that they're interested in seeing how their school compares with others in the community," Robert Morse, chief data strategist at U.S. News, said in a news release. "With these new rankings, residents in more than 900 metro areas nationwide can see which local schools are succeeding at educating and graduating their students."

Here are the South Jersey and Jersey Shore schools that are among the top 200 in the Philadelphia, Ocean City and Atlantic City metro areas, according to U.S. News:

South Jersey (Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties)

Philadelphia Metro Area (Top 200)

• #13 Haddonfield Memorial High School
• #38 Cherry Hill High School East
• #42 Moorestown High School
• #54 Haddon Township High School
• #70 Clearview Regional High School, Mullica Hill
• #82 Eastern Regional High School, Voorhees
• #83 Collingswood High School
• #86 Rancocas Valley Regional High School, Mount Holly
• #88 Lenape High School, Medford
• #96 Gloucester City Jr. Sr. High School
• #99 Shawnee High School, Medford,
• #100 Pitman High School
• #138 West Deptford High School
• #160 Haddon Heights Jr-Sr High School
• #167 Highland Regional High School, Blackwood
• #189 Cherry Hill High School West

Jersey Shore (Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth and Ocean counties)

New York City Metro Area (Top 300)

• #3 High Technology High School, Lincroft
• #13 Biotechnology High School, Freehold
• #39 Marine Academy of Science and Technology, Highlands
• #58 Academy of Allied Health and Science, Neptune
• #68 Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science, Manahawkin
• #110 Communications High School, Wall
• #175 Point Pleasant Beach High School
• #197 Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School
• #246 Matawan Regional High School
• #251 Point Pleasant Boro High School
• #256 Red Bank Regional High School, Little Silver
• #259 Holmdel High School
• #261 Manasquan High School
• #300 Colts Neck High School

Atlantic City Metro Area (Top 11)

1. Mainland Regional High School, Linwood
2. Egg Harbor Township High School
3. Atlantic County Institute of Technology, Mays Landing
4. Hammonton High School
5. Absegami High School, Galloway
6. Cedar Creek High School, Egg Harbor City
7. Charter-Tech High School for the Performing Arts, Somers Point
8. Atlantic City High School
9. Oakcrest High School, Mays Landing
10. Buena Regional High School
11. Pleasantville High School

Ocean City Metro Area (Top 5)

1. Ocean City High School
2. Lower Cape May Regional High School, Cape May
3. Cape May County Technical High School, Cape May Court House
4. Middle Township High School, Cape May Court House
5. Wildwood High School

North Jersey (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Passaic and Warren counties)

New York City Metro Area (Top 300)

• #7 Bergen County Academies, Hackensack
• #12 Dr. Ronald E McNair High School, Jersey City
• #17 Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro
• #47 Chatham High School
• #49 North Star Academy Charter School of Newark
• #56 Millburn High School
• #60 Infinity Institute, Jersey City
• #62 Glen Ridge High School
• #63 Mountain Lakes High School
• #67 Tenafly High School
• #71 Ridgewood High School
• #78 Livingston High School
• #81 Madison High School
• #83 North Hunterdon High School, Annandale
• #86 Science Park High School, Newark
• #95 Ramapo High School, Franklin Lakes
• #99 Leonia High School, Leonia
• #102 Mahwah High School
• #103 Glen Rock High School
• #104 Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale
• #117 Bergenfield High School
• #120 West Morris Mendham High School, Mendham
• #123 Park Ridge High School
• #126 Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School, Garfield
• #128 Ramsey High School
• #139 Verona High School
• #148 High Tech High School, North Bergen
• #149 Randolph High School
• #153 Fair Lawn High School
• #155 Mount Olive High School, Flanders
• #56 Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington
• #159 Voorhees High School, Glen Gardner
• #167 Dumont High School
• #169 Columbia High School, Maplewood
• #173 Morris Hills High School, Rockaway
• #176 Pascack Hills High School, Montvale
• #180 Sparta High School
• #181 Cresskill High School
• #182 West Morris Central High School, Chester
• #187 Fort Lee High School
• #207 Westwood Junior/Senior High School, Township Of Washington
• #208 Parsippany High School
• #209 Montclair High School
• #211 West Caldwell Tech
• #212 Montville Township High School
• #213 Technology High School, Newark
• #215 Paramus High School
• #217 Indian Hills High School, Oakland
• #228 Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering, Rockaway
• #236 Emerson Jr Sr High
• #238 Wayne Valley High School
• #240 Liberty High School, Jersey City
• #250 Weehawken High School
• #253 James Caldwell High School, West Caldwell
• #254 Whippany Park High School
• #257 Midland Park Jr./Sr. High School
• #258 Morris County School of Technology, Denville
• #263 County Prep High School, Jersey City
• #264 Wayne Hills High School, Wayne
• #268 West Orange High School
• #269 Waldwick High School
• #271 North 13th St Tech, Newark
• #276 Henry Hudson Regional School, Highlands
• #280 Rutherford High School
• #285 Pequannock Township High School, Pompton Plains
• #286 New Milford High School
• #292 Hasbrouck Heights High School
• #299 River Dell Regional High School, Oradell

Central Jersey (Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset and Union counties)

New York City Metro Area (Top 300)

• #10 Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies,, Edison
• #15 Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health, Woodbridge
• #20 Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains
• #29 Academy for Information Technology, Scotch Plains
• #38 Elizabeth High School
• #45 Academy for Allied Health Sciences, Scotch Plains
• #55 West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro
• #57 Ridge High School, Basking Ridge
• #64 Summit Senior High School
• #73 Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy, Elizabeth
• #75 Montgomery High School, Skillman
• #89 John P. Stevens High School, Edison
• #93 Union County Tech, Scotch Plains
• #111 Central Jersey College Prep Charter School, Somerset
• #114 Kinnelon High School
• #124 Cranford High School
• #127 Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School
• #130 Bernards High School
• #131 Westfield Senior High School
• #138 New Providence High School
• #146 Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School, Bridgewater
• #151 Highland Park High School
• #165 Metuchen High School
• #174 Marlboro High School, Marlboro
• #200 Hillsborough High School
• #202 Jonathan Dayton High School, Springfield
• #224 South Brunswick High School
• #231 Governor Livingston High School, Berkeley Heights
• #244 South Plainfield High School
• #265 Watchung Hills Regional High School, Warren
• #283 Monroe Township High School
• #291 Spotswood High School
• #296 East Brunswick High School

Trenton Metro Area (Top 14)

1. Princeton High School
2. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South
3. Hopewell Valley Central High School, Pennington
4. Robbinsville High School
5. Lawrence High School
6. Hightstown High School
7. Foundation Academy Charter School, Trenton
8. Academy/Full-Time Programs, Trenton
9. Hamilton East - Steinert, Hamilton
10. Ewing High School, Ewing
11. Hamilton North-Nottingham, Hamilton
12. Hamilton West-Watson, Hamilton
13. Trenton Central High School - Main Campus
14. Daylight/Twilight High School, Trenton