3 Somerset County High Schools Rank Among Top In NJ: U.S. News And World Report

SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — A total of 3 Somerset County high schools were ranked among the top in New Jersey by U.S. News And World Report, which released it 2017 annual list of the best public high schools in the country on Tuesday and ranked the schools on a national and a state level.

Here is the list of Somerset County schools and how they ranked in NJ and nationally:

• Ridge High School, Basking Ridge (#15 in New Jersey, #318 in National Rankings)
• Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School, Bridgewater (#48 in New Jersey, #1052 in National Rankings)
• Central Jersey College Prep Charter School, Somerset (#50 in New Jersey, #1186 in National Rankings)

See the whole list here.

The 2017 rankings of best high schools identify the top-performing public schools at both the national and the state level and include data on more than 20,000 high schools. To be considered among the best, high schools had to pass a rigorous four-step process that sought to determine whether a school was serving all of its students and not just those who are college bound.

A total of 6,041 schools were ranked, 500 schools receiving gold medals, 2,109 schools receiving silver medals and the remaining 3,432 schools received bronze medals. Schools that received bronze medals passed the first three steps but were not ranked numerically in the national rankings.

The state rankings were based on whether a high school received a gold, silver or a bronze medal and had a CRI value of 10 or higher. Previously, only gold and silver medal winners were ranked numerically on the state level.

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