These Are The Top 200 Schools In NJ For 2019, New List Says

Now you can find out if your district has the best schools on any grade level, public and private, in New Jersey. And you can also question why your school doesn't rate better.

Niche.com, which specializes in all different types of rankings, has released a new 2019 list that is a bit different than the usual rankings the company is known for. In this one, Niche has ranked what it says are the top 200 schools in New Jersey, both private and public schools. It includes elementary, middle and high schools all in the same list (see below).

In this list, Niche prefers private schools. The first four out of five spots are all reserved for private schools. The first public school to crack the list is Bergen County Academies in Hackensack at number three. But there are plenty of public schools on this list.

It is important to remember that every school on this top 200 list receives either an A+ or an A for an overall score from Niche.

Niche's methodology is based on an analysis of academic and student-life data from the US Department of Education along with test scores, and feedback from Niche.com users. You can read the methodology by clicking here.

Here are the top 200 schools in New Jersey for 2019:

1. The Lawrenceville School (private 9-12)
2. Newark Academy, Livingston (private 6-12)
3. Bergen County Academies, Hackensack (public, 9-12)
4. The Pingry School, Basking Ridge (private K-12)
5. Peddie School, Hightstown (private, 9-12)
6. High Technology High School, Lincroft (public, 9-12)
7. Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains (public, 9-12)
8. Dwight-Englewood School, Englewood (private, PK, K-12)
9. Delbarton School, Morristown (private, 7-12)
10. OCVTS - Marine Academy of Technology & Environmental Science (MATES), Manahawkin (public, 9-12)
11. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, Jersey City (public, 9-12)
12. Kent Place School, Summit (private, PK, K-12)
13. Rutgers Preparatory School, Somerset (private, PK, K-12)
14. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South (public, 9-12)
15. Blair Academy, Blairstown (private, 9-12)
16. The Hun School of Princeton (private, 6-12)
17. Princeton Day School (private, PK, K-12)
18. Millburn Senior High School (public, 9-12)
19. Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro (public, 9-12)
20. Academy for Allied Health Science, Scotch Plains (public, 9-12)
21. Biotechnology High School, Freehold (public, 9-12)
22. Princeton High School (public 9-12)
23. The Montclair Kimberley Academy (private, PK, K-12)
24. Academy for Information Technology, Scotch Plains (public, 9-12)
25. The Wardlaw + Hartridge School, Edison (private, PK, K-12)
26. Gill St. Bernard's School (private PK, K-12)
27. The Academy for Mathematics, Science & Engineering, Rockaway (public, 9-12)
28. Morristown-Beard School (private, 6-12)
29. The Pennington School (private, 6-12)
30. Moorestown Friends School (private, PK, K-12)
31. Ranney School, Tinton Falls (private, PK, K-12)
32. Academy of Allied Health & Science, Neptune (public, 9-12)
33. Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child - Upper School, Summit (private, 7-12)
34. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North (public, 9-12)
35. Stuart Country Day School, Princeton (private, PK, K-12)
36. Livingston Senior High School (public, 9-12)
37. Chatham High School (public, 9-12)
38. Montgomery High School (public, 9-12)
39. Villa Walsh Academy, Morristown (private, 7-12)
40. Marine Academy of Science & Technology, Highlands (public, 9-12)
41. Tenafly High School (public, 9-12)
42. Ridge High School, Bernards Township (public, 9-12)
43. Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale (public, 9-12)
44. J.P. Stevens High School, Edison (public, 9-12)
45. Seton Hall Preparatory School, West Orange (private, 9-12)
46. Princeton Charter School (public, K-8)
47. Summit Senior High School (public, 9-12)
48. Bergen Catholic High School, Oradell (private, 9-12)
49. Oratory Preparatory School, Summit (private, 7-12)
50. Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics, & Engineering Technologies, Edison (public, 9-12)
51. Ridgewood High School (public, 9-12)
52. Morris County School of Technology, Denville (public, 9-12)
53. Haddonfield Memorial High School (public, 9-12)
54. Academy of the Holy Angels, Demarest (private, 9-12)
55. Communications High School, Wall (public, 9-12)
56. Glen Ridge High School (public, 7-12)
57. South Brunswick High School (public, 9-12)
58. Littlebrook Elementary School, Princeton (public, PK, K-5)
59. Bernards High School (public, 9-12)
60. Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary School, Summit (public, 1-5)
61. Golda Och Academy, West Orange (private, PK, K-12)
62. Mountain Lakes High School (public, 9-12)
63. Deerfield Elementary School, Millburn (public, K-5)
64. The Hudson School, Hoboken (private, 5-12)
65. Pioneer Academy, Wayne (private, PK, K-12)
66. Glenwood Elementary School, Millburn (public, K-5)
67. Fair Lawn High School (public, 9-12)
68. Westfield Senior High School (public, 9-12)
69. Hartshorn Elementary School, Millburn (public, K-5)
70. Millburn Middle School (public, 6-8)
71. Wandell School, Saddle River (public, PK, K-5)
72. Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing (private, 6-12)
73. The Frisch School, Paramus (private, 9-12)
74. Wyoming Elementary School, Millburn (public, K-5)
75. Union County Vocational-Technical High School, Scotch Plains (public, 9-12)
76. Montclair High School (public, 9-12)
77. Mount Prospect Elementary School, Bernards Township (public, PK, K-5)
78. High Tech High School, North Bergen (public, 9-12)
79. Essex Fells School (public, PK, K-6)
80. Northern Valley Regional High School Demarest (public, 9-12)
81. Franklin Elementary School, Summit (public, 1-5)
82. Thomas R. Grover Middle School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (public, 6-8)
83. Mount Saint Mary Academy, Watchung (private, 9-12)
84. J. Witherspoon Middle School, Princeton (public, 6-8)
85. Wildwood Elementary School, Mountain Lakes (public, K-5)
86. Harrison Elementary School, Livingston (publkic, K-5)
87. Alpine Elementary School (public, K-8)
88. Riverside Elementary School, Princeton (public, PK, K-5)
89. Johnson Park Elementary School, Princeton (public, PK, K-5)
90. Noor-Ul-Iman School, Monmouth Junction (private, PK, K-12)
91. Community Middle School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (public, 6-8)
92. Northern Valley Regional High School - Old Tappan (public, 9-12)
93. Riker Hill Elementary School, Livingston (public, K-5)
94. Washington Elementary School, Summit (public, 1-5)
95. East Brunswick High School (public, 10-12)
96. South Mountain School, Millburn (public, PK, K-5)
97. Science Park High School, Newark (public, 7-12)
98. Village Elementary School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (public, PK, 4-5)
99. Moorestown High School (public, 9-12)
100. Dutch Neck Elementary School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (public, K-3)
101. Millstone River School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (public, 3-5)
102. Highland Park High School (public, 9-12)
103. Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health & Biomedical Sciences, Woodbridge (public, 8-12)
104. West Morris Mendham High School (public, 9-12)
105. Travell Elementary School, Ridgewood (public, K-5)
106. Governor Livingston High School, Berkeley Heights (public, 9-12)
107. Saddle River Day School, Saddle River (public, PK, K-12)
108. Maurice Hawk Elementary School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (public, K-3)
109. Briarcliff Middle School, Mountain Lakes School District, (public, 6-8)
110. Mount Pleasant Middle School, Livingston (public)
111. Harding Township School (public, PK, K-8)
112. Roosevelt Public School (public, PK, K-6)
113. John V.B. Wicoff Elementary School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (public, K-3)
114. Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton (public, 6-8)
115. Mahwah High School (public, 9-12)
116. Ramapo High School (public, 9-12)
117. Watchung Hills Regional High School, Warren (public, 9-12)
118. St. Peter's Preparatory School, Jersey City (private, 9-12)
119. Hawes Elementary School, Ridgewood (public, K-5)
120. Lyncrest Elementary School, Fair Lawn School District (public, K-5)
121. Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft (private, 9-12)
122. William Annin Middle School, Bernards Township (public, 6-8)
123. Milton Avenue School, Chatham (public, PK, K-3)
124. Mt. Pleasant Elementary School, Livingston (public, K-5)
125. Orchard Elementary School, Ridgewood (public, K-5)
126. Bridgewater-Raritan High School (public, 9-12)
127. Sea Girt Elementary School (public, PK, K-8)
128. Stony Brook Elementary School, Hopewell Valley Regional School District (public, K-5)
129. Ridge Elementary School, Ridgewood (public, K-5)
130. H.W. Mountz Elementary School, Spring Lake (public, PK, K-8)
131. Henry B. Milnes Elementary School, Fair Lawn (public, K-5)
132. Ralph S. Maugham Elementary School, Tenafly (public, K-5)
133. J. Spencer Smith Elementary School, Tenafly (public, K-5)
134. Leonia High School, Leonia (public)
135. St. Joseph High School, Metuchen (private, 9-12)
136. Hillsborough High School (public, 9-12)
137. Hopewell Valley Central High School (public, 9-12)
138. Pascack Hills High School (public, 9-12)
139. Holmdel High School (public, 9-12)
140. Somerville Elementary School, Ridgewood (public, K-5)
141. Walter Stillman Elementary School, Tenafly (public, PK, K-5)
142. The Cranbury School (public, PK, K-8)
143. Academy for Performing Arts, Scotch Plains (public, 9-12)
144. Mackay School, Tenafly (public, K-5)
145. Darul Arqam School, South River (public, PK, K-12)
146. Doane Academy, Burlington (public, PK, K-12)
147. Ridgewood Avenue School (public, 3-6)
148. George C. Baker Elementary School, Moorestown (public, PK, K-3)
149. George Washington Middle School, Ridgewood (public, 6-8)
150. Burnet Hill Elementary School, Livingston (public, PK, K-5)
151. Edith A. Bogert Elementary School, Upper Saddle River (public, 3-5)
152. Sunnymead Elementary School, Hillsborough (public, K-4)
153. Collins Elementary School, Livingston (public, K-5)
154. Town Center Elementary School at Plainsboro (public, PK, K-2)
155. Monmouth Junction Elementary School, South Brunswick (public, PK, K-5)
156. Cedar Hill School, Bernards Township (public, K-5)
157. The Wilberforce School, Princeton Junction (private, PK, K-12)
158. Warnsdorfer Elementary School, East Brunswick (public, PK, K-5)
159. Warren Point Elementary School, Fair Lawn (public, K-5)
160. William H. Ross III Intermediate School, Margate (public, PK, K-4)
161. Tenafly Middle School (public, 6-8)
162. Immaculate Heart Academy, Washington (private, 9-12)
163. Hillside Elementary School, Livingston (public, K-5)
164. Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington (public, 9-12)
165. Toll Gate Grammar School, Hopewell Valley Regional School District (public, K-5)
166. Woods Road Elementary School, Hillsborough (public, K-4)
167. Washington Avenue School, Chatham (public, PK, K-3)
168. Luther Lee Emerson School, Demarest (public, 2-4)
169. Southern Boulevard School, Chatham (public, PK, K-3)
170. Bishop Eustace Preparatory School, Pennsauken (private, 9-12)
171. Grandview Elementary School, North Caldwell (public, PK, K-3)
172. Cherry Hill High School East (public, 9-12)
173. Jefferson Elementary School, Westfield (public, 1-5)
174. Mendham Township Elementary School (public, PK, K-4)
175. Robert Frost Elementary School, East Brunswick (public, PK, K-5)
176. Elizabeth Haddon Elementary School, Haddonfield (public, PK, K-5)
177. Emil A. Cavallini Middle School, Upper Saddle River (public, 6-8)
178. Jefferson Elementary School, Summit (public, 1-5)
179. Eastern Regional High School, Voorhees (public, 9-12)
180. Stone Harbor Elementary School (public, K-4)
181. Wilson Elementary School, Westfield (public, 1-5)
182. Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School (public, 9-12)
183. Lafayette Avenus School, Chathams (public, 4-5)
184. Demarest Middle School (public, 5-8)
185. Oak Street Elementary School, Bernards Township (public, K-5)
186. Central Elementary School, Haddonfield (public, PK, K-5)
187. Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison (public, 6-8)
188. Betsy Ross Elementary School, Mahwah (public, K-3)
189. Mendham Township Middle School (public, 5-8)
190. Watchung School, Montclair (public, K-5)
191. West Essex High School (public, 9-12)
192. Franklin Elementary School, Westfield (public, 1-5)
193. Brooks Crossing Elementary School, South Brunswick (public, K-5)
194. Westmoreland Elementary School, Fair Lawn (public, PK, K-5)
195. Tinc Road School, Mount Olive (public, K-5)
196. Willard Elementary School, Ridgewood (public, K-5)
197. Ho-Ho-Kus Public School (public, PK, K-8)
198. L.C. Johnson Summit Middle School, Summit (public, 6-8)
199. Glen Rock High School (public, 9-12)
200. Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School (public, 9-12)

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