New Jersey's Best Private Schools: Top 100 For 2017

New Jersey has some of the top private schools in the nation — and many more are considered among the best in the state, according to an education website's recently released 2017 Best Private High Schools in America.

Niche.com has come out with its 2017 rankings of the top 100 private schools in America, as well as the top 100 private schools in New Jersey. Six New Jersey schools made the list of the 100 best private schools in the United States (see list below).

Many private schools may not have to worry about the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, which came out with its ratings last week.

Read more: PARCC Results: 371 N.J. High Schools, From Best To Worst

But there are evaluators such as Niche.com that pay attention to the performance of private school students on college board tests and other standards and provide guidance to parents looking for the best education for their children.

The rankings are "based on rigorous analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of Niche users," according to Niche.com. (Still skeptical? You can pick apart the site's full methodology here.)

Here are the New Jersey private schools that made the list: (The numbers in parentheses are where the schools that ranked among the top 100 in America finished):

1. The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville (3rd best in America)
2. Newark Academy, Livingston (49th best in America)
3. The Pingry School, Martinsville (55th in America)
4. Peddie School, Hightstown (64th in America)
5. Delbarton School, Morristown (82nd best in America)
6. Princeton Day School, Princeton (89th best in America)
7. The Montclair Kimberley Academy, Montclair
8. Dwight-Englewood School, Englewood
9. Collegiate School, Passaic
10. Kent Place School, Summit
11. Blair Academy, Blairstown
12. Rutgers Preparatory School, Somerset
13. The Hun School of Princeton, Princeton
14. Stuart Country Day School, Princeton
15. Gill St. Bernard's School, Gladstone
16. Ranney School, Tinton Falls
17. The Pennington School, Pennington
18. Villa Walsh Academy, Morristown
19. The Hudson School, Hoboken
20. Wardlaw-Hartridge School, Edison
21. Moorestown Friends School, Moorestown
22. Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, Summit
23. Oratory Preparatory School, Summit
24. Academy of the Holy Angels, Demarest
25. The Morristown-Beard School, Morristown
26. The Frisch School, Paramus
27. Golda Och Academy, West Orange
28. Doane Academy, Burlington
29. Seton Hall Preparatory School, West Orange
30. Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing
31. Mount Saint Mary Academy, Watchung
32. Pioneer Academy of Science, Wayne
33. Saddle River Day School, Saddle River
34. Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft
35. Bergen Catholic High School, Oradell
36. Noor-Ul-Iman School, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick
37. Al-Ghazaly High School, Teaneck
38. St. Peter's Preparatory School, Jersey City
39. St. Joseph High School, Metuchen
40. Torah Academy of Bergen County, Teaneck
41. Maayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls, Teaneck
42. Bishop Eustace Preparatory School, Pennsauken
43. Hillel Yeshiva School, Ocean
44. Don Bosco Prep High School, Ramsey
45. Trinity Christian School, Montville
46. Immaculate Heart Academy, Washington Township
47. Academy of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown
48. Lacordaire Academy Secondary School, Upper Montclair
49. Morris Catholic High School, Denville
50. New Jersey United Christian Academy, Cream Ridge
51. Union Catholic Regional High School, Scotch Plains
52. St. Augustine Preparatory School, Richland
53. Eastern Christian High School, North Haledon
54. Hawthorne Christian Academy, Hawthorne
55. Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy, Elizabeth
56. Barnstable Academy, Oakland
57. Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville
58. Mount St. Dominic Academy, Caldwell
59. Pope John XXIII High School, Sparta
60. Immaculata High School, Somerville
61. Red Bank Catholic High School, Red Bank
62. Hackensack Christian Schools, Hackensack
63. Baptist Regional School, Haddon Heights
64. Sacred Heart High School, Vineland
65. St. Joseph Regional High School, Montvale
66. Bruriah High School for Girls, Elizabeth
67. Timothy Christian School, Piscataway
68. Purnell School, Pottersville
69. Paramus Catholic High School, Paramus
70. The Pilgrim Academy, Egg Harbor City
71. Salem County Christian Academy, Pennsville
72. Koinonia Academy, Plainfield
73. Bishop George Ahr High School, Edison
74. St. John Vianney Regional High School, Holmdel
75. Our Lady of Mercy Academy, Newfield
76. Camden Catholic High School, Cherry Hill
77. Abundant Life Academy, Nutley
78. Cumberland Christian School, Vineland
79. Gloucester County Christian School, Sewell
80. Life Center Academy, Burlington
81. Calvary Academy, Lakewood
82. Atlantic Christian School, Egg Harbor Township
83. Wildwood Catholic High School, North Wildwood
84. St. Rose High School, Belmar
85. Mater Dei, New Monmouth
86. Mother Seton Regional High School, Clark
87. Holy Spirit High School, Absecon
88. DePaul Catholic High School, Wayne
89. Veritas Christian Academy, Sparta
90. Holy Cross High School, Delran
91. Benedictine Academy, Elizabeth
92. St. Mary High School, Rutherford
93. Paul VI High School, Haddonfield
94. Queen of Peace High School, North Arlington
95. St. Dominic Academy, Jersey City
96. St. Mary of the Assumption High School, Elizabeth
97. Immaculate Conception High School, Lodi
98. Marist High School, Bayonne
99. St. Patrick High School & Academy, Elizabeth
100. St. Joseph Regional High School, Hammonton

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