247 Top New Jersey High Schools In 2017-18

As the 2017-18 school year kicks off, parents and students heading to their first day of school maybe eager to see how their schools stack up against others.

Now's a good time to find out how your local high schools stack up against others — especially if you're getting ready to send your children to school for the very first time.

Niche.com has released its annual rankings of the best high schools in the country. (see list of the top 247 schools in New Jersey below).

Earlier this week, we told you where the state's best elementary schools were, according to one ranking. (Click here to view the best elementary schools, according to Niche.com). We also gave you the list of the top districts.

Read more: New Ranking Of New Jersey's Best School Districts Released

To arrive at these rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from Niche users. The methodology for each category of ranking varied

(Click here for more information on how Niche calculates its rankings.)

Niche assigns a standardized score for each factor, which is then weighted before an overall score is calculated for each school district. The overall scores are again standardized and some districts are disqualified from receiving a final letter grade if there isn’t enough data. School districts are then ranked numerically and assigned grades.

According to Niche, these are the 247 best high schools in New Jersey (top 100 nationally are in parenthesis):

1. Bergen County Academies, Hackensack (11th nationally)
2. Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro, Teterboro (16th nationally)
3. Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains (21st nationally)
4. High Technology High School, Lincroft (25th nationally)
5. Academy for Allied Health Science, Scotch Plains (26th nationally)
6. Princeton High School, Princeton Public Schools (31st nationally)
7. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, Jersey City Public Schools (35th nationally)
8. Biotechnology High School, Freehold (39th nationally)
9. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (54th nationally)
10. Academy for Information Technology, Scotch Plains (58th nationally)
11. OCVTS - Marine Academy of Technology & Environmental Science (MATES), Manahawkin (59th nationally)
12. Millburn Senior High School, Millburn Township Schools (68th nationally)
13. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
14. Academy of Allied Health & Science, Neptune
15. Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale
16. Montgomery High School, Montgomery Township School District
17. High Tech High School, North Bergen
18. The Academy for Mathematics, Science & Engineering, Rockaway
19. Livingston Senior High School, Livingston Public Schools
20. Tenafly High School, Tenafly Public Schools
21. Summit Senior High School, Summit Public Schools
22. Ridge High School, Bernards Township School District
23. J.P. Stevens High School, Edison Township Public Schools
24. Chatham High School, The School District of the Chathams
25. Union County Vocational-Technical High School, Scotch Plains
26. Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood Public Schools
27. Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics, & Engineering Technologies, Edison
28. Marine Academy of Science & Technology, Highlands
29. Montclair High School, Montclair Public Schools
30. Glen Ridge High School, Glen Ridge Public Schools
31. Bernards High School, Somerset Hills Regional School District
32. Morris County School of Technology, Denville
33. Moorestown High School, Moorestown Township Public School District
34. Highland Park High School, Highland Park Board of Education
35. Communications High School, Wall
36. Northern Valley Regional High School Demarest, Northern Valley Regional High School District
37. Hopewell Valley Central High School, Hopewell Valley Regional School District
38. Ramapo High School, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District
39. East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick Public Schools
40. Haddonfield Memorial High School, Haddonfield Public Schools
41. South Brunswick High School, South Brunswick Public Schools
42. Science Park High School, The Newark Public Schools
43. West Morris Mendham High School, West Morris Regional High School District
44. Watchung Hills Regional High School, Warren
45. Mountain Lakes High School, Mountain Lakes School District
46. Pascack Hills High School, Pascack Valley Regional High School District
47. Holmdel High School, Holmdel Township School District
48. Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health & Biomedical Sciences, Woodbridge
49. West Morris Central High School, West Morris Regional High School District
50. Westfield Senior High School, Westfield Public Schools
51. Fair Lawn High School, Fair Lawn School District
52. Morristown High School, Morris School District
53. Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington
54. Governor Livingston High School, Berkeley Heights Public Schools
55. Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
56. Robbinsville High School, Robbinsville Public Schools
57. Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill Public Schools
58. New Providence High School, New Providence School District
59. Cresskill High School, Cresskill Public School District
60. Leonia High School. Leonia Public Schools
61. Parsippany High School, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Schools
62. West Essex High School, West Essex Regional School District
63. River Dell Regional High School, River Dell Regional School District
64. Northern Valley Regional High School - Old Tappan, Northern Valley Regional High School District
65. Parsippany Hills High School, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Schools
66. Mahwah High School, Mahwah Township Public Schools
67. Hillsborough High School, Hillsborough Township Public School District
68. Metuchen High School, Metuchen Public Schools
69. Bridgewater-Raritan High School, Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
70. Roxbury High School, Roxbury Township Public Schools, North Hunterdon High School
71. North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District
72. John F. Kennedy Memorial High School, Woodbridge Township School District
73. Glen Rock High School, Glen Rock Board of Education
74. Colts Neck High School, Freehold Regional High School District
75. Paramus High School, Paramus Public Schools
76. Randolph High School, Randolph Township Schools
77. Morris Hills High School, Morris Hills Regional School District
78. Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School, Rumson
79. Pascack Valley High School, Pascack Valley Regional High School District
80. Red Bank Regional High School, Little Silver
81. Columbia High School, South Orange-Maplewood School District
82. Cranford High School, Cranford Public School District
83. Lenape High School, Lenape Regional High School District
84. Eastern Regional High School, Voorhees
85. Marlboro High School, Freehold Regional High School District
86. Pompton Lakes High School, Pompton Lakes School District
87. Madison High School, Madison Public Schools
88. Hightstown High School, East Windsor Regional School District
89. Park Ridge High School, Park Ridge Public Schools
90. Cherokee High School, Lenape Regional High School District
91. Voorhees High School, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District
92. Allentown High School, Upper Freehold Regional School District
93. Hanover Park High School, Hanover Park Regional High School District
94. Bergen Arts & Sciences Charter School, Garfield
95. Montville Township High School, Montville Township School District
96. Somerset County Vocational Tech High School, Bridgewater
97. Verona High School, Verona Public Schools
98. Mainland Regional High School, Linwood
99. Wayne Hills High School, Wayne Township Public Schools
100. Jonathan Dayton High School, Springfield Public Schools
101. Indian Hills High School, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District
102. Freehold Borough High School, Freehold Regional High School District
103. Mercer County Technical Schools - Assunpink Center, Trenton
104. Central Jersey College Prep Charter School, Somerset
105. Academy for Performing Arts, Scotch Plains
106. Point Pleasant Beach High School, Point Pleasant Beach Board of Education
107. Bergenfield High School, Bergenfield Borough School District
108. Piscataway Township High School, Piscataway Township Schools
109. Morris Knolls High School, Morris Hills Regional School District
110. Ramsey High School, Ramsey Public Schools
111. Freehold Township High School, Freehold Regional High School District
112. Edison High School, Edison Township Public Schools
113. Palisades Park Junior/Senior High School, Palisades Park Board of Education
114. Matawan Regional High School, Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District
115. County Prep High School, Jersey City
116. New Milford High School, New Milford School District
117. Fort Lee High School, Fort Lee Public Schools
118. Old Bridge High School, Old Bridge Township School District
119. Shawnee High School, Lenape Regional High School District
120. Egg Harbor Township High School, Egg Harbor Township School District
121. Cinnaminson High School, Cinnaminson Township Public Schools
122. James Caldwell High School, Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools
123. Rutherford High School, Rutherford Public Schools,
124. Lawrence High School, Lawrence Township Public Schools
125. Kinnelon High School, Kinnelon Board of Education
126. Whippany Park High School, Hanover Park Regional High School District
127. Passaic County Technical Institute, Wayne
128. Westwood Junior/Senior High School, Westwood Regional School District
129. Seneca High School, Lenape Regional High School District
130. Infinity Institute, Jersey City Public Schools
131. North Brunswick Township High School, North Brunswick Township Public Schools
132. Midland Park Jr./Sr. High School, Midland Park Public Schools
133. North Star Academy Charter Schools of Newark, Newark
134. Middletown High School South, Middletown Township Public Schools
135. Rancocas Valley Regional High School, Rancocas Valley Regional High School District
136. Dumont High School, Dumont Board of Education
137. Weehawken High School, Weehawken Board of Education
138. Elizabeth High School, Elizabeth Public Schools
139. Gloucester County Institute of Technology, Sewell
140. Monroe Township High School, Monroe Township School District
141. Washington Township High School, Washington Township Public Schools
142. West Orange High School, West Orange Public Schools
143. Hasbrouck Heights High School, Hasbrouck Heights Board of Education
144. Secaucus High School, Secaucus Board of Education
145. Waldwick High School, Waldwick School District
146. Cedar Grove High School, Cedar Grove Township School District
147. Kingsway Regional High School, Kingsway Regional School District
148. Clearview Regional High School, Clearview Regional High School District
149. Wayne Valley High School, Wayne Township Public Schools
150. Delsea Regional High School, Delsea Regional High School District
151. Cedar Creek High School, Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District
152. Jackson Memorial High School, Jackson Township School District
153. Northern Burlington County Regional High School, Northern Burlington County Regional School District
154. Somerville High School, Somerville Public Schools
155. School of Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics, Paterson Public Schools
156. Emerson Junior/Senior High School, Emerson Public Schools
157. Southern Regional High School, Southern Regional School District
158. Woodstown High School, Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District
159. Howell High School, Freehold Regional High School District
160. Delaware Valley Regional High School, Flemington
161. Hammonton High School, Hammonton School District
162. Technology High School, The Newark Public Schools
163. Atlantic County Institute of Technology, Atlantic County Vocational School District
164. Ridgefield Park Junior/Senior High School, Ridgefield Park School District
165. Haddon Township High School, Haddon Township School District
166. Henry Hudson Regional School, Highlands
167. Manalapan High School, Freehold Regional High School District
168. Sparta High School, Sparta Township Public Schools
169. Mount Olive High School, Mount Olive Township School District
170. Absegami High School, Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District
171. Teaneck Senior High School, Teaneck School District
172. Hackensack High School, Hackensack School District
173. Audubon Junior/Senior High School, Audubon Public Schools
174. Middletown High School North, Middletown Township Public Schools
175. Sayreville War Memorial High School, Sayreville Public Schools
176. Cherry Hill High School West, Cherry Hill Public Schools
177. Roselle Park High School, Roselle Park Board of Education
178. Delran High School, Delran Township School District
179. Spotswood High School, Spotswood Public Schools
180. Colonia High School, Woodbridge Township School District
181. Pequannock Township High School, Pequannock Township School District
182. Ridgefield Memorial High School, Ridgefield Public Schools
183. Wall High School, Wall Township Public Schools
184. Butler High School, Butler Public Schools
185. Collingswood High School, Collingswood Public Schools
186. Ocean City High School, Ocean City School District
187. Wallkill Valley Regional High School, Hardyston Township
188. Manasquan High School, Manasquan School District
189. Franklin High School, Franklin Township Public Schools
190. Bard Early College High School, The Newark Public Schools
191. Bloomfield High School, Bloomfield Board of Education
192. Hackettstown High School, Hackettstown Public Schools
193. S.T.A.R.S. Academy, Paterson Public Schools
194. Newton High School, Newton Public Schools
195. Middlesex High School, Middlesex Borough Public Schools
196. Toms River High School East, Toms River Regional School District
197. South River High School, South River Public Schools
198. Point Pleasant Boro High School, Point Pleasant Borough Board of Education
199. West Deptford High School, West Deptford Township Public Schools
200. Henry P. Becton Regional High School, E Rutherford
201. North Warren Regional High School, Blairstown
202. Woodbridge High School, Woodbridge Township School District
203. Middle Township High School, Middle Township Public Schools
204. Phillipsburg High School, Phillipsburg School District
205. Burlington Township High School, Burlington Township Board of Education
206. Lyndhurst High School, Lyndhurst School District
207. Monmouth Regional High School, Tinton Falls
208. Woodbury Junior/Senior High School, Woodbury City Public School District
209. Ocean Township High School, Ocean Township School District (Oakhurst)
210. Kittatinny Regional High School, Newton
211. David Brearley Middle/High School, Kenilworth Public Schools
212. Atlantic City High School, Atlantic City Public Schools
213. Lakeland Regional High School, Wanaque
214. Burlington County Institute of Technology - Westampton Campus, Westampton Twp
215. Haddon Heights Junior/Senior High School, Haddon Heights Public Schools
216. High Point Regional High School, Sussex
217. Nottingham High School - North, Hamilton Township School District (Hamilton)
218. East Orange Campus High School, East Orange School District
219. Oakcrest High School, Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District
220. Passaic Valley Regional High School, Little Falls
221. Millville Senior High School, Millville Board of Education
222. Hoboken Charter School, Hoboken
223. Toms River High School North, Toms River Regional School District
224. Hamilton West High School, Hamilton Township School District (Hamilton)
225. Dover High School, Dover Public School District
226. Timber Creek Regional High School, Black Horse Pike Regional School District
227. South Hunterdon Regional High School, South Hunterdon Regional School District
228. Vernon Township High School, Vernon Township School District
229. Jefferson Township High School, Jefferson Township School District
230. Shore Regional High School, West Long Branch
231. Arthur L. Johnson High School, Clark Township Public Schools
232. Union Senior High School, Union Township School District (Union)
233. Bloomfield Technical School, Bloomfield
234. Dwight Morrow High School/Academies at Englewood, Englewood Public School District
235. Academy of Law & Public Safety, Long Branch
236. Plainfield Academy for the Arts & Advanced Studies (PAAAS), Plainfield Public Schools
237. Clayton High School, Clayton Public Schools
238. Union City High School, Union City School District
239. TEAM Academy Charter School, Newark
240. Bordentown Regional High School, Bordentown Regional School District
241. Glassboro High School, Glassboro Public Schools
242. Wood-Ridge Junior/Senior High School, Wood-Ridge Board of Education
243. Warren Hills Regional High School, Warren Hills Regional School District
244. Steinert High School - East, Hamilton Township School District (Hamilton)
245. Boonton High School, Boonton Town School District
246. Hawthorne High School, Hawthorne Board of Education
247. Arthur P. Schalick High School, Pittsgrove Township Board of Education

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