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

UPDATE: US News & World Report released its annual list of best high schools in the country. See how 350 New Jersey schools ranked.

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Forty-four New Jersey schools ranked among America's 1,000 best in America, according to US News & World Report's 2019 rankings of best high schools in the country. The publication ranked the state's top 350 and showed where they landed among more than 20,500 public high schools in the United States.

The highest ranked New Jersey school on the list was 39th (see full list below).

That school, High Technology High School in Lincroft, was also at the top of last year's New Jersey list, although it did drop 17 places nationally. Read more: NJ Has 103 Of America's Best High Schools In 2018, US News Says

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U.S. News & World Report, which released its 2019 best high school rankings on Tuesday, is the gold standard for education rankings and is widely considered the global authority. Anita Narayan, managing editor of education at US News, said the aim of the rankings is to give families more information about the schools in their district.

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“By evaluating more schools than ever before, the new edition expands that focus so all communities can see which schools in their area are successfully serving their students — including historically underserved populations,” Narayan said in a news release.

The factors considered in compiling the list include college readiness; reading and math proficiency; reading and math performance; underserved student performance; college curriculum breadth; and graduation rates. College readiness measures participation and performance on advanced placement and international baccalaureate exams.

The data also take into account school enrollment, student diversity, participation in free and reduced-price meal programs, graduation rates and the results of state assessment tests. U.S. News worked with the global research firm RTI International to rank the schools.

“We enhanced the methodology to provide an even more comprehensive ranking that is easier to understand and, therefore, more useful to parents and educators,” Robert Morse, chief data strategist at U.S. News, said in a news release. “Now, each school’s score correlates to its national percentile — a school with a score of 70 is in the 70th percentile and ranks higher than 70 percent of schools. Going forward, this methodology will allow for intuitive comparisons of a school’s performance year after year."

Here's how New Jersey's top 350 schools finished in the 2018 rankings (national rankings are noted):

  1. High Technology High School, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Lincroft 39
  2. Bergen County Academies, Bergen County Vocational Technical Schools, Hackensack 53
  3. Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, Middlesex County Vocational And Technical Schools, Edison 61
  4. Dr. Ronald E McNair High School, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City 67
  5. Biotechnology High School, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Freehold 68
  6. Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health, Middlesex County Vocational And Technical Schools, Woodbridge 75
  7. Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro, Bergen County Vocational Technical Schools, Teterboro 95
  8. Union County Magnet High School, Union County Vocational-Technical School District, Scotch Plains 103
  9. Academy for Information Technology, Union County Vocational-Technical School District, Scotch Plains 149
  10. Elizabeth High School, Elizabeth Public Schools, Elizabeth 313
  11. Marine Academy of Science and Technology, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Highlands 314
  12. Princeton High School, Princeton Public Schools, Princeton 332
  13. Academy for Allied Health Sciences, Union County Vocational-Technical School District, Scotch Plains 341
  14. Chatham High School, The School District Of The Chathams, Chatham 351
  15. North Star Academy Charter School of Newark, North Star Academy Charter School Of Newark, Newark 371
  16. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, West Windsor 389
  17. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, Plainsboro 428
  18. Millburn High School, Millburn Township Schools, Millburn 429
  19. Ridge High School, Bernards Township Public Schools, Basking Ridge 432
  20. Academy of Allied Health and Science, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Neptune 439
  21. Infinity Institute, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City 465
  22. Glen Ridge High School, Glen Ridge Public Schools, Glen Ridge 483
  23. Mountain Lakes High School, Mountain Lakes Board Of Education, Mountain Lakes 489
  24. Summit Senior High School, Summit Public Schools, Summit 493
  25. Tenafly High School, Tenafly Public Schools, Tenafly 514
  26. Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Sci, Ocean County Vocational Technical School, Manahawkin 520
  27. Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood Public Schools, Ridgewood 554
  28. Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy, Elizabeth Public Schools, Elizabeth 562
  29. Montgomery High School, Montgomery Township School District, Skillman 570
  30. Haddonfield Memorial High School, Haddonfield Board Of Education, Haddonfield 572
  31. Livingston High School, Livingston Public Schools, Livingston 594
  32. Madison High School, Madison Public Schools, Madison 609
  33. North Hunterdon High School, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, Annandale 627
  34. Science Park High School, The Newark Public Schools, Newark 645
  35. John P. Stevens High School, Edison Township Public Schools, Edison 661
  36. Union County Tech, Union County Vocational-Technical School District, Scotch Plains 713
  37. Ramapo High School, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, Franklin Lakes 748
  38. Leonia High School, Leonia Public Schools, Leonia 818
  39. Mahwah High, Mahwah Township Public Schools, Mahwah 847
  40. Glen Rock High School, Glen Rock Public School District, Glen Rock 862
  41. Northern Highlands Regional High School, Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale 879
  42. Communications High School, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Wall 932
  43. Central Jersey College Prep Charter School, Central Jersey College Prep Charter School, Somerset 954
  44. Kinnelon High School, Kinnelon Board Of Education, Kinnelon 994
  45. Bergenfield High School, Bergenfield Borough School District, Bergenfield 1,054
  46. West Morris Mendham High School, West Morris Regional High School District, Mendham 1,079
  47. Park Ridge High School, Park Ridge Public Schools, Park Ridge 1,094
  48. Cranford High School, Cranford Public School District, Cranford 1,096
  49. Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School, Bergen Arts And Science Charter School, Garfield 1,176
  50. Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District, Scotch Plains 1,184
  51. Ramsey High School, Ramsey Public Schools, Ramsey 1,189
  52. Bernards High School, Somerset Hills Regional School District, Bernardsville 1,194
  53. Westfield Senior High School, Westfield Public Schools, Westfield 1,225
  54. New Providence High School, New Providence Board Of Education, New Providence 1,292
  55. Verona High School, Verona Public Schools, Verona 1,293
  56. Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School, Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, Bridgewater 1,357
  57. High Tech High School, Hudson County Schools Of Technology, N Bergen 1,382
  58. Randolph High School, Randolph Township Schools, Randolph 1,387
  59. Highland Park High School, Highland Park Board Of Education, Highland Park 1,397
  60. Fair Lawn High School, Fair Lawn Public Schools, Fair Lawn 1,417
  61. Mount Olive High School, Mount Olive Township School District, Flanders 1,421
  62. Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington 1,422
  63. Hopewell Valley Central High School, Hopewell Valley Regional School District, Pennington 1,426
  64. Voorhees High School, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, Glen Gardner 1,468
  65. Metuchen High School, Metuchen Public Schools, Metuchen 1,501
  66. Dumont High School, Dumont Board Of Education, Dumont 1,516
  67. Columbia High School, South Orange-Maplewood School District, Maplewood 1,526
  68. Morris Hills High School, Morris Hills Regional District, Rockaway 1,580
  69. Marlboro High School, Freehold Regional High School District, Marlboro 1,585
  70. Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill Public Schools, Cherry Hill 1,592
  71. Point Pleasant Beach High School, Point Pleasant Beach Board Of Education, Point Pleasant Beach 1,605
  72. Pascack Hills High School, Pascack Valley Regional High School District, Montvale 1,607
  73. Sparta High School, Sparta Township Public Schools, Sparta 1,647
  74. Cresskill High School, Cresskill Public School District, Cresskill 1,648
  75. West Morris Central High School, West Morris Regional High School District, Chester 1,668
  76. Fort Lee High School, Fort Lee Public Schools, Fort Lee 1,699
  77. Moorestown High School, Moorestown Township Public School District, Moorestown 1,737
  78. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, Rumson 1,750
  79. Hillsborough High School, Hillsborough Township Public School District, Hillsborough 1,796
  80. Jonathan Dayton High School, Springfield Public Schools, Springfield 1,813
  81. Westwood Junionr/Senior High School, Westwood Regional School District, Township Of Washington 1,881
  82. Parsippany High School, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Schools, Parsippany 1,896
  83. Montclair High School, Montclair Public Schools, Montclair 1,918
  84. West Caldwell Tech, Essex County Vocational Technical Schools, West Caldwell 1,991
  85. Montville Township High School, Montville Township School District, Montville 1,994
  86. Technology High School, The Newark Public Schools, Newark 2,000
  87. Paramus High School, Paramus Public Schools, Paramus 2,030
  88. Indian Hills High School, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, Oakland 2,036
  89. East Orange STEM Academy High School, East Orange School District, East Orange 2,058
  90. South Brunswick High School, South Brunswick School District, Monmouth Junction 2,128
  91. Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering, Morris County Vocational School District, Rockaway 2,166
  92. Governor Livingston High School, Berkeley Heights Public Schools, Berkeley Heights 2,194
  93. Emerson Jr Sr High, Emerson Public Schools, Emerson 2,269
  94. Wayne Valley High School, Wayne Township Public Schools, Wayne 2,292
  95. Liberty High School, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City 2,333
  96. South Plainfield High School, South Plainfield Public Schools, South Plainfield 2,378
  97. Matawan Regional High School, Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District, Aberdeen 2,423
  98. Haddon Township High School, Haddon Township School District, Westmont 2,468
  99. Weehawken High School, Weehawken Board Of Education, Weehawken 2,503
  100. Point Pleasant Boro High School, Point Pleasant Boro Board Of Education, Point Pleasant 2,521
  101. James Caldwell High School, Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools, West Caldwell 2,527
  102. Whippany Park High School, Hanover Park Regional High School District, Whippany 2,529
  103. Red Bank Regional High School, Red Bank Regional, Little Silver 2,579
  104. Midland Park Jr./Sr. High School, Midland Park Public Schools, Midland Park 2,583
  105. Morris County School of Technology, Morris County Vocational School District, Denville 2,588
  106. Holmdel High School, Holmdel Township School District, Holmdel 2,605
  107. Manasquan High School, Manasquan School District, Manasquan 2,649
  108. County Prep High School, Hudson County Schools Of Technology, Jersey City 2,652
  109. Wayne Hills High School, Wayne Township Public Schools, Wayne 2,663
  110. Watchung Hills Regional High School, Watchung Hills Regional High School, Warren 2,668
  111. Robbinsville High School, Robbinsville Public Schools, Robbinsville 2,688
  112. West Orange High School, West Orange Public Schools, West Orange 2,717
  113. Waldwick High School, Waldwick School District, Waldwick 2,718
  114. North 13th St Tech, Essex County Vocational Technical Schools, Newark 2,777
  115. Henry Hudson Regional School, Henry Hudson Regional School District, Highlands 2,816
  116. Rutherford High School, Rutherford Public Schools, Rutherford 2,843
  117. Lawrence High School, Lawrence Township Public Schools, Lawrenceville 2,895
  118. Monroe Township High School, Monroe Township Board Of Education, Monroe Township 2,900
  119. Pequannock Township High School, Pequannock Township School District, Pompton Plains 2,905
  120. New Milford High School, New Milford School District, New Milford 2,917
  121. Mainland Regional High School, Mainland Regional High School District, Linwood 2,943
  122. Spotswood High School, Spotswood Public Schools, Spotswood 3,012
  123. Hasbrouck Heights High School, Hasbrouck Heights Board Of Education, Hasbrouck Heights 3,034
  124. East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick Public Schools, E Brunswick 3,100
  125. River Dell Regional High School, River Dell Regional School District, Oradell 3,139
  126. Colts Neck High School, Freehold Regional High School District, Colts Neck 3,148
  127. Somerville High School, Somerville Public Schools, Somerville 3,162
  128. Morris Knolls High School, Morris Hills Regional District, Denville 3,170
  129. Clearview Regional High School, Clearview Regional High School District, Mullica Hill 3,201
  130. Wall High School, Wall Township Public Schools, Wall 3,214
  131. Pompton Lakes High School, Pompton Lakes Boro, Pompton Lakes 3,215
  132. Manalapan High School, Freehold Regional High School District, Englishtown 3,303
  133. Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High School, East Orange School District, East Orange 3,346
  134. Hanover Park High School, Hanover Park Regional High School District, East Hanover 3,434
  135. Parsippany Hills High School, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Schools, Morris Plains 3,498
  136. Freehold Borough High School, Freehold Regional High School District, Freehold 3,502
  137. Bloomfield Tech, Essex County Vocational Technical Schools, Bloomfield 3,525
  138. Allentown High School, Upper Freehold Regional School District, Allentown 3,568
  139. Pascack Valley High School, Pascack Valley Regional High School District, Hillsdale 3,673
  140. Dover High School, Dover Public School District, Dover 3,690
  141. Cinnaminson High School, Cinnaminson Township Public Schools, Cinnaminson 3,749
  142. Ocean City High School, Ocean City School District, Ocean City 3,800
  143. Edison High School, Edison Township Public Schools, Edison 3,866
  144. Great Oaks Legacy Charter School, Great Oaks Legacy Charter School, Newark 3,885
  145. Jefferson Township High School, Jefferson Township, Oak Ridge 3,908
  146. Shore Regional High School, Shore Regional High School District, West Long Branch 3,914
  147. Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies, Plainfield Public Schools, Plainfield 3,981
  148. Middlesex High School, Middlesex Borough Public Schools, Middlesex 3,998
  149. West Essex High School, West Essex Regional School District, North Caldwell 4,008
  150. Hackensack High School, Hackensack City, Hackensack 4,134
  151. Secaucus High School, Secaucus Board Of Education, Secaucus 4,175
  152. Egg Harbor Township High School, Egg Harbor Township School District, Egg Harbor Township 4,226
  153. Dunellen High School, Dunellen Public School District, Dunellen 4,249
  154. Eastern Regional High School, Eastern Camden County Regional School District, Voorhees 4,255
  155. Academy for Performing Arts, Union County Vocational-Technical School District, Scotch Plains 4,295
  156. Collingswood High School, Collingswood Public Schools, Collingswood 4,306
  157. Newark Tech, Essex County Vocational Technical Schools, Newark 4,313
  158. Freehold Township High School, Freehold Regional High School District, Freehold Twp. 4,323
  159. Teaneck High School, Teaneck Public School, Teaneck 4,356
  160. Hightstown High School, East Windsor Regional School District, Hightstown 4,358
  161. Ridgefield Park Jr Sr High School, Ridgefield Park Township, Ridgefield Park 4,361
  162. Wallington Junior Senior High School, Wallington Boro, Wallington 4,382
  163. John F. Kennedy Memorial High School, Woodbridge Township School District, Iselin 4,389
  164. Middletown High School South, Middletown Township Public Schools, Middletown 4,420
  165. Manville High School, Manville Board Of Education, Manville 4,432
  166. Passaic County Technical Institute, Passaic County Vocational School District, Wayne 4,457
  167. Cedar Grove High School, Cedar Grove Township School District, Cedar Grove 4,459
  168. South Hunterdon High School, South Hunterdon Regional School District, Lambertville 4,464
  169. Bogota Jr./Sr. High School, Bogota Public Schools, Bogota 4,511
  170. Butler High School, Butler Public Schools, Butler 4,546
  171. Raritan High School, Hazlet Township Public Schools, Hazlet 4,583
  172. Piscataway Township High School, Piscataway Township Schools, Piscataway 4,589
  173. Lodi High School, Lodi Public Schools, Lodi 4,631
  174. Pinelands Regional High School, Pinelands Regional Board Of Education, Little Egg Harbor 4,632
  175. Lakeland Regional High School, Lakeland Regional High School District, Wanaque 4,651
  176. North Warren Regional School District, North Warren Regional School District, Blairstown 4,692
  177. Lenape Valley Regional High School, Lenape Valley Regional High School, Stanhope 4,738
  178. Performing Arts Academy of the Ocean County Vocati, Ocean County Vocational Technical School, Lakehurst 4,783
  179. Rancocas Valley Regional High School, Rancocas Valley Regional High School, Mount Holly 4,924
  180. Foundation Academy Charter School, Foundation Academy Charter School, Trenton 4,970
  181. Franklin High School, Franklin Township Public Schools, Somerset 5,016
  182. Ridgefield Memorial High School, Ridgefield Public Schools, Ridgefield 5,078
  183. Lenape High School, Lenape Regional High School District, Medford 5,091
  184. Old Bridge High School, Old Bridge Township School District, Matawan 5,291
  185. Atlantic County Institute of Technology, Atlantic County Vocational School District, Mays Landing 5,358
  186. Vernon Township High School, Vernon Township School District, Vernon 5,414
  187. Hammonton High School, Hammonton School District, Hammonton 5,418
  188. Bayonne High School, Bayonne Board Of Education, Bayonne 5,431
  189. Roselle Park High School, Roselle Park Board Of Education, Roselle Park 5,447
  190. Hackettstown High School, Hackettstown Public Schools, Hackettstown 5,513
  191. Nutley High School, Nutley Public School District, Nutley 5,536
  192. Toms River High School North, Toms River Regional School District, Toms River 5,585
  193. Arts High School, The Newark Public Schools, Newark 5,589
  194. Phillipsburg High School, Phillipsburg School District, Phillipsburg 5,637
  195. Gloucester City Jr. Sr. High School, Gloucester City Public Schools, Gloucester City 5,645
  196. Toms River High School East, Toms River Regional School District, Toms River 5,710
  197. Warren Hills Regional High School, Warren Hills Regional School District, Washington 5,717
  198. Delaware Valley Regional High School District, Delaware Valley Regional High School District, Frenchtown 5,820
  199. American History High School, The Newark Public Schools, Newark 5,917
  200. Lyndhurst High School, Lyndhurst School District, Lyndhurst 5,972
  201. Howell High School, Freehold Regional High School District, Farmingdale 5,997
  202. Shawnee High School, Lenape Regional High School District, Medford 6,055
  203. Pitman High School, Pitman Boro Public Schools, Pitman 6,084
  204. Florence Township Memorial High School, Florence Township School District, Florence 6,168
  205. Ocean Township High School, Township Of Ocean Schools, Oakhurst 6,247
  206. Absegami High School, Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District, Galloway 6,273
  207. Northern Burlington County Regional High School, Northern Burlington County Regional School District, Columbus 6,321
  208. Woodstown High School, Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District, Woodstown 6,325
  209. New Egypt High School, Plumsted Township Board Of Education, New Egypt 6,372
  210. North Brunswick Township High School, North Brunswick Township Public Schools, North Brunswick 6,431
  211. Linden High School, Linden City Board Of Education, Linden 6,465
  212. High Point Regional High School, High Point Regional High School, Sussex 6,499
  213. Cherokee High School, Lenape Regional High School District, Marlton 6,537
  214. Wood-Ridge High School, Wood-Ridge Board Of Education, Wood Ridge 6,593
  215. Camden County Technical School-Gtc, Camden County Technical School, Sicklerville 6,689
  216. Memorial Senior High School, Elmwood Park Board Of Education, Elmwood Park 6,750
  217. North Arlington High School, North Arlington School District, North Arlington 6,800
  218. Barnegat High School, Barnegat Township School District, Barnegat 6,856
  219. Morristown High School, Morris School District, Morristown 6,873
  220. Boonton High School, Boonton Town School District, Boonton 6,890
  221. Woodbury Jr-Sr High School, Woodbury City Public School District, Woodbury 6,917
  222. Academy/Full-Time Programs, Area Vocational Technical Schools Of Mercer County, Trenton 6,943
  223. Brick Township Memorial High School, Brick Township Public Schools, Brick 7,021
  224. Lower Cape May Regional High School, Lower Cape May Regional School District, Cape May 7,034
  225. Monmouth Regional High School, Monmouth Regional, Tinton Falls 7,049
  226. Bloomfield High School, Bloomfield Board Of Education, Bloomfield 7,056
  227. Union City High School, Union City School District, Union City 7,071
  228. Belvidere High School, Belvidere School District, Belvidere 7,167
  229. Arthur P Schalick High School, Pittsgrove Township Board Of Education, Pittsgrove 7,233
  230. University High School, The Newark Public Schools, Newark 7,330
  231. Cedar Creek High School, Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District, Egg Harbor City 7,338
  232. Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School, Academy For Urban Leadership, Perth Amboy 7,348
  233. Colonia High School, Woodbridge Township School District, Colonia 7,431
  234. Sayreville War Memorial High School, Sayreville Public Schools, Parlin 7,438
  235. Harrison High School, Harrison Public Schools, Harrison 7,456
  236. Toms River High School South, Toms River Regional School District, Toms River 7,535
  237. West Milford Township High School, West Milford Township Public Schools, West Milford 7,587
  238. Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School, Camden City Public Schools, Camden 7,631
  239. North Plainfield High School, North Plainfield Boro, N Plainfield 7,639
  240. Saddle Brook Middle/High School, Saddle Brook Township Board Of Education, Saddle Brook 7,666
  241. Arthur L. Johnson High School, Clark Township Public Schools, Clark 7,761
  242. Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School, Palisades Park Board Of Education, Palisades Park 7,778
  243. Burlington County Inst of Tech - Westhampton, Burlington County Institute Of Technology, Westampton Twp 7,831
  244. Long Branch High School, Long Branch Public Schools, Long Branch 7,850
  245. Kingsway Regional High School, Kingsway Regional School District, Woolwich Twp 7,880
  246. Newton High School, Newton Public Schools, Newton 7,917
  247. Kittatinny Regional School, Kittatinny Regional School District, Newton 7,934
  248. Dwight Morrow High School/AcademiesatEnglewood, Englewood Public School District, Englewood 7,947
  249. Bound Brook High School, Bound Brook School District, Bound Brook 7,987
  250. School of Health Science, Paterson Public Schools, Paterson 8,023
  251. Seneca High School, Lenape Regional High School District, Tabernacle 8,102
  252. Brick Township High School, Brick Township Public Schools, Brick Town 8,156
  253. Paterson Charter School for Science/Technology, Paterson Charter School For Science And Technology, Paterson 8,204
  254. Charter~Tech High School for the Performing Arts, Charter~Tech High School For The Performing Arts, Somers Point 8,267
  255. Washington Township High School, Washington Township Public Schools, Sewell 8,273
  256. Carteret High School, Carteret Public Schools, Carteret 8,281
  257. Gloucester County Institute of Technology, Gloucester County Vocational-Technical School District, Sewell 8,399
  258. Hawthorne High School, Hawthorne Board Of Education, Hawthorne 8,408
  259. Clifton High School, Clifton Public Schools, Clifton 8,416
  260. Lacey Township High School, Lacey Township School District, Lanoka Harbor 8,476
  261. Delran High School, Delran Township School District, Delran 8,514
  262. South River High School, South River Public Schools, South River 8,529
  263. Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy, Elizabeth Public Schools, Elizabeth 8,563
  264. Bordentown Regional High School, Bordentown Regional, Bordentown 8,612
  265. Hoboken Junior Senior High School, Hoboken Public Schools, Hoboken 8,618
  266. West Deptford High School, West Deptford Township Public Schools, West Deptford 8,652
  267. Memorial High School, West New York Board Of Education, West New York 8,688
  268. William L Dickinson High School, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City 8,702
  269. Roxbury High School, Roxbury Township Public Schools, Succasunna 8,752
  270. Maple Shade High School, Maple Shade Schools, Maple Shade 8,766
  271. Jackson Memorial High School, Jackson Township School District, Jackson 8,775
  272. Jackson Liberty High School, Jackson Township School District, Jackson 8,780
  273. Cape May County Technical High School, Cape May County Technical High School District, Cape May Court House 8,782
  274. Southern Regional High School, Southern Regional School District, Manahawkin 8,800
  275. Bard Early College High School, The Newark Public Schools, Newark 8,807
  276. Delsea Regional High School, Delsea Regional High School District, Franklinville 8,826
  277. Central Regional High School, Central Regional School District, Bayville 8,831
  278. Camden County Technical School-Pennsauken, Camden County Technical School, Pennsauken 8,887
  279. Union Senior High, Twp Of Union Board Of Education, Union 8,940
  280. Hillside High School, Hillside Board Of Education, Hillside 8,972
  281. Atlantic City High School, Atlantic City Public Schools, Atlantic City 9,039
  282. Passaic Valley Regional High School, Passaic Valley Regional High School District #1, Little Falls 9,128
  283. Perth Amboy High School, Perth Amboy Public Schools, Perth Amboy 9,328
  284. Middletown High School North, Middletown Township Public Schools, Middletown 9,346
  285. Audubon Junior/Senior High School, Audubon Public Schools, Audubon 9,485
  286. Hamilton East - Steinert, Hamilton Township, Hamilton 9,521
  287. Oakcrest High School, Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District, Mays Landing 9,537
  288. Burlington Township High School, Burlington Township Board Of Education, Burlington 9,626
  289. Gateway Regional High School, Gateway Regional School Dsitrict, Woodbury Hts 9,678
  290. Cliffside Park High School, Cliffside Park School District, Cliffside Park 9,686
  291. Sterling High School, Sterling School District, Somerdale 9,761
  292. Creative Arts Village Academy, Camden City Public Schools, Camden 9,782
  293. John E. Dwyer Technology Academy, Elizabeth Public Schools, Elizabeth 9,829
  294. Passaic High School # 12, Passaic City Public Schools, Passaic 9,872
  295. Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School, Passaic Co Manchester Regional High School District, Haledon 10,040
  296. Ewing High School, Ewing Township Public Schools, Ewing 10,125
  297. Burlington City High School, Burlington City Public Schools, Burlington 10,152
  298. Henry P. Becton Regional High School, Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional High School, East Rutherford 10,194
  299. Timber Creek Regional High School, Black Horse Pike Regional School District, Erial 10,315
  300. Kearny High School, Kearny, Kearny 10,316
  301. Woodbridge High School, Woodbridge Township School District, Woodbridge 10,416
  302. Hopatcong High School, Hopatcong Borough Schools, Hopatcong 10,510
  303. Haddon Heights Jr-Sr High School, Haddon Heights Public Schools, Haddon Heights 10,524
  304. Somerset County Vocational Technical High School, Somerset County Vocational And Technical Schools, Bridgewater 10,566
  305. Union County Teams Charter School, Union County Teams Charter School-High School/College La, Plainfield 10,578
  306. Team Academy Charter School, Team Academy Charter School, Newark 10,616
  307. South Amboy Middle/High School, South Amboy School District, South Amboy 10,753
  308. Triton Regional High School, Black Horse Pike Regional School District, Runnemede 10,775
  309. Clayton High School, Clayton Public Schools, Clayton 10,779
  310. Belleville High School, Belleville Public Schools, Belleville 10,780
  311. Winslow Township High School, Winslow Township School District, Atco 10,860
  312. University Academy Charter High School, University Academy Charter High School, Jersey City 10,893
  313. Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Leadership Academy, Elizabeth Public Schools, Elizabeth 11,018
  314. New Brunswick High School, New Brunswick Public Schools, New Brunswick 11,027
  315. Highland Regional High School, Black Horse Pike Regional School District, Blackwood 11,029
  316. Palmyra High School, Palmyra Public Schools, Palmyra 11,073
  317. Camdens Promise Charter School, Camdens Promise Charter School, Camden 11,085
  318. Hamilton North-Nottingham, Hamilton Township, Hamilton 11,114
  319. Middlesex County Vocational School Piscataway, Middlesex County Vocational And Technical Schools, Piscataway 11,150
  320. Williamstown High School, Monroe Township Board Of Education, Williamstown 11,304
  321. Buena Regional High School, Buena Regional School District, Buena 11,318
  322. Deptford Township High School, Deptford Township Public School District, Deptford 11,342
  323. The Barack Obama Green Charter High, The Barack Obama Green Charter High, Plainfield 11,351
  324. Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts, Paterson Public Schools, Paterson 11,503
  325. Wallkill Valley Regional High School, Wallkill Valley Regional High School, Hardyston Township 11,588
  326. Middle Township High School, Middle Township Public Schools, Cape May Court House 11,589
  327. James J Ferris High School, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City 11,636
  328. Overbrook Senior High School, Pine Hill Borough Board Of Education, Pine Hill 11,643
  329. North Bergen High School, North Bergen School District, N Bergen 11,670
  330. Rahway High School, Rahway Public School District, Rahway 11,690
  331. Lindenwold High School, Lindenwold Board Of Education, Lindenwold 11,763
  332. M.E.T.S. Charter School, M.E.T.S. Charter School, Jersey City 11,773
  333. Glassboro High School, Glassboro Public Schools, Glassboro 11,862
  334. Middlesex County Vocational School Perth Amboy, Middlesex County Vocational And Technical Schools, Perth Amboy 11,871
  335. Cherry Hill High School West, Cherry Hill Public Schools, Cherry Hill 11,947
  336. Keyport High School, Keyport Board Of Education, Keyport 11,971
  337. Abraham Clark High School, Roselle Public Schools, Roselle 11,983
  338. David Brearley Middle/High School, Kenilworth School District, Kenilworth 12,036
  339. School of Science Technology Engg and Mathematics, Paterson Public Schools, Paterson 12,141
  340. Vineland Senior High School, City Of Vineland Board Of Education, Vineland 12,147
  341. Hamilton West-Watson, Hamilton Township, Hamilton 12,470
  342. Trenton Central High School - Main Campus, Trenton Public Schools, Trenton 12,576
  343. Neptune High School, Neptune Township School District, Neptune 12,605
  344. Burlington County Inst of Tech - Medford, Burlington County Institute Of Technology, Medford 12,617
  345. Cumberland Regional High School, Cumberland Regional School District, Bridgeton 12,714
  346. International High School, Paterson Public Schools, Paterson 12,775
  347. Keansburg High School, Keansburg School District, Keansburg 12,804
  348. Pennsauken High School, Pennsauken Township Board Of Education, Pennsauken 12,853
  349. Pemberton Township High School, Pemberton Township Schools, Pemberton 12,855
  350. Pennsville Memorial High School, Pennsville Public School District, Pennsville 12,863

The top 10 schools are in 10 different states, demonstrating that a high-quality education can be found across the country, the report said. Those schools are:

  1. Academic Magnet High School, South Carolina
  2. Maine School of Science and Mathematics
  3. BASIS Scottsdale, Arizona
  4. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Virginia
  5. Central Magnet School, Tennessee
  6. Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology, Georgia
  7. Haas Hall Academy, Arkansas
  8. International Academy of Macomb, Michigan
  9. Payton College Preparatory High School, Illinois
  10. Signature School, Indiana

In the state-by-state performance, based on the number of high schools in the top 25 percent of national rankings, Massachusetts was the leader. This year, nearly half — 48.8 percent — of the commonwealth’s high schools were ranked in the top 25 percent of high schools.
Maryland was second with 43.7 percent, followed by California, with 40 percent, and Connecticut, with 39.8 percent in the top 25 percent of schools ranked nationally.

Overall, only seven states had more than a third of their schools in the top 25 percent, and 20 states had 25 percent or more of their schools in the top 25 percent.
On the other end of the spectrum, 22 states had fewer than 20 percent of their high schools in the top 25 percent, and seven had fewer than 10 percent of schools in the top tier. South Dakota’s schools finished at the bottom of the list since it was the only state that didn’t give U.S. News permission to use advanced placement data in the rankings. Even so, 1.9 percent of South Dakota’s schools finished in the top 25 percent of rankings.

Several also were included among rankings for specialized schools. The top five schools nationally for an education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM schools, are:

  1. High Technology High School, New Jersey
  2. BASIS Scottsdale, Arizona
  3. BASIS Peoria, Arizona
  4. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Georgia
  5. The Early College at Guilford, North Carolina

Charter and magnet schools performed well in the rankings, U.S. News said. Within the top 5 percent of ranked schools, a third are either charter or magnet. In the national rankings, more than 18 percent are charter schools, and 15 percent are magnet schools.

Arizona had three of the top five charter high schools in the country. They are:

  1. BASIS Scottsdale, Arizona
  2. Haas Hall Academy, Arkansas
  3. Signature Academy, Indiana
  4. BASIS Chandler, Arizona
  5. BASIS Peoria, Arizona

The top five magnet high schools are:

  1. Academic Magnet High School, South Carolina
  2. Maine School of Science and Mathematics
  3. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Virginia
  4. Central Magnet School, Tennessee
  5. International Academy of Macomb, Michigan

The full list is available exclusively on usnews.com.

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