Princeton School District Tops List Of New Jersey's Best

PRINCETON, NJ — The Princeton School District is the top school district in New Jersey for the second consecutive year.

Princeton topped Niche.com's 2017 list of the best school districts in New Jersey and throughout the nation. Princeton ranked sixth nationally.

A Pennsylvania school district was named as the number one nationwide. Tredyffrin-Easttown School District in Wayne was ranked by Niche.com as the country's best school district. Nearby Radnor Township School District was ranked third in the country.

To get to these results, Niche analyzed academic and student life data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of Niche users. Read how this ranking was calculated here.

Here are the New Jersey school districts that appeared on the national list:

• No. 6 - Princeton Public Schools, Princeton
• No. 24 - Millburn Township Schools, Millburn
• No. 26 - West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, West Windsor
• No. 52 - The School District of the Chathams, Chatham
• No. 60 - Montgomery Township School District, Skillman
• No. 65 - Tenafly Public Schools, Tenafly
• No. 67 - East Brunswick Public Schools, East Brunswick
• No 72 - Bernards Township School District, Basking Ridge
• No. 73 - Livingston Public Schools, Livingston
• No. 89 - Summit Public Schools, Summit

Click here to see the full list of the 100 best school districts in New Jersey.

Click here to view the 2016 rankings.