5 High Schools In Bergen County Make Top 25 In New Jersey: U.S. News

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Where does your local high school rank? Recently, U.S. News & World Report ranked the best public high schools in New Jersey as well as the best in the country, releasing the results on Tuesday.

Among the top 100 high schools in the country, two from Bergen County made the grade: Bergen County Academies came in at 84, and Bergen County Technical High School came in at 88.

But those are countywide schools. How did regular public high schools do?

Three of those were highly ranked as well, showing up in the top 25 in New Jersey, if not the top 100 in the country.

U.S. News looked at math, reading, and science assessments, as well strong performance among under-served students, graduation rates, and college readiness.

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Glen Ridge, Tenafly, and Northern Valley Regional were the three other Bergen County districts that made it into New Jersey's top 25.

Other notables:

• Ridgewood High School was 37th in the state and 764 nationally.
• Mahwah High School was 50 in New Jersey and 1,009 nationally.
• Ramapo High School was 74 in New Jersey and 1,226 nationally.
• Indian Hills High School was 82 in New Jersey and 1,747 nationally.

Below are the 25 New Jersey high schools that got the highest grades in the state from U.S. News.

Top 25 Public High Schools In NJ, According To U.S. News:

1. Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains
2. Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, Edison
3. High Technology High School, Lincroft
4. Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health, Woodbridge
5. Biotechnology High School, Freehold
6. Dr. Ronald E McNair High School, Jersey City
7. Bergen County Academies, Hackensack
8. Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro
9. Academy for Information Technology, Scotch Plains
10. Academy for Allied Health Sciences, Scotch Plains
11. Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and Science, Neptune
12. Elizabeth High School, Elizabeth
13. Glen Ridge High School, Glen Ridge
14. Marine Academy of Science and Technology, Highlands
15. Infinity Institute, Jersey City
16. Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest, Demarest
17. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro
18. Livingston High School, Livingston
19. Millburn High School, Millburn
20. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, West Windsor
21. Chatham High School, Chatham
22. Union County Tech, Scotch Plains
23. Summit Senior High School, Summit
24. Tenafly High School, Tenafly
25. Ridge High School, Basking Ridge

You can view the full rankings here.

U.S. News also ranked magnet, charter and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) schools. Among standout schools in New Jersey are:

Nationally-Ranked NJ Charter Schools

• Central Jersey College Prep Charter School, No. 93, Somerset

Nationally-Ranked NJ STEM Schools

• Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering, No. 3, Rockaway
• Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, No. 12, Edison
• Bergen County Academies, No. 19, Hackensack
• Union County Magnet High School, No. 21, Scotch Plains
• Academy for Allied Health Sciences, No. 25, Scotch Plains
• Biotechnology High School, No. 38, Freehold
• Montgomery High School, No. 44, Skillman
• West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, No. 47, Plainsboro
• Academy for Information Technology, No. 50, Scotch Plains
• West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, No. 68, West Windsor
• Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro, No. 80, Teterboro
• Ridge High School, No. 84, Basking Ridge
• Princeton High School, No. 91, Princeton
• John P. Stevens High School, No. 99, Edison

Editor Nicole Rosenthal contributed to this report.