River Dell Schools Ranked High In New Ranking Of NJ's Best School Districts

ORADELL, NJ — A new ranking of the state's best school districts has been released and River Dell schools were ranked high.

Niche.com, which recently released its annual rankings of the best school districts in the country, looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from users.

The River Dell Regional School District was ranked No. 34. The district received an overall grade of A, receiving high marks for academics, college prep and sports.

The district's teachers also received high praise. The district's teachers were ranked 27th out of 237 districts.

River Dell Regional High School was ranked the 63th best high school in New Jersey. Receiving high marks for sports, academics and college prep.

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.

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