Union County School Is 4th Best To Have NJ's Top Teachers

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — Five Union County and a Scotch Plains-Fanwood school were among the top 200 to have the best teachers in New Jersey, according to Niche.com's latest rankings.

Here is how they ranked in New Jersey:

• 4. Union County Magnet High School
• 41. Academy for Performing Arts
• 79. Academy for Information Technology
• 82. Union County Vocational-Technical High School
• 122. Academy for Allied Health Science
• 187. Terrill Middle School

Niche.com is a ranking specialist that rates everything in education, including schools.

According to Niche.com, the rankings are based on "student and parent ratings of teachers, teacher salaries, teacher absenteeism, teacher tenure, student-teacher ratio, and the Niche Academics Grade for the school." Read more on how this ranking was calculated.

Princeton Charter School was named as the top school in New Jersey to have the best teachers.

To see the full list of the top 200 schools with the best teachers in the state click here.

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