Summit High School Ranked No. 12 In NJ: U.S. News And World Report

SUMMIT, NJ — Summit High School was ranked as number 12 in New Jersey by U.S. News And World Report, which released it 2017 annual list of the best public high schools in the country on Tuesday and ranked the schools on a national and a state level.

Nationally, Summit High School was ranked number 305. A total of 7 other Union County schools also ranked among the best in New Jersey.

The 2017 rankings of best high schools identify the top-performing public schools at both the national and the state level and include data on more than 20,000 high schools. To be considered among the best, high schools had to pass a rigorous four-step process that sought to determine whether a school was serving all of its students and not just those who are college bound.

A total of 6,041 schools were ranked, 500 schools receiving gold medals, 2,109 schools receiving silver medals and the remaining 3,432 schools received bronze medals. Schools that received bronze medals passed the first three steps but were not ranked numerically in the national rankings.

The state rankings were based on whether a high school received a gold, silver or a bronze medal and had a CRI value of 10 or higher. Previously, only gold and silver medal winners were ranked numerically on the state level.

Here is the list of Union County schools and how they ranked in NJ and nationally:

• Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains (#4 in New Jersey, #105 in National Rankings)
• Elizabeth High School Elizabeth (#5 in New Jersey, #154 in National Rankings)
• Academy for Allied Health Sciences, Scotch Plains, (#8 in New Jersey, #200 in National Rankings)
• Summit Senior High School, Summit (#12 in New Jersey, #305 in National Rankings)
• Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy, Elizabeth (#17 in New Jersey, #393 in National Rankings)
• Jonathan Dayton High School, Springfield (#29 in New Jersey, #675 in National Rankings)
• Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, Scotch Plains (#42 in New Jersey, #898 in National Rankings)
• Union County Tech, Scotch Plains (#70 in New Jersey, #2529 in National Rankings)

See the whole list here.

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