Wayne Ranked 78th In New Ranking Of NJ's Best School Districts

WAYNE, NJ — A new ranking of the state's best school districts has been released and the Wayne Township Public School District was ranked 78th.

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.

Wayne received an overall grade of A-, receiving high marks for college prep, academics, health and safety and teachers.

Wayne Hills School received an A, the best grade of all district schools.

Anthony Wayne, John F. Kennedy, Lafayette and Packanack Elementary received A-s. The other schools, including Wayne Valley, received B+s.

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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