At 99, Woodbridge Schools Squeak Into Top 100 List

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Woodbridge public schools just managed to squeak into a new ranking of the top 100 school districts, released Thursday by the website Niche.com.

The Woodbridge school system was ranked 99th best in the state, ranking below districts such as Secaucus (#91), Old Bridge (#65) and Matawan-Aberdeen Regional (#75). Millburn (#1), Princeton public schools (#2) and West Windsor-Plainsboro (#3) were ranked the top best best three in the entire state.

Woodbridge was given an overall B+ grade, but it scored the lowest points, a B-, for resources and facilities. Read Woodbridge's grade page on Niche.com here: https://www.niche.com/k12/d/wo...

Wrote one reviewer, a senior at Woodbridge High School: I moved to what was Township in the second grade I was seven years old. The place I moved from was not a very good town is seems like the right choice to move to Woodbridge. I thought it was gonna be hard to move, to make new friends, to meet new people I was scared. Right when I stopped into my elementary school and work which I feel at home. The teachers were nice and the students were very diverse. Fast forward to high school I go to Woodbridge high school and I love it. They go above and beyond to make my high school experience the best I can be. Offer a ton of sports and clubs so I’m very involved. They make it easy to get out and walk me people I’m on the step/ dance team and I’m also cheer captain. I’m on prom committee, Im in the interact club, I’m a student ambassador, and I’m part of the freshman mentor program. I love it here at Woodbridge.

Another, an alum of the district, wrote: My early education years started in a Catholic school, which I attended from pre-school through 5th grade. During my 5th grade year my parents informed me that I would be leaving this school and all my friends and enrolling into the town's middle school. I was extremely nervous and upset but it turned out to be the best experience and it shaped me into the person that I am today. I was able to work with special needs students in a program called "Friday's Friends". This program was so rewarding because it taught me how to be compassionate at such a young age and to realize how fortunate and blessed I am. The opportunities that I have are endless and this school district molded me to go out and make the best of each and every one.