The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical

Here are the 2012 Top High Schools ranking listed alphabetically.

Posted August 16, 2012

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2012	2010	School	County
315	272	Abraham Clark (Roselle)	Union
260	238	Absegami	Atlantic
311	N/A	Adm. W. F. Halsey Leadership (Elizabeth)	Union
303	N/A	Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy (Elizabeth)	Union
135	82	Allentown	Monmouth
198	N/A	American History (Newark)	Essex
40	101	Arthur L. Johnson (Clark)	Union
209	168	Arthur P. Schalick (Elmer)	Salem
240	205	Arts (Newark)	Essex
177	280	Asbury Park	Monmouth
214	247	Atlantic City	Atlantic
147	172	Audubon	Camden
183	193	Barnegat	Ocean
313	311	Barringer	Essex
317	242	Bayonne	Hudson
160	214	Belleville	Essex
189	250	Belvidere	Warren
139	136	Bergenfield	Bergen
11	32	Bernards	Somerset
221	226	Bloomfield	Essex
259	151	Bogota	Bergen
109	130	Boonton	Morris
200	218	Bordentown Regional	Burlington
290	288	Bound Brook	Somerset
261	248	Brick Township	Ocean
269	251	Brick Township Memorial	Ocean
273	303	Bridgeton	Cumberland
113	67	Bridgewater-Raritan	Somerset
208	157	Brimm Medical Arts (Camden)	Camden
316	297	Buena Regional (Buena)	Atlantic
197	268	Burlington City	Burlington
203	153	Burlington Township	Burlington
94	176	Butler	Morris
287	322	Camden	Camden
296	302	Carteret	Middlesex
74	103	Cedar Grove	Essex
31	38	Central	Mercer
277	274	Central (Newark)	Essex
264	257	Central Regional (Bayville)	Ocean
20	8	Chatham	Morris
157	134	Cherokee (Marlton)	Burlington
98	57	Cherry Hill East	Camden
146	91	Cherry Hill West	Camden
233	221	Cicley Tyson (East Orange)	Essex
114	164	Cinnaminson	Burlington
184	224	Clayton	Gloucester
144	142	Clearview Regional (Mullica Hill)	Gloucester
256	235	Cliffside Park	Bergen
274	259	Clifton	Passaic
262	267	Collingswood	Camden
182	192	Colonia	Middlesex
103	80	Colts Neck	Monmouth
47	75	Columbia (Maplewood)	Essex
51	13	Cranford	Union
180	117	Creative & Performing Arts (Camden)	Camden
29	55	Cresskill	Bergen
325	N/A	Culinary Arts (Paterson)	Passaic
312	291	Cumberland Regional (Bridgeton)	Cumberland
127	113	David Brearly (Kenilworth)	Union
131	88	Delaware Valley (Frenchtown)	Hunterdon
230	179	Delran	Burlington
235	246	Delsea Regional (Franklinville)	Gloucester
242	255	Depxford Township	Gloucester
223	220	Dover	Morris
118	106	Dumont	Bergen
112	110	Dunellen	Middlesex
133	83	Dwight Morrow (Englewood)	Bergen
121	71	East Brunswick	Middlesex
318	292	East Orange Campus	Essex
319	293	East Side	Essex
117	86	Eastern	Camden
174	169	Edison	Middlesex
213	227	Egg Harbor Township	Atlantic
148	294	Elizabeth	Union
77	34	Emerson	Bergen
212	245	Ewing	Mercer
65	76	Fair Lawn	Bergen
220	237	Florence Township Memorial (Florence)	Burlington
97	72	Fort Lee	Bergen
263	201	Franklin Township	Somerset
164	132	Freehold Borough	Monmouth
199	212	Freehold Township	Monmouth
321	286	Garfield	Bergen
141	197	Gateway Regional (Woodbury Heights)	Gloucester
231	188	Glassboro	Gloucester
12	4	Glen Ridge	Essex
4	28	Glen Rock	Bergen
179	194	Glouchester City	Camden
305	N/A	Government & Public Administration (Paterson)	Passaic
36	24	Governor Livingston (Berkeley Heights)	Union
206	198	Hackensack	Bergen
216	191	Hackettstown	Warren
151	129	Haddon Heights	Camden
50	97	Haddon Township	Camden
33	11	Haddonfield Memorial	Camden
204	189	Hamilton East-Steinert	Mercer
276	264	Hamilton North-Nottingham	Mercer
275	258	Hamilton West-Watson	Mercer
288	233	Hammonton	Atlantic
57	96	Hanover Park	Morris
205	213	Harrison	Hudson
72	107	Hasbrouck Heights	Bergen
234	171	Hawthorne	Passaic
101	121	Henry Hudson Regional (Highlands)	Monmouth
150	150	Henry P. Becton Regional (East Rutherford)	Bergen
279	312	Henry Snyder (Jersey City)	Hudson
88	125	High Point Regional (Sussex)	Sussex
67	37	Highland Park	Middlesex
284	252	Highland Regional (Blackwood)	Camden
161	180	Hightstown	Mercer
106	81	Hillsborough	Somerset
166	217	Hillside	Union
298	187	Hoboken	Hudson
13	17	Holmdel	Monmouth
289	200	Hopatcong	Sussex
31	38	Hopewell Vallery Central (Pennington)	Mercer
187	174	Howell	Monmouth
84	85	Hunterdon Central (Flemington)	Hunterdon
43	35	Indian Hills (Oakland)	Bergen
314	N/A	Information Technology (Paterson)	Passaic
238	228	International (Paterson)	Passaic
309	287	Irvington School	Essex
80	65	J.P. Stevens (Edison)	Middlesex
218	215	Jackson Liberty	Ocean
188	181	Jackson Memorial	Ocean
46	45	James Caldwell (West Caldwell)	Essex
270	320	James J. Ferris (Jersey City)	Hudson
211	158	Jefferson Township (Due to incorrect data on class size recorded by the Department of Education, the ranking for Jefferson Township High School is incorrect. The school should be ranked in a tie at number 167.)	Morris
306	N/A	John E. Dwyer Technical Academy (Elizabeth)	Union
304	290	John F. Kennedy (Paterson)	Passaic
132	146	John F. Kennedy Memorial (Woodbridge)	Middlesex
26	40	Jonathan Dayton (Springfield)	Union
181	184	Keansburg	Monmouth
224	230	Kearny	Hudson
226	249	Keyport	Monmouth
210	216	Kingsway Regional	Gloucester
5	21	Kinnelon	Morris
89	149	Kittatinny Regional (Newton)	Sussex
257	225	Lacey Township	Ocean
87	145	Lakeland Regional(Wanaque)	Passaic
324	316	Lakewood	Ocean
82	120	Lawrence	Mercer
143	122	Lenape (Medford)	Burlington
120	108	Lenape Valley Regional (Stanhope)	Sussex
52	49	Leonia	Bergen
186	163	Liberty (Jersey City)	Hudson
294	305	Lincoln	Hudson
326	284	Linden	Union
196	254	Lindenwold	Camden
24	22	Livingston	Essex
286	240	Lodi	Bergen
167	206	Long Branch	Monmouth
243	236	Lower Cape May Regional	Cape May
162	178	Lyndhurst	Bergen
6	15	Madison	Morris
55	56	Mahwah	Bergen
81	139	Mainland Regional	Atlantic
291	314	Malcolm X Shabazz (Newark)	Essex
152	127	Manalapan	Monmouth
145	124	Manasquan	Monmouth
245	260	Manchester	Ocean
272	241	Manchester Regional	Passaic
201	196	Manville	Somerset
281	301	Maple Shade	Burlington
123	93	Marlboro	Monmouth
92	126	Matawan Regional	Monmouth
2	2	Mcnair Academic (Jersey City)	Hudson
248	210	Memorial (Elmwood Park)	Bergen
307	273	Memorial (West New York)	Hudson
285	211	Met East (Camden)	Camden
19	54	Metuchen	Middlesex
194	263	Middle Township	Cape May
155	183	Middlesex	Middlesex
128	159	Middletown North	Monmouth
105	95	Middletown South	Monmouth
68	116	Midland Park	Bergen
8	1	Millburn	Essex
308	306	Millville Senior	Cumberland
129	177	Monmouth Regional	Monmouth
124	118	Monroe Township	Middlesex
99	94	Montclair	Essex
61	10	Montgomery	Somerset
39	47	Montville	Morris
27	39	Moorestown	Burlington
42	70	Morris Hills	Morris
79	79	Morris Knolls	Morris
75	66	Morristown	Morris
7	9	Mountain Lakes	Morris
69	90	Mt. Olive	Morris
283	283	Neptune School	Monmouth
293	282	New Brunswick	Middlesex
193	203	New Egypx	Ocean
169	161	New Milford	Bergen
1	5	New Providence	Union
292	304	Newark Vocational	Essex
130	167	Newton	Sussex
149	141	North Arlington	Bergen
322	296	North Bergen	Hudson
158	143	North Brunswick Township	Middlesex
156	186	North Burlington County Regional (Columbus)	Burlington
66	60	North Hunterdon Regional (Clinton)	Hunterdon
207	256	North Plainfield	Somerset
34	14	North Valley Regional (Demarest)	Bergen
115	138	North Warren Regional (Blairstown)	Warren
22	6	Northern Highlands Regional (Allendale)	Bergen
53	30	Northern Valley Regional (Old Tappan)	Bergen
140	160	Nutley	Essex
247	244	Oakcrest	Atlantic
63	99	Ocean City	Cape May
95	64	Ocean Township	Monmouth
178	162	Old Bridge	Middlesex
232	315	Orange	Essex
253	300	Overbrook	Camden
107	87	Palisades Park	Bergen
222	208	Palmyra	Burlington
111	98	Paramus	Bergen
14	18	Park Ridge	Bergen
86	84	Parsippany	Morris
23	50	Parsippany Hills	Morris
18	7	Pascack Hills (Montvale)	Bergen
73	23	Pascack Valley (Hillsdale)	Bergen
282	313	Passaic	Passaic
202	144	Passaic Valley	Passaic
278	265	Paulsboro	Gloucester
195	266	Pemberton Township	Burlington
251	253	Penns Grove	Salem
310	298	Pennsauken	Camden
159	209	Pennsville Memorial	Salem
25	46	Pequannock Township	Morris
320	318	Perth Amboy	Middlesex
215	276	Phillipsburg	Warren
173	262	Pinelands Regional (Little Egg Harbor)	Ocean
217	140	Piscataway Township	Middlesex
100	119	Pitman	Gloucester
280	307	Plainfield	Union
267	299	Pleasantville	Atlantic
154	133	Point Pleasant	Ocean
78	58	Point Pleasant Beach	Ocean
85	173	Pompxon Lakes	Passaic
59	44	Princeton	Mercer
191	261	Rahway	Union
17	19	Ramapo	Bergen
30	33	Ramsey	Bergen
255	223	Rancocas Valley Regional (Mount Holly)	Burlington
37	52	Randolph	Morris
175	166	Raritan	Monmouth
41	61	Red Bank Regional	Monmouth
9	12	Ridge	Somerset
96	112	Ridgefield Memorial	Bergen
237	207	Ridgefield Park	Bergen
28	20	Ridgewood	Bergen
104	27	River Dell Regional (Oradell)	Bergen
301	281	Riverside	Burlington
110	109	Robbinsville	Mercer
254	123	Rosa Parks Arts (Paterson)	Passaic
122	190	Roselle Park	Union
93	115	Roxbury	Morris
10	31	Rumson-Fair Haven Regional	Monmouth
71	73	Rutherford	Bergen
153	170	Saddle Brook	Bergen
265	277	Salem	Salem
116	69	Science Park (Newark)	Essex
60	62	Scotch Plains-Fanwood	Union
90	102	Secaucus	Hudson
119	135	Seneca (Tabernacle)	Burlington
142	100	Shawnee (Medford)	Burlington
134	111	Shore Regional (West Long Branch)	Monmouth
76	77	Somerville	Somerset
172	165	South Amboy	Middlesex
138	89	South Brunswick	Middlesex
21	74	South Hunterdon Regional (West Amwell)	Hunterdon
227	148	South Plainfield	Middlesex
249	234	South River	Middlesex
236	154	Southern Regional (Manahawkin)	Ocean
83	78	Sparta	Sussex
102	105	Spotswood	Middlesex
266	231	Sterling	Camden
15	25	Summit	Union
327	N/A	T.A. Edison Academy (Elizabeth)	Union
126	114	Teaneck	Bergen
190	156	Technology (Newark)	Essex
3	3	Tenafly	Bergen
328	N/A	Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy (Elizabeth)	Union
246	219	Timber Creek	Camden
225	239	Toms River East	Ocean
228	222	Toms River North	Ocean
229	269	Toms River South	Ocean
271	278	Triton	Camden
323	285	Union City	Hudson
250	243	Union Senior	Union
171	131	University (Newark)	Essex
108	152	Vernon Township	Sussex
70	53	Verona	Essex
297	275	Vineland	Cumberland
48	59	Voorhees	Hunterdon
54	68	Waldwick	Bergen
137	155	Wall	Monmouth
239	204	Wallington	Bergen
125	195	Wallkill Valley Regional (Hamburg)	Sussex
241	232	War Memorial (Sayreville/Parlin)	Middlesex
168	202	Warren Hills Regional	Warren
165	175	Washington Township	Gloucester
44	48	Watchung Hills Regional	Somerset
35	51	Wayne Hills	Passaic
64	63	Wayne Valley	Passaic
91	104	Weehawken	Hudson
258	310	Weequahic	Essex
219	182	West Depxford	Gloucester
16	36	West Essex (North Caldwell)	Essex
163	185	West Milford	Passaic
56	43	West Morris Central	Morris
45	26	West Morris Mendham	Morris
136	128	West Orange	Essex
268	319	West Side	Essex
32	29	West Windsor-Plainsboro North	Mercer
62	16	West Windsor-Plainsboro South	Mercer
49	41	Westfield	Union
58	92	Westwood	Bergen
38	42	Whippany Park	Morris
244	279	Wildwood	Cape May
302	308	William L. Dickinson (Jersey City)	Hudson
295	270	Williamstown	Gloucester
252	295	Willingboro	Burlington
299	309	Winslow Township	Camden
176	137	Wood-Ridge	Bergen
170	229	Woodbridge	Middlesex
192	199	Woodbury	Gloucester
300	321	Woodrow Wilson	Camden
185	147	Woodstown	Salem

Comments

Montgomery

Montgomery didn’t sink. The others rose. OK?

Posted by: Bill Michaelson, Lawrence | Aug 23, 2012 16:52:35 PM |

Montgomery HS

Did Montgomery HS really sink from #10 in 2010 to #61 now? Is that accurate?

Posted by: A. Friedman, Belle Mead | Aug 22, 2012 22:12:43 PM |

Montgomery HS

Did Montgomery HS really sink from #10 in 2010 to #61 now? Is that accurate?

Posted by: A. Friedman, Belle Mead | Aug 22, 2012 22:12:50 PM |

Montgomery HS

Did Montgomery HS really sink from #10 in 2010 to #61 now? Is that accurate?

Posted by: A. Friedman, Belle Mead | Aug 22, 2012 22:12:55 PM |

Is this correct

Why is this listing very different from the listing in us news and world, and Newsweek which list bridgewater-raritan at 34 and 350 in the nation. Why doesn’t this come close to matching?

Posted by: Marissa jay, Bridgewater | Aug 30, 2012 00:45:50 AM |

Hunterdon Central

What happened? These rankings seem inaccurate. Princeton, Montgomery, Hunterdon Central are listed in the top 30 on other lists. Why is this list so different. What is being evaluated?

Posted by: Linda Matos, Flemington NJ. | Sep 03, 2012 13:15:09 PM |

Basis?

The question that should be asked is what data was used to create this?

Posted by: SusyS, Curious in CT | Sep 05, 2012 16:54:08 PM |

Ranking of Union City High School

Between 2010 and 2012 This school which includes students from Union Hill H.S. and Emerson H.S went from the mid-28o in 2010 to the mid 330 in 2012. This is an Abbot District and has had many thousands of dollars poured into it and it still fails to improve. Maybe it has more to do with parent involvement than money because in virtually every district where the students do well the primary reason given is supportive parents. If the parents don’t make sure their kids are doing what they are suppossed to be doing all the money in the world will not help. What a sad situation.

Posted by: Richard Molinari, Union City, New Jersey | Sep 07, 2012 15:54:22 PM |

Messed up ranking/rating

Princeton 59? West Windsor 32?? East Brunswick 121??? JP 80???? Montgomery 61????? This "rating" is totally messed up and does not look credible at all! Either data was inaccurate, or method was incorrect, or something!

Posted by: afzal khan, south brunswick | Nov 27, 2012 14:23:53 PM |

Summit

Summit went up to #15? Why don’t they factor in students going to top schools, hardly any of Summit’s graduate go to Ivies compared to other schools in the area.

Posted by: rh, Cranford | Apr 27, 2013 21:37:56 PM |

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