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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 |
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