Top 100 High Schools in New Jersey 2021

The results are in!

U.S. News and World Report recently released their top 100 high school rankings and New Jersey is home to quite a few of them. Every year they rank the best high schools in the country and this year was no different. They also ranked the best magnet schools, charter schools and best STEM schools in the country as well. The criteria used to rank these schools was based on six factors: college readiness, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth and graduation rates.

New Jersey had eight schools of the top 100 high schools in the country. Monmouth County Vocational School District accounted for two of the eight New Jersey schools (High Technology High School and Biotechnology High School) that finished in the top 100. High Technology High School was also ranked as the #1 STEM School in the country. All of the eight high schools that made the top 100 are listed below.

• (#27) Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District, Edison
• (#53) High Technology High school, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Lincroft
• (#54) Bergen County Academies, Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, Hackensack
• (#61) Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health, Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District, Woodbridge
• (#73) Dr. Ronald E McNair High School, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City
• (#83) Union County Magnet High School, Union County Vocational – Technical School District, Scotch Plains
• (#91) Biotechnology High School, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Freehold
• (#92) Bergen County Technical High School – Teterboro, Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, Teterboro

In addition to these ranking they also ranked the top 100 high schools in each state. Middlesex County Academy for Science received the top honor for best high school in New Jersey. Below are the rest of the top 100 high schools in the state of New Jersey.

1. Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District, Edison
2. High Technology High School, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Lincroft
3. Bergen County Academies, Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, Hackensack
4. Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health, Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District, Woodbridge
5. Dr. Ronald E McNair High School, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City
6. Union County Magnet High School, Union County Vocational-Technical School District, Scotch Plains
7. Biotechnology High School, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Freehold
8. Bergen County Technical High School – Teterboro, Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, Teterboro
9. Academy for Information Technology, Union County Vocational-Technical School District, Scotch Plains
10. Academy for Allied Health Sciences, Union County Vocational-Technical School District, Scotch Plains
11. Infinity Institute, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City
12. Marine Academy of Science and Technology, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Highlands
13. Elizabeth High School, Elizabeth Public Schools, Elizabeth
14. Glen Ridge High School, Glen Ridge Public School District, Glen Ridge
15. Millburn High School, Millburn Township School District, Millburn
16. Livingston High School, Livingston Board of Education School District, Livingston
17. Summit Senior High School, Summit Public School District, Summit
18. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, Plainsboro
19. Academy of Allied Health and Science, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Neptune
20. Science Park High School, Newark Public School District, Newark
21. Tenafly High School, Tenafly Public School District, Tenafly
22. Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest, Northern Valley Regional High School District, Demarest
23. Chatham High School, School District of The Chathams, Chatham
24. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, West Windsor
25. Ridge High School, Bernards Township School District, Basking Ridge
26. Norther Valley Reg Old Tappen High Schoo, Northern Valley Regional High School District, Old Tappan
27. Montgomery High School, Montgomery Township School District, Skillman
28. Princeton High School, Princeton Public Schools, Princeton
29. Northern Highlands Regional High School, Northern Highlands Regional High School District, Allendale
30. New Providence High School, New Providence School District, New Providence
31. Communications High School, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Wall
32. Pascack Hills High School, Pascack Valley Regional High School District, Montvale
33. Central Jersey College Prep Charter School, Central Jersey College Prep Charter School, Somerset
34. Mountain Lakes High School, Mountain Lakes Public School District, Mountain Lakes
35. Technology High School, Newark Public School District, Newark
36. Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood Public School District, Ridgewood
37. John P. Stevens High School, Edison Township School District, Edison
38. Madison High School, Madison Public School District, Madison
39. Haddonfield Memorial High School, Haddonfield School District, Haddonfield
40. Cresskill High School, Cresskill Public School District, Cresskill
41. Westfield Senior High School, Westfield Public School District, Westfield
42. Ramapo High School, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, Franklin Lakes
43. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District, Rumson
44. Glen Rock High School, Glen Rock Public School District, Glen Rock
45. West Morris Mendham High School, West Morris Regional High School District, Mendham
46. Mahwah High, Mahwah Township Public School District, Mahwah
47. Kinnelon High School, Kinnelon School District, Kinnelon
48. Columbia High School, South Orange-Maplewood School District, Maplewood
49. Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy, Elizabeth Public Schools, Elizabeth
50. Whippany Park High School, Hanover Park Regional High School District, Whippany
51. Bernards High School, Somerset Hills Regional School District, Bernardsville
52. Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill School District, Cherry Hill
53. Bergenfield High School, Bergenfield Borough School District, Bergenfield
54. Moorestown High School, Moorestown Township Public School District, Moorestown
55. Fair Lawn High School, Fair Lawn Public School District, Fair Lawn
56. Leonia High School, Leonia Public School District, Leonia
57. Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Hunterdon Central Regional High School District, Flemington
58. Midland Park Jr./Sr. High School, Midland Park School District, Midland Park
59. East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick Township School District, E Brunswick
60. High Tech High School, Hudson County Schools of Technology School District, Secaucus
61. Park Ridge High School, Park Ridge School District, Park Ridge
62. Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District, Scotch Plains
63. West Essex High School, West Essex Regional School District, North Caldwell
64. River Dell Regional High School, River Dell Regional School District, Oradell
65. Indian Hills High School, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, Oakland
66. Ramsey High School, Ramsey School District, Ramsey
67. Liberty High School, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City
68. Metuchen High School, Metuchen Public School District, Metuchen
69. Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School, Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, Bridgewater
70. Montville Township High School, Montville Township School District, Montville
71. Marlboro High School, Freehold Regional High School District, Marlboro
72. West Morris Central High School, West Morris Regional High School District, Chester
73. Morris Hills High School, Morris Hills Regional School District, Rockaway
74. Holmdel High School, Holmdel Township School District, Holmdel
75. Pequannock Township High School, Pequannock Township School District, Pompton Plains
76. South Brunswick High School, South Brunswick School District, Monmouth Junction
77. Randolph High School, Randolph Township School District, Randolph
78. Montclair High School, Montclair Public School District, Montclair
79. Verona High School, Verona Public School District, Verona
80. Robbinsville High School, Robbinsville Public Schools, Robbinsville
81. Cranford High School, Cranford Public School District, Cranford
82. Highland Park High School, Highland Park Boro School District, Highland Park
83. North Hunterdon High School, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, Annandale
84. Watchung Hills Regional High School, Watchung Hills Regional High School District, Warren
85. Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering, Morris County Vocational School District, Rockaway
86. Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School, Bergen Arts and Science Charter School, Garfield
87. Morris County School of Technology, Morris County Vocational School District, Denville
88. Parsippany Hills High School, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District, Morris Plains
89. Morris Knolls High School, Morris Hills Regional School District, Denville
90. Dumont High School, Dumont Public School District, Dumont
91. Colts Neck High School, Freehold Regional High School District, Colts Neck
92. Hopewell Valley Central High School, Hopewell Valley Regional School District, Pennington
93. Cinnaminson High School, Cinnaminson Township Public Schools, Cinnaminson
94. Governor Livingston High School, Berkeley Heights School District, Berkeley Heights
95. Wayne Valley High School, Wayne Township Public School District, Wayne
96. East Orange STEM Academy High School, East Orange School District, East Orange
97. Sparta High School, Sparta Township Public School District, Sparta
98. Hillsborough High School, Hillsborough Township Public School District, Hillsborough
99. Dover High School, Dover Public School District, Dover
100. Mount Olive High School, Mount Olive Township School District, Flanders

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