U.S. News and World Report – Top 100 High Schools In New Jersey 2022

And The Winner Is…

U.S News and World Report recently released the 2022 edition of their annual top 100 high school rankings for the country. As with previous years, New Jersey scored well, being home to a handful of those top schools. In addition to public high schools, they also ranked the best charter schools, magnet schools, and STEM schools in the country.

The criteria to rank these schools was the same it’s always been for previous years, being college readiness, college curriculum breadth, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, and underserved student performance. However, this year, the calculations were adjusted to account for the impact COVID-19 had on education. For example, many schools canceled their state testing for the 2019-2020 school year. Thus, historical data, along with new science proficiency results from 2018-2019, was used to help calculate the rankings.

New Jersey had eight of its own schools placing within the top 100 high schools in the country. Monmouth County Vocational School District accounted for two of those eight (High Technology High School and Biotechnology High School), with High Technology High School also ranking as the #2 STEM School in the nation. Here are the eight New Jersey high schools which made the top 100:

• (#23) Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies (Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District, Edison)
• (#49) Union County Magnet High School (Union County Vocational – Technical School District, Scotch Plains)
• (#61) Bergen County Academies (Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, Hackensack)
• (#65) High Technology High School (Monmouth County Vocational School District, Lincroft)
• (#68) Dr. Ronald E McNair High School (Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City)
• (#69) Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health (Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District, Woodbridge)
• (#80) Biotechnology High School (Monmouth County Vocational School District, Freehold)
• (#93) Bergen County Technical High School – Teterboro (Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, Teterboro)

Additionally, the top 100 high schools of each state were ranked. Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies was once again named the top high school in New Jersey. Below are the rest of the top 100 high schools in New Jersey:

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

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