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1 1 of 10 8/27/ :08 AM Friday August 27, 2010 SUBSCRIBE HOME RESTAURANTS LIFESTYLE JERSEY SHORE ATLANTIC CITY TOWNS & SCHOOLS TOP DOCTORS EVENTS BEST OF JERSEY FIND A BUSINESS Day Trips Towns & Schools Search Proven winners stay on top of our rankings, but all New Jersey public high schools face a host of new and daunting challenges this year. Posted August 16, 2010 Do you like this story? 37 Share Share 2464 Any champion will tell you the toughest challenge is staying on top. But that s just what Millburn High School managed to do in this year s ranking of the state s top public high schools. The Essex County school, which was number 1 in the New Jersey Monthly ranking in 2008, repeats as our high school champ in In fact, the top of this year s high school ranking is almost identical to the 2008 list, with McNair Academic of Jersey City and Tenafly High School repeating in the number 2 and number 3 spots, and Glen Ridge High School moving up one notch to number 4. The Top High Schools list is based on data reported by the schools to the Department of Education for the school year. Click here for an explanation of our methodology. In addition to publishing the Top 100 Public High Schools in this section, we also have compiled the top 10 schools by District Factor Group, which ranks schools based on their socioeconomic peer group (see below); and a list of the Top 10 Most Improved High Schools, based on our ranking. See the full rankings below. What the rankings do not tell us is how the schools will fare after losing $820 million in direct state aid this year. Under Governor Chris Christie s cuts, many of the state s most successful school districts lost every penny of state cash assistance (although the state will pay for certain teacher benefits and the districts social security contributions). That s the case at Millburn High School, where aid was cut from $3 million for to zero for the new school year. MHS principal William Miron says the cuts forced an approximate 7 percent reduction in his school s budget. That has meant increasing some class sizes, eliminating some classes (five sections of Chinese instead of seven), merging a number of clubs, and cutting back sports schedules. Districtwide, about six administrative positions were eliminated, some through retirements; administrative responsibilities were spread among teachers through the creation of department-chair positions. We did a pretty good job of contracting without eliminating teaching positions, Miron says. A similar scenario is playing out at New Providence High School in Union County, which made a strong leap in the new ranking, moving from number 17 to number 5. The district s state aid was cut from $1.48 million to zero. NPHS principal Paul Casarico reports that seven teaching and support positions were eliminated districtwide, including two and a half teaching positions at the high school. Some of the opportunities that Get updates on reviews and restaurant news, sign up for our free dining newsletter, Side Dish.

2 2 of 10 8/27/ :08 AM sizes, fewer coaches (although no sports were dropped), and fewer clubs and activities. Further down the rankings, Glassboro High School is also feeling the pain; its district lost $1.7 million, or 10 percent of its state funding. As a result, four and a third teaching positions were cut at the high school, and class sizes have grown, especially in electives like art and African-American history, says principal Santina S. Haldeman. Her school also cut several teams (cross-country, winter track, spring golf), the fall play, and an after-school weight-lifting program. HOME RESTAURANTS LIFESTYLE JERSEY SHORE ATLANTIC CITY TOWNS & SCHOOLS TOP DOCTORS EVENTS BEST OF JERSEY ADVERTISE CONTACT US SUBSCRIBER CUSTOMER SERVICE SUBSCRIBE GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS BACK ISSUES SITE INDEX Glassboro, which has many students from low-income housing areas, has made good progress, moving from number 197 to number 188 in the rankings. (It is number 10 among its District Factor Group peers.) But Haldeman is concerned about hanging onto the gains. I worry about what the future will bring, she says. I think this is just the beginning. I can t imagine how it will be a year from now in terms of loss of teachers and programs. Click on the links below to read our Top High Schools rankings in the categories listed: Full 2010 Top High Schools rankings (pdf) 2010 Top High School rankings (alphabetical) 2010 Top High School rankings (by county) DFG District Factor Group A-B School 1 McNair Academic (Jersey City) 2 Science (Newark) 3 Creative and Performing Arts (Camden) 4 Rosa Parks Arts (Paterson) 5 University (Newark) 6 Technology (Newark) 7 Brimm Medical Arts (Camden) 8 Liberty (Jersey City) Overal District Factor Group 2 B 69 A 117 A 123 A 131 A 156 A 157 A 163 B 9 Keansburg 184 A 10 Glassboro 188 B DFG District Factor Group C-D School 1 Dwight Morrow (Englewood) 2 Palisades Park Overal District Factor Group 83 D 87 C 3 Ocean City 99 D 4 Secaucus 102 D 5 Weehawken 104 C 6 Spotswood 105 D 7 Ridgefield Memorial 112 D 8 David Brearley (Kenilworth) 9 Henry Hudson Regional (Highlands) 10 High Point Regional (Sussex) 113 D 121 D 125 D District Factor Group F-G District Factor Group I-J DFG School 1 Emerson (Jersey City) 2 Highland Park 3 Jonathan Dayton (Springfield) 4 Whippany Park 5 Pequannock Twp. Overal District Factor Group 34 G 37 G 40 G 42 G 46 G DFG School Overal District Factor Group 1 Millburn 1 J 2 Tenafly 3 I 3 Glen Ridge 4 I 4 New Providence 5 I 5 Northern Highlands Regional (Allendale) 6 J 6 Pascack Hills 7 J (Montvale) 6 Leonia 49 G 7 Chatham 8 J 7 Parsippany 50 G Hills 8 Mountain 9 J

3 8 Wayne Hills 51 G 9 Montgomery 10 J 9 Cherry Hill East 57 G 10 Haddonfield Memorial 11 J 10 Point Pleasant Beach 58 F RANK SCHOOL INFO High School County 1 1 Millburn Essex 2 2 McNair Academic (Jersey City) Hudson 3 3 Tenafly Bergen 4 5 Glen Ridge Essex 5 17 New Providence Union 6 8 Northern Highlands Regional (Allendale) Bergen 7 12 Pascack Hills (Montvale) Bergen 8 10 Chatham Morris 9 4 Mountain Lakes Morris Montgomery Somerset Haddonfield Memorial Camden Ridge (Bernards Twp) Somerset Cranford Union 14 9 Northern Valley Regional (Demarest) Bergen Madison Morris West Windsor Plainsboro South Mercer Holmdel Monmouth Park Ridge Bergen Ramapo (Franklin Lakes) Bergen 20 7 Ridgewood Bergen Kinnelon Morris Livingston Essex Pascack Valley (Hillsdale) Bergen Governor Livingston (Berkeley Heights) Union Summit Union West Morris Mendham Morris River Dell Regional (Oradell) Bergen Glen Rock Bergen West Windsor Plainsboro North Mercer Northern Valley Regional (Old Tappan) Bergen Rumson Fair Haven Regional Monmouth Bernards (Bernardsville) Somerset Ramsey Bergen Emerson Bergen Indian Hills (Oakland) Bergen West Essex (North Caldwell) Essex Highland Park Middlesex Hopewell Valley Central (Pennington) Mercer Moorestown Burlington Jonathan Dayton (Springfield) Union Westfield Union Whippany Park Morris West Morris Central (Chester) Morris 44 6 Princeton Mercer James Caldwell (West Caldwell) Essex 3 of 10 8/27/ :08 AM

4 4 of 10 8/27/ :08 AM Pequannock Twp Morris Montville Morris Watchung Hills Regional Somerset Leonia Bergen Parsippany Hills Morris Wayne Hills Passaic Randolph Morris Verona Essex Metuchen Middlesex Cresskill Bergen Mahwah Bergen Cherry Hill East Camden Point Pleasant Beach Ocean Voorhees (Lebanon Twp) Hunterdon North Hunterdon Regional (Clinton Twp) Hunterdon Red Bank Regional Monmouth Scotch Plains Fanwood Union Wayne Valley Passaic Ocean Twp Monmouth J. P. Stevens (Edison) Middlesex Morristown Morris Bridgewater-Raritan Somerset Waldwick Bergen Science (Newark) Essex Morris Hills (Rockaway) Morris East Brunswick Middlesex Fort Lee Bergen Rutherford Bergen South Hunterdon Regional (West Amwell) Hunterdon Columbia (Maplewood) Essex Fair Lawn Bergen Somerville Somerset Sparta Sussex Morris Knolls (Denville) Morris Colts Neck Monmouth Hillsborough Somerset Allentown Monmouth Dwight Morrow (Englewood) Bergen Parsippany Morris Hunterdon Central (Flemington) Hunterdon Eastern Regional (Voorhees) Camden Palisades Park Bergen Delaware Valley Regional (Alexandria) Hunterdon South Brunswick Middlesex Mount Olive Morris Cherry Hill West Camden Westwood Bergen Marlboro Monmouth Montclair Essex Middletown South Monmouth Hanover Park Morris Haddon Twp Camden Paramus Bergen

5 5 of 10 8/27/ :08 AM Shawnee (Medford) Burlington Arthur L. Johnson (Clark) Union Secaucus Hudson Cedar Grove Essex Weehawken Hudson Spotswood Middlesex Dumont Bergen Hasbrouck Heights Bergen Lenape Valley Regional (Stanhope) Sussex 109 n/a Robbinsville High School Mercer Dunellen Middlesex Shore Regional (West Long Branch) Monmouth Ridgefield Memorial Bergen David Brearley (Kenilworth) Union Teaneck Bergen Roxbury Morris Midland Park Bergen Creative and Performing Arts (Camden) Camden Monroe Twp Middlesex Pitman Gloucester Lawrence Mercer Henry Hudson Regional (Highlands) Monmouth Lenape (Medford) Burlington Rosa Parks Arts (Paterson) Passaic Manasquan Monmouth High Point Regional (Sussex) Sussex Matawan Regional Monmouth Manalapan Monmouth West Orange Essex Haddon Heights Camden Boonton Morris University (Newark) Essex Freehold Borough Monmouth Point Pleasant Ocean Cherokee (Evesham Twp) Burlington Seneca (Tabernacle) Burlington Bergenfield Bergen Wood-Ridge Bergen North Warren Regional (Blairstown) Warren Mainland Regional (Linwood) Atlantic Piscataway Middlesex North Arlington Bergen Clearview Regional (Harrison Twp) Gloucester North Brunswick Middlesex Passaic Valley (Little Falls) Passaic Lakeland Regional (Wanaque) Passaic John F. Kennedy Memorial (Woodbridge) Middlesex Woodstown Salem South Plainfield Middlesex Kittatinny Regional (Hampton Twp) Sussex Henry P. Becton Regional (East Rutherford) Bergen Bogota Bergen Vernon Sussex

6 6 of 10 8/27/ :08 AM Southern Regional (Stafford Twp) Ocean Wall Monmouth Technology (Newark) Essex Brimm Medical Arts (Camden) Camden Jefferson Twp Morris Middletown North Monmouth Nutley Essex New Milford Bergen Old Bridge Middlesex Liberty (Jersey City) Hudson Cinnaminson Burlington South Amboy Middlesex Raritan (Hazlet) Monmouth Newton Sussex Arthur P. Schalick (Pittsgrove) Salem Edison Middlesex Saddle Brook Bergen Hawthorne Passaic Audubon Camden Pompton Lakes Passaic Howell Monmouth Washington Twp Gloucester Butler Morris Monmouth Regional (Tinton Falls) Monmouth Lyndhurst Bergen Delran Burlington Hightstown Mercer Jackson Memorial Ocean West Deptford Gloucester Middlesex Middlesex Keansburg Monmouth West Milford Passaic Northern Burlington Regional (Columbus) Burlington Hoboken Hudson Glassboro Gloucester Hamilton East-Steinert Mercer Roselle Park Union Hackettstown Warren Colonia Middlesex 193 n/a Barnegat High School Ocean Gloucester City Camden Wallkill Valley Regional (Hamburg) Sussex Manville Somerset Gateway Regional (Woodbury Heights) Gloucester Hackensack Bergen Woodbury Gloucester Hopatcong Sussex Franklin Twp (Somerset) Somerset Warren Hills Regional (Washington) Warren New Egypt Ocean Wallington Bergen Arts (Newark) Essex Long Branch Monmouth

7 7 of 10 8/27/ :08 AM Palmyra Burlington Pennsville Memorial Salem Memorial (Elmwood Park) Bergen 211 n/a Met East High Camden Freehold Twp Monmouth Harrison Hudson Belleville Essex 215 n/a Jackson Liberty High Ocean Kingsway Regional (Swedesboro) Gloucester Hillside Union Bordentown Regional Burlington Timber Creek Regional (Gloucester Twp) Camden Dover Morris Cicely Tyson Performing Arts (East Orange) Essex Toms River North Ocean Rancocas Valley Regional (Mount Holly) Burlington Clayton Gloucester Lacey Twp Ocean Bloomfield Essex Egg Harbor Twp Atlantic 228 n/a International High Passaic Woodbridge Middlesex Kearny Hudson Sterling (Somerdale) Camden Sayreville War Memorial Middlesex Hammonton Atlantic South River Middlesex Cliffside Park Bergen Lower Cape May Regional (Cape May) Cape May Florence Twp Memorial Burlington Absegami (Absecon) Atlantic Toms River East Ocean Lodi Bergen Manchester Regional (Haledon) Passaic Bayonne Hudson Union Union Oakcrest (Hamilton Twp) Atlantic Ewing Mercer Delsea Regional (Franklin Twp) Gloucester Atlantic City Atlantic Brick Twp Ocean Keyport Monmouth Belvidere Warren Brick Memorial Ocean Highland Regional (Blackwood) Camden Penns Grove Salem Lindenwold Camden Deptford Twp Gloucester North Plainfield Somerset Central Regional (Berkeley Twp) Ocean Hamilton West-Watson Mercer Clifton Passaic Manchester Ocean

8 8 of 10 8/27/ :08 AM Pinelands Regional (Little Egg Harbor) Ocean Middle Twp Cape May Hamilton North-Nottingham Mercer Paulsboro Gloucester Pemberton Twp Burlington Collingswood Camden Burlington City Burlington Toms River South Ocean Williamstown Gloucester Emerson Hudson Abraham Clark (Roselle) Union Memorial (West New York) Hudson Central (Newark) Essex Vineland South Cumberland Phillipsburg Warren Salem Salem Triton (Runnemede) Camden Wildwood Cape May Asbury Park Monmouth Riverside Burlington New Brunswick Middlesex Neptune Monmouth Linden Union Union Hill (Union City) Hudson Garfield Bergen Irvington Essex Bound Brook Somerset Eastside (Paterson) Passaic John F. Kennedy (Paterson) Passaic Cumberland Regional (Upper Deerfield) Cumberland East Orange Campus Essex East Side (Newark) Essex Elizabeth Union Willingboro Burlington North Bergen Hudson Buena Regional Atlantic Pennsauken Camden Pleasantville Atlantic Overbrook (Pine Hill) Camden Maple Shade Burlington Carteret Middlesex Bridgeton Cumberland 304 n/a Newark Vocational Essex Lincoln (Jersey City) Hudson Millville Cumberland Plainfield Union William L. Dickinson (Jersey City) Hudson Winslow Twp Camden Weequahic (Newark) Essex Barringer (Newark) Essex Henry Snyder (Jersey City) Hudson Passaic Passaic Malcolm X Shabazz (Newark) Essex

9 9 of 10 8/27/ :08 AM Lakewood Ocean Trenton Central Mercer Perth Amboy Middlesex West Side (Newark) Essex James J. Ferris (Jersey City) Hudson Woodrow Wilson (Camden) Camden Camden Camden If you like this article please share it Follow us on Twitter Become a fan on Facebook Share Share For more stories about: Public High School, top high schools, schools, best schools, best high schools, charter schools COMMENTS Hudson County Schools of Technolgy How do you or do you calculate the County Vocational-Technical Schools comprehensive high schools. I am the Director of Development for Hudson County Schoools of Technology and I did not read any statistics on High Tech or County Prep HS? NJ Monthly has calculated our schools of choice in the past--our schools are similiar to MaNair. Is there a way to discuss the process?? Thank you Posted by: Linda Quentzel, Secaucus Aug 26, :57:43 AM Bergen County Academies How about Bergen County Academies?? This is by far the best school in the State and it s not even ranked? How is that possible? Posted by: Dulcinea, Bergen Aug 26, :15:31 AM Get updates on reviews and restaurant news, sign up for our free dining newsletter, Side Dish. Address

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