NJ S TOP PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS

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1 SPONSORED BY: Complete 2014 rankings of 339 Public High Schools NJ S TOP PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS High School County 1 20 Chatham Morris % Haddonfield Memorial Camden % Northern Highlands Regional (Allendale) Bergen % West Morris Mendham (Chester) IB Morris % Millburn Essex % New Providence Union % Pascack Hills (Montvale) Bergen % Glen Rock Bergen % Marlboro Monmouth % Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Monmouth % West Morris Central (Chester) IB Morris % Holmdel Monmouth % Ridge (Bernards Township) Somerset % Moorestown Burlington % Bernards Somerset % Livingston Essex % Tenafly Bergen % Cresskill Bergen % Mountain Lakes Morris % Kinnelon Morris % Westfield Union % Ramsey Bergen % West Windsor-Plainsboro North Mercer % Ramapo Bergen % West Essex (North Caldwell) Essex % Hanover Park Morris % Glen Ridge Essex % Ridgewood Bergen % Pequannock Township Morris % John P. Stevens (Edison) Middlesex % River Dell Regional Bergen % Madison Morris % Montgomery Somerset % Sparta Sussex % West Windsor-Plainsboro South Mercer % Governor Livingston (Berkeley Heights) Union % Park Ridge Bergen % Summit Union % Pascack Valley (Montvale) Bergen % Cherry Hill East Camden % Hopewell Valley Central (Pennington) Mercer % Northern Valley Regional (Demarest) Bergen % Voorhees (Lebanon) Hunterdon % Hunterdon Central Regional (Flemington) Hunterdon % North Hunterdon (Clinton) Hunterdon % Whippany Park Morris % East Brunswick Middlesex % 87 IB Indicates schools offering the International Baccalaureate program by New Jersey Monthly, LLC

2 Shawnee (Medford) Burlington % Cranford Union % Watchung Hills Regional (Warren) Somerset % Montville Morris % James Caldwell (West Caldwell) Essex % South Brunswick Middlesex % Scotch Plains-Fanwood Union % Northern Valley Regional (Old Tappan) Bergen % Verona Essex % Paramu Bergen % Parsippany Hills Morris % Robbinsville Mercer % Indian Hills (Oakland) Bergen % Shore Regional (West Long Branch) IB Monmouth % McNair Academic (Jersey City) Hudson % Randolph Morris % Morris Knolls IB Morris % Wayne Hills (Wayne) Passaic % Freehold Township Monmouth % Princeton Mercer % Colts Neck Monmouth % Mahwah Bergen % Fair Lawn Bergen % Morris Hills (Rockaway) Morris % Science Park (Newark) Essex % Waldwick Bergen % T 67 Highland Park Middlesex % T 106 Hillsborough Somerset % Bridgewater-Raritan Regional Somerset % Metuchen Middlesex % Midland Park Bergen % Lenape (Shamong) Burlington % Cherokee (Marlton) Burlington % Fort Lee IB Bergen % Monroe Township Middlesex % Point Pleasant Beach Ocean % Ocean Township Monmouth % Emerson Bergen % Arthur L. Johnson (Clark) Union % North Warren Regional (Blairstown) Warren % Red Bank Regional IB Monmouth % Freehold Borough Monmouth % Wall Monmouth % Wayne Valley (Wayne) Passaic % Middletown South Monmouth % Manalapan Monmouth % Leonia Bergen % 82 T Indicates tie at number 74 IB Indicates schools offering the International Baccalaureate program.

3 95 81 Mainland Regional (Linwood) Atlantic % Columbia (Maplewood) Essex % Mount Olive Morris % Point Pleasant Borough Ocean % Cinnaminson Burlington % South Hunterdon Regional (Lambertville) Hunterdon % Dumont Bergen % Roxbury Morris % Cedar Grove Essex % Eastern Regional (Voorhees) Camden % Parsippany Morris % Westwood Regional (Washington Township) Bergen % Howell Monmouth % Haddon Township Camden % Clearview Regional (Mullica Hill) Gloucester % Somerville Somerset % Seneca (Tabernacle) Burlington % Lakeland Regional (Wanaque) Passaic % Jonathan Dayton (Springfield) Union % Lawrence Mercer % Jackson Memorial Ocean % Morristown Morris % Belvidere Warren % Ocean City Cape May % Elizabeth Union % Montclair Essex % Jefferson Township Morris % Bergenfield Bergen % Monmouth Regional (Tinton Falls) Monmouth % Rutherford Bergen % Allentown Monmouth % Hightstown Mercer % Colonia Middlesex % Jackson Liberty Ocean % John F. Kennedy (Woodbridge) Middlesex % Nutley Essex % New Milford Bergen % Dunellen Middlesex % Kittatinny Regional (Newton) Sussex % Vernon Township Sussex % Edison Middlesex % Middletown North Monmouth % Woodstown Salem % Hasbrouck Heights Bergen % Matawan Regional Monmouth % Delaware Valley Regional (Frenchtown) Hunterdon % Northern Burlington Regional (Columbus) Burlington % 79

4 High Point Regional (Sussex) Sussex % Manasquan Monmouth % Piscataway Township Middlesex % North Brunswick Township Middlesex % West Milford Township Passaic % Henry Hudson Regional (Highlands) Monmouth % Hamilton East - Steinert Mercer % Washington Township Gloucester % Kingsway Regional (Woolwich) Gloucester % New Egypt Ocean % West Deptford Gloucester % Pompton Lakes Passaic % Toms River North Ocean % Secaucus Hudson % Teaneck Bergen % South Plainfield Middlesex % Old Bridge Middlesex % T 170 Woodbridge Middlesex % T 102 Spotswood Middlesex % Cherry Hill West Camden % Butler Morris % Sayreville War Memorial (Parlin) Middlesex % Absegami (Galloway) Atlantic % Lyndhurst Bergen % Raritan (Hazlet) Monmouth % Central Jersey College Prep Charter School (Somerset) Somerset % Newton Sussex % Delran Burlington % West Orange Essex % Toms River East Ocean % Warren Hills Regional (Washington) Warren % Egg Harbor Township Atlantic % Rancocas Valley Regional (Mount Holly) Burlington % Arthur P. Schalick (Pittsgrove) Salem % Ridgefield Memorial Bergen % Middlesex Middlesex % Burlington Township Burlington % Charter Tech For The Performing Arts (Somers Point) Atlantic % Lenape Valley Regional (Stanhope) Sussex % Audubon Junior/Senior Camden % Timber Creek Regional (Sicklerville) Camden % Phillipsburg Warren % Wallkill Valley Regional (Hamburg) Sussex % Pinelands Regional (Tuckerton) Ocean % Barnegat Ocean % Woodbury Junior/Senior Gloucester % 73 T Indicates tie at number 159

5 Brick Township Memorial Ocean % Weehawken Hudson % Dwight Morrow/Academies (Englewood) Bergen % Roselle Park Union % Southern Regional (Manahawkin) Ocean % Bordentown Regional Burlington % David Brearley (Kenilworth) Union % Gateway Regional (Deptford) Gloucester % North Arlington Bergen % Oakcrest Atlantic % Pitman Gloucester % Technology High (Newark) Essex % Bogota Junior/Senior Bergen % Union Senior Union % Henry P. Becton Regional (East Rutherford) Bergen % Franklin Somerset % Alexander Hamilton Preparatory (Elizabeth) Union % Saddle Brook Middle/High School Bergen % Brick Township Ocean % Haddon Heights Junior/Senior Camden % Collingswood Camden % Ridgefield Park Junior/Senior Bergen % Lacey Township Ocean % Hackettstown Warren % Boonton Morris % Leap Academy University Charter (Camden) Camden % Memorial Senior (Elmwood Park) Bergen % Rahway Union % Keyport Monmouth % Bloomfield Essex % Hawthorne Passaic % School Of Health Science (Paterson) Passaic % Manchester Township Ocean % Glassboro Gloucester % Hamilton West-Watson Mercer % Wallington Junior/Senior Bergen % Middle Township (Cape May Court House) Cape May % Passaic Valley Regional Passaic % Rosa L. Parks School Of Fine & Performing Arts (Paterson) Passaic % South River Middlesex % Long Branch Monmouth % Hammonton Atlantic % Toms River South Ocean % Hamilton North-Nottingham Mercer % Wood-Ridge Bergen % Delsea Regional (Franklinville) Gloucester % 67

6 Sterling Camden % Hopatcong Sussex % Lower Cape May Regional Cape May % University (Newark) Essex % Dover Morris % T 264 Central Regional (Bayville) Ocean % T 274 Clifton Passaic % Triton Regional (Camden) Camden % Hackensack Bergen % Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts (Camden) Camden % Kearny Hudson % South Amboy Middle/High School Middlesex % Palisades Park Junior/Senior Bergen % Cicely L. Tyson Community (East Orange) Essex % Arts (Newark) Essex % Camden Academy Charter Camden % Hillside Union % American History (Newark) Essex % Ewing Mercer % Linden IB Union % Highland Regional (Blackwood) Camden % Pennsville Memorial Salem % Penns Grove (Carneys Point) Salem % Williamstown Gloucester % Florence Township Memorial (Burlington) Burlington % Deptford Township Gloucester % Palmyra Burlington % Carteret Middlesex % Atlantic City Atlantic % Bayonne Hudson % Vineland Senior Cumberland % School Of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (Paterson) Passaic % North Plainfield Somerset % Maple Shade Burlington % Liberty Hudson % Passaic County-Manchester Regional (Haledon) Passaic % Gloucester City Junior/Senior Camden % Winslow Township Camden % International High (Paterson) Passaic % Clayton Gloucester % T 298 Hoboken Hudson % T 312 Cumberland Regional (Seabrook) Cumberland % Burlington City Burlington % Manville Somerset % Lodi Bergen % Paterson Charter School For Science/ Technology Passaic % 81 T Indicates tie at number 239 and 274 IB Indicates schools offering the International Baccalaureate program.

7 Memorial (West New York) Hudson % Keansburg Monmouth % Overbrook Senior (Pine Hill) Camden % T 196 Lindenwold Camden % T University Academy Charter (Jersey City) Hudson % Wildwood Cape May % North Bergen Hudson % New Brunswick Middlesex % Team Academy Charter (Newark) Essex % Harrison Hudson % Bound Brook Somerset % Millville Senior Cumberland % Neptune Monmouth % Pemberton Township Burlington % Belleville Essex % Riverside Burlington % Buena Regional Atlantic % Cliffside Park Bergen % Pennsauken Camden % James J. Ferris (Jersey City) Hudson % Central (Newark) Essex % Union City Hudson % Trenton Central - West Campus Mercer % School Of Earth & Space Science (Paterson) Passaic % William L. Dickinson (Jersey City) Hudson % Orange Essex % Abraham Clark (Roselle) Union % Garfield Bergen % Salem Salem % Paulsboro Gloucester % Malcolm X Shabazz (Newark) Essex % Pleasantville Atlantic % School Of Education & Training (Wayne) Passaic % Asbury Park Monmouth % Woodrow Wilson (Camden) Camden % School Of Government (Paterson) Passaic % East Side (Newark) Essex % Passaic # 12 Passaic % Plainfield Union % Henry Snyder (Jersey City) Hudson % Willingboro Burlington % Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy (Elizabeth) Union % Perth Amboy Middlesex % Thomas A. Edison Career & Technical Academy (Elizabeth) Union % Lakewood Ocean % Weequahic (Newark) Essex % 43 T Indicates tie at number 283

8 West Side (Newark) Essex % Barringer (Newark) Essex % Lincoln (Jersey City) Hudson % John E. Dwyer Technology Academy (Elizabeth) Union % School Of Architecture & Construction Trades (Paterson) Passaic % Irvington Essex % School Of Business Technology (Paterson) Passaic % Trenton Central - Main Campus Mercer % Bridgeton Cumberland % Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Leadership Academy (Elizabeth) Union % School Of Information Technology (Paterson) Passaic % East Orange Campus Essex % School Of Culinary Arts, Hospitality & Tourism (Paterson) Passaic % Camden Camden % 43 METHODOLOGY HOW WE COMPILE THE SCHOOL RANKINGS Data for the New Jersey Monthly ranking of the state s high schools were obtained from the state Department of Education s most recent New Jersey School Performance Reports (covering the school year). Only public high schools were included in the rankings. Among the 339 high schools ranked are seven charter schools. A handful of schools lacking sufficient data were excluded. Leflein Associates, an independent research company in Ringwood, analyzed the data by first standardizing individual indicator scores so that small differences did not have a disproportionate impact on the ranking, but very large differences were not minimized in the relative scores. These indicators were grouped into three categories: School Environment (with a weight of 1); Student Performance (with a weight of 1.5); and Student Outcomes (with a weight of 2.1). The weighted summary scores for each category were added together to arrive at the final overall score. The schools were ranked according to that score. Here are the categories and indicators used in the ranking: School Environment: The sum of the standardized rank scores for student/; number of AP and/or International Baccalaureate (IB) tests ; and percent of 11th- and 12th-grade students taking at or IB test in English, math, social studies or science. ( is shown in the published charts for reference only; it is not part of the scoring.) Student Performance: The sum of the standardized rank scores for students scoring 1,550 or better on the s; the percentage of students showing advanced proficiency on the exams; and the percentage of students scoring a 3 or higher on AP tests or 4 or higher on IB tests. Student Outcomes: The sum of standardized rank scores for four-year adjusted (the number of four-year graduates divided by the number of first-time ninth-graders who entered the four years earlier) and the percentage of students enrolled in a two- or four-year college after high school. Special Note: For certain districts where there were obvious errors in the data (Madison Borough, Monmouth Regional, Piscataway Township, Palisades Park, Paterson City and Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology), corrections were obtained directly from the districts or were based on prior rankings.