What’s the best high school in your New Jersey county?
New Jersey has some of the top public high schools in the nation, according to the annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report. (See the list of the top schools in each county below.)
The news site looks at nearly 25,000 participating high schools each year and ranks them based on: state assessments in math, science and reading; performance on college-level exams; and four-year graduation rates. The site also factors in the breadth of the curriculum offered, and the success rates of Black, Hispanic and low-income students.
High Technology High School in Lincroft ranked as both the top high school in New Jersey and the top STEM — or science, technology, engineering and math — school in the country in the latest rankings. Students in Monmouth County must apply to attend the specialized, highly-competitive public high school.
In 2024, 42 New Jersey schools ranked in the top 5% on the U.S. News national list.
Here are the top-ranked high schools in all 21 New Jersey counties:
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Did your high school make the list of No. 1 schools? If not, here’s how the rest of the public high schools in each New Jersey county fared on U.S. News’ 2024 list. Not every school received a numerical ranking. High schools at the bottom of U.S. News’ list did not receive number and are instead listed as “unranked.”
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Tina Kelley may be reached at tkelley@njadvancemedia.com