These NJ Public High Schools Were Named Among Best In America

Several schools in New Jersey made the top 50, all of which earned an A+ from Niche.

They are:

• No. 20: Bergen Academies, Hackensack
• No. 21: The Academy for Math, Science, and Engineering, Rockaway
• No. 37: Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains
• No. 43: High Technology High School, Lincroft
• No. 49: Marine Academy of Technology, Middletown

Niche also ranks New Jersey's top public high schools. The top 25 best are:

• 25. Chatham High School
• 24. High Tech HS (Hudson County)
• 23. Middlesex County Academy for Science, Math & Engineering
• 22. Summit Senior HS
• 21. Livingston Senior HS
• 20. Ridgewood HS
• 19. Marine Academy of Science and Tech
• 18. Academy of Allied Health and Sciences
• 17. Union County Vocational Tech
• 16. Tenafly HS
• 15. West Windsor-Plainsboro HS North
• 14. Northern Highlands Regional
• 13. Millburn HS
• 12. Princeton HS
• 11. West Windsor-Plainsboro HS South
• 10. Academy for Allied Health Science (Union County)
• 9. Bergen County Tech - Teterboro
• 8. Biotechnology HS
• 7. Academy for Information Tech
• 6. Dr. Ronald E. McNair (Jersey City)

The top five high schools in New Jersey are the high schools that were ranked in the top 50 of the national list.

Niche says the latest rankings are based on "rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents using data from the U.S. Department of Education. Factors include teacher quality, high school ratings, college readiness, state test scores, and graduation rates (click here for more on methodology).

This year's rankings do not consider SAT/ACT scores "to reflect a general de-emphasis on test scores in the college admissions process.

The top high school in the country is North Carolina School of Science and Math.

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