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New Jersey Monthly has produced this biennial ranking since 1994. But after twelve years it was time to reassess our assessment. So we fine-tuned our criteria, taking into account factors such as class size and teachers with advanced degrees. The resulting ranking is part of the most comprehensive education package the magazine has ever produced.* For the first time, we compare schools of similar socioeconomic backgrounds. We report on the value of Advanced Placement classes and the dilemma posed by alternative paths to a high school diploma.
- McNair Academic (Jersey City)
- Tenafly
- Millburn
- Montgomery
- Mountain Lakes
- Glen Rock
- Northern Highlands Regional (Allendale)
- Pascack Hills
- West Windsor--Plainsboro South
- Glen Ridge
- Ridge (Bernards Twp.)
- Chatham
- Princeton
- Livingston
- Cresskill
- Northern Valley Regional (Demarest)
- Haddonfield Memorial
- West Windsor--Plainsboro North
- Holmdel
- Summit
- Governor Livingston (Berkeley Heights)
- Westfield
- Pascack Valley (Hillsdale)
- Ridgewood
- Northern Valley Regional (Old Tappan)
- New Providence
- Ramsey
- Ramapo (Franklin Lakes)
- West Morris Mendham
- Voorhees (Lebanon Twp.)
- Highland Park
- Randolph
- Rumson -- Fair Haven
- West Essex (North Caldwell)
- Kinnelon
- Indian Hills (Oakland)
- Northern Hunterdon Regional (Clinton Twp.)
- Watchung Hills Regional
- Cranford
- Park Ridge
- West Morris Central (Chester)
- Cherry Hill East
- James Caldwell (West Caldwell)
- Jonathan Dayton (Springfield)
- Paramus
- Mahwah
- Verona
- Madison
- Montville
- Bernards (Bernardsville)
- Emerson
- Hanover Park
- Science (Newark)
- Whippany Park
- Cedar Grove
- Metuchen
- Hunterdon Central (Flemington)
- Eastern Regional (Voorhees)
- Hopewell Valley Central (Pennington)
- East Brunswick
- River Dell Regional (Oradell)
- Fair Lawn
- Moorestown
- Scotch Plains -- Fanwood
- Morristown
- Midland Park
- Leonia
- Point Pleasant Beach
- Oecan Twp.
- Wayne Hills
- Morris Knolls (Denville)
- Wayne Valley
- Sparta
- Somerville
- South Brunswick
- Marlboro
- Haddon Twp.
- Pequannock Twp.
- Columbia (Maplewood)
- Delaware Valley Regional (Alexandria)
- Westwood
- J.P. Stevens (Edison)
- Bridgewater-Raritan
- Parsippany
- Middletown South
- New Milford
- Parsippany Hills
- Rutherford
- Red Bank Regional
- Montclair
- Arthur L. Johnson (Clark)
- Hasbrouck Heights
- Ocean City
- Shore Regional (West Long Branch)
- Freehold Borough
- Waldwick
- Ridgefield Memorial
- West Orange
- Fort Lee
- Hillsborough
- Morris Hills (Rockaway)
- Teaneck
- Allentown
- Mainland Regional (Linwood)
- Brimm Medical Arts (Camden)
- Monroe Twp.
- Seacaucus
- Manasquan
- Weehawken
- Shawnee (Medford)
- Woodbury
- Delran
- Roxbury
- Mount Olive
- Matawan Regional
- Butler
- Point Pleasant
- Monmouth Regional (Tinton Falls)
- Hightstown
- South Hunterdon Regional (West Amwell)
- Wall
- Pitman
- Lawrence
- Vernon
- Manalapan
- Cherry Hill West
- Rosa Parks Arts (Paterson)
- Boonton
- Nutley
- North Brunswick
- Cherokee (Evesham Twp.)
- Bogota
- Palisades Park
- Lenape (Medford)
- Haddon Heights
- Colts Neck
- Cinnaminson
- Burlington Twp.
- Lenape Valley Regional (Stanhope)
- Lakeland Regional (Wanaque)
- Clearview Regional (Harrison Twp)
- John F. Kennedy Memorial (Woodbridge)
- Wood-Ridge
- Freehold Twp.
- Henry P. Becton Regional (East Rutherford)
- University (Newark)
- Dunellen
- Middlesex
- Kittatinny Regional (Hampton Twp.)
- Washington Twp.
- High Point Regional (Sussex)
- Jefferson Twp.
- Raritan (Hazlet)
- Egg Harbor Twp
- Edison
- Roselle Park
- Hawthorne
- Hopatcong
- Henry Hudson Regional (Highlands)
- South Plainfield
- Ridgefield Park
- David Brearley (Kenilworth)
- Franklin Twp.
- Middletown North
- Hamilton East-Steinert
- Passaic Valley (Little Falls)
- North Warren Regional (Blairstown)
- Newton
- West Milford
- West Deptford
- Woodstown
- Bordentown Regional
- New Egypt
- Dumont
- Warren Hills Regional (Washington)
- Gateway Regional (Woodbury Heights)
- Piscataway
- Toms River North
- Lyndhurst
- Dwight Morrow (Englewood)
- Howell
- North Arlington
- Spotswood
- Northern Burlington Regional (Columbus)
- Lower Cape May Regional (Cape May)
- Arts (Newark)
- Creative and Performing Arts (Camden)
- Pompton Lakes
- North Plainfield
- Wallkill Valley Regional (Hamburg)
- Saddle Brook
- Bergenfield
- Jackson Memorial
- Vineland South
- Cliffside Park
- Ewing
- Old Bridge
- South Amboy
- Lodi
- Kearny
- Lacey Twp.
- Kingsway Regional (Swedesboro)
- Hackensack
- Technology (Newark)
- Toms River East
- Wallington
- Keyport
- Colonia
- Florence Twp. Memorial
- Union
- Arthur P. Schalick (Pittsgrove)
- Brick Twp.
- Southern Regional (Stafford Twp.)
- Rahway
- Hackettstown
- Manville
- Sayerville War Memorial
- Manchester Regional (Haledon)
- Toms River South
- Penns Grove
- Neptune
- Woodbridge
- Middle Twp.
- Highland Regional (Blackwood)
- Bloomfield
- Deptford Twp.
- Harrison
- Sterling (Somerdale)
- Dover
- Delsea Regional (Franklin Twp.)
- Absegami (Absecon)
- Oakcrest (Hamilton Twp.)
- Hammonton
- Phillipsburg
- Collingswood
- Triton (Runnemede)
- Memorial (Elmwood Park)
- Audubon
- Brick Memorial
- Hamilton West-Watson
- Belleville
- Glassboro
- Rancocas Valley Regional (Mount Holly)
- Clayton
- Salem
- Hamilton North-Nottingham
- Gloucester City
- Williamstown
- Liberty (Jersey City)
- Timber Creek Regional (Gloucester Twp.)
- Belvidere
- Burlington City
- Maple Shade
- Pinelands Regional (Little Egg Harbor)
- Cicely Tyson Performing Arts (East Orange)
- Manchester
- Pennsville Memorial
- Seneca (Tabernacle)
- Bound Brook
- Hoboken
- Memorial (West New York)
- Hillside
- Keansburg
- Paulsboro
- Emerson
- Riverside
- Lindenwold
- Union Hill (Union City)
- Carteret
- Atlantic City
- South River
- Central Regional (Berkeley Twp.)
- Bayonne
- Perth Amboy
- Palmyra
- Orange
- Pemberton Twp.
- Overbrook (Pine Hill)
- Lincoln (Jersey City)
- Clifton
- Pleasantville
- Cumberland Regional (Upper Deerfield)
- Bridgeton
- James J. Ferris (Jersey City)
- North Bergen
- East Orange Campus
- Elizabeth
- Lakewood
- Buena Regional
- Long Branch
- William L. Dickinson (Jersey City)
- Pennsauken
- Linden
- Garfield
- Millville
- Asbury Park
- Winslow Twp.
- Henry Snyder (Jersey City)
- Wildwood
- Willingboro
- East Side (Newark)
- New Brunswick
- Barringer (Newark)
- Central (Newark)
- Abraham Clark (Roselle)
- John F. Kennedy (Paterson)
- Plainfield
- Weequahic (Newark)
- Eastside (Paterson)
- Passaic
- Trenton Central
- Malcom X Shabazz (Newark)
- West Side (Newark)
- Camden
- Woodrow Wilson (Camden)
- Irvington
Methodology
Data for New Jersey Monthly's biennial ranking of the state’s high schools were obtained from the state Department of Education’s most recent New Jersey School Report Card (covering the 2004–2005 school year).
Only public high schools were included. Special-education and vocational-technical schools, as well as schools with no report card data, were excluded.Monmouth University’s Polling Institute analyzed the data by first standardizing scores for individual statistics so that small differences did not have a disproportionate impact on the rankings and large differences were not minimized.
1. School Environment: The sum of the standardized scores for average class size; student-to-faculty ratio; student-to-computer ratio; percentage of faculty with advanced degrees; and number of AP tests offered compared to the total number of juniors and seniors (a calculation designed to avoid penalizing smaller schools).
2. Student Performance: The sum of the standardized scores for average combined SAT score; percentage of students achieving advanced proficiency on HSPA; and students scoring a 3 or higher on AP tests as a percentage of all juniors and seniors.
3. Student Outcomes: A single combined score of graduation rate multiplied by the percentage of graduates going on to post-secondary education. Those going on to a 4-year college were given a weight of 1.5, those going to a 2-year college were given a weight of 1, and those going to other colleges or post-secondary schools were given a weight of .67.Other New Jersey Report Card statistics that were not part of the ranking calculation include the percentage of students taking the SAT; the two-year change in SAT scores; the percentage of all eligible students taking an AP test; and the percentage of graduates going directly into a job or the military after high school.
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