Several public high schools in New Jersey are among the best in the country, according to a new ranking from U.S. News & World Report.
You can view the full ranking here.
Two of the top-ranked high schools – High Technology High School and Edison Academy Magnet School – are also within the U.S. Top 50 high schools. High Tech High ranked #24 nationally, and Edison Academy ranked #42 nationally. Both of these schools are county vocational-technical schools and join five additional NJ county vocational-technical schools ranked in the top 100 nationally. Furthermore, these impressive county vocational-technical schools make up nine of the top 10 New Jersey high schools. Additional county vocational-technical schools are on the list of the top 25 New Jersey high schools.
The top 25 high schools (with county vocational-technical schools in bold) in New Jersey are:
- High Technology High School, Lincroft
- Edison Academy Magnet School, Edison
- Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health, Woodbridge
- Bergen County Academies, Hackensack
- Biotechnology High School, Freehold
- Dr. Ronald E McNair High School, Jersey City
- Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro
- Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains
- Academy for Information Technology, Scotch Plains
- Academy for Allied Health Sciences, Scotch Plains
- Glen Ridge High School, Glen Ridge
- Marine Academy of Science and Technology, Highlands
- STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges, South Orange
- Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, West Windsor
- Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and Science, Neptune
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro
- Union County Tech, Scotch Plains
- Millburn High School, Millburn
- Livingston High School, Livingston
- Chatham High School, Chatham
- Diana C. Lobosco STEM Academy, Wayne
- Elizabeth High School, Elizabeth
- Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest
- Ridge High School, Basking Ridge
