On Friday, May 18, a new ranking of the top 1,000 high schools in the United States was released by Newsweek. Seventy-four schools in New Jersey made the list, and both West Windsor-Plainsboro high schools were ranked in the top 200 nationwide.
High School South is ranked number 132 in the nation, with six New Jersey schools ranked higher. High School North ranked number 197 out of 1,000, the 15th-highest among New Jersey schools.
The top four schools in the state were also ranked among the top 20 high schools in the Northeast. They are Biotechnology High in Freehold, Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, McNair Academic in Jersey City, and Millburn High School.
WW-P’s schools were the highest-ranked in the Middlesex, Somerset, and Mercer County geographic area. Among schools in Central Jersey, East Brunswick ranked 283rd, John P. Stevens in Edison was number 338, and Hopewell Valley Central was number 427. Somerville ranked 637th, Allentown High came in at number 650, South Brunswick was ranked number 683, and Hillsborough ranked number 721 out of the top 1,000 nationally.
Of note, Princeton and Montgomery high schools did not qualify for Newsweek’s list this year. The list is based on six components provided by school administrators: graduation rate (25 percent), college matriculation rate (25 percent); advanced placement/international baccalaureate/advanced international certificate of education tests taken per student (25 percent), average SAT/ACT scores (10 percent), average AP/IB/AICE scores (10 percent), and AP courses offered per student (5 percent).
The Newsweek list with data of New Jersey’s top school rankings and other schools across the U.S. can be accessed at Thedailybeast.com.
