Top Public High Schools in NJ - By Ranking

Top Public High Schools in NJ (New Jersey Monthly)

(1) McNair Academic (Jersey City) (Hudson County)
(2) Tenafly (Bergen County)
(3) Millburn (Essex County)
(4) Montgomery (Somerset County)
(5) Mountain Lakes (Morris County)
(6) Glen Rock (Bergen County)
(7) Northern Highlands Regional (Allendale) (Bergen County)
(8) Pascack Hills (Montvale) (Bergen County)
(9) West Windsor–Plainsboro South (Mercer County)
(10) Glen Ridge (Essex County)

(11) Ridge (Bernards Twp) (Somerset County)
(12) Chatham (Morris County)
(13) Princeton (Mercer County)
(14) Livingston (Essex County)
(15) Cresskill (Bergen County)
(16) Northern Valley Regional (Demarest) (Bergen County)
(17) Haddonfield Memorial (Camden County)
(18) West Windsor–Plainsboro North (Middlesex County)
(19) Holmdel (Monmouth County)
(20) Summit (Union County)

(21) Governor Livingston (Berkeley Heights) (Union County)
(22) Westfield (Union County)
(23) Pascack Valley (Hillsdale) (Bergen County)
(24) Ridgewood (Bergen County)
(25) Northern Valley Regional (Old Tappan) (Bergen County)
(26) New Providence (Union County)
(27) Ramsey (Bergen County)
(28) Ramapo (Franklin Lakes) (Bergen County)
(29) West Morris Mendham (Morris County)
(30) Voorhees (Lebanon Twp) (Hunterdon County)

(31) Highland Park (Middlesex County)
(32) Randolph (Morris County)
(33) Rumson–Fair Haven Regional (Monmouth County)
(34) West Essex (North Caldwell) (Essex County)
(35) Kinnelon (Morris County)
(36) Indian Hills (Oakland) (Bergen County)
(37) North Hunterdon Regional (Clinton Twp) (Hunterdon County)
(38) Watchung Hills Regional (Somerset County)
(39) Cranford (Union County)
(40) Park Ridge (Bergen County)

(41) West Morris Central (Chester) (Morris County)
(42) Cherry Hill East (Camden County)
(43) James Caldwell (West Caldwell) (Essex County)
(44) Jonathan Dayton (Springfield) (Union County)
(45) Paramus (Bergen County)
(46) Mahwah (Bergen County)
(47) Verona (Essex County)
(48) Madison (Morris County)
(49) Montville (Morris County)
(50) Bernards (Bernardsville) (Somerset County)

(51) Emerson (Bergen County)
(52) Hanover Park (Morris County)
(53) Science (Newark) (Essex County)
(54) Whippany Park (Morris County)
(55) Cedar Grove (Essex County)
(56) Metuchen (Middlesex County)
(57) Hunterdon Central (Flemington) (Hunterdon County)
(58) Eastern Regional (Voorhees) (Camden County)
(59) Hopewell Valley Central (Pennington) (Mercer County)
(60) East Brunswick (Middlesex County)
(61) River Dell Regional (Oradell) (Bergen County)
(62) Fair Lawn (Bergen County)
(63) Moorestown (Burlington County)
(64) Scotch Plains–Fanwood (Union County)
(65) Morristown (Morris County)
(66) Midland Park (Bergen County)
(67) Leonia (Bergen County)
(68) Point Pleasant Beach (Ocean County)
(69) Ocean Twp (Monmouth County)
(70) Wayne Hills (Passaic County)
(71) Morris Knolls (Denville) (Morris County)
(72) Wayne Valley (Passaic County)
(73) Sparta (Sussex County)
(74) Somerville (Somerset County)
(75) South Brunswick (Middlesex County)
(76) Marlboro (Monmouth County)
(77) Haddon Twp (Camden County)
(78) Pequannock Twp (Morris County)
(79) Columbia (Maplewood) (Essex County)
(80) Delaware Valley Regional (Alexandria) (Hunterdon County)
(81) Westwood (Bergen County)
(82) J. P. Stevens (Edison) (Middlesex County)
(83) Bridgewater-Raritan (Somerset County)
(84) Parsippany (Morris County)
(85) Middletown South (Monmouth County)
(86) New Milford (Bergen County)
(87) Parsippany Hills (Morris County)
(88) Rutherford (Bergen County)
(89) Red Bank Regional (Monmouth County)
(90) Montclair (Essex County)
(91) Arthur L. Johnson (Clark) (Union County)
(92) Hasbrouck Heights (Bergen County)
(93) Ocean City (Cape May County)
(94) Shore Regional (West Long Branch) (Monmouth County)
(95) Freehold Borough (Monmouth County)
(96) Waldwick (Bergen County)
(97) Ridgefield Memorial (Bergen County)
(98) West Orange (Essex County)
(99) Fort Lee (Bergen County)
(100) Hillsborough (Somerset County)

(101) Morris Hills (Rockaway) (Morris County)
(102) Teaneck (Bergen County)
(103) Allentown (Monmouth County)
(104) Mainland Regional (Linwood) (Atlantic County)
(105) Brimm Medical Arts (Camden) (Camden County)
(106) Monroe Twp (Middlesex County)
(107) Secaucus (Hudson County)
(108) Manasquan (Monmouth County)
(109) Weehawken (Hudson County)
(110) Shawnee (Medford) (Burlington County)
(111) Woodbury (Gloucester County)
(112) Delran (Burlington County)
(113) Roxbury (Morris County)
(114) Mount Olive (Morris County)
(115) Matawan Regional (Monmouth County)
(116) Butler (Morris County)
(117) Point Pleasant (Ocean County)
(118) Monmouth Regional (Tinton Falls) (Monmouth County)
(119) Hightstown (Mercer County)
(120) South Hunterdon Regional (West Amwell) (Hunterdon County)
(121) Wall (Monmouth County)
(122) Pitman (Gloucester County)
(123) Lawrence (Mercer County)
(124) Vernon (Sussex County)
(125) Manalapan (Monmouth County)
(126) Cherry Hill West (Camden County)
(127) Rosa Parks Arts (Paterson) (Passaic County)
(128) Boonton (Morris County)
(129) Nutley (Essex County)
(130) North Brunswick (Middlesex County)
(131) Cherokee (Evesham Twp) (Burlington County)
(132) Bogota (Bergen County)
(133) Palisades Park (Bergen County)
(134) Lenape (Medford) (Burlington County)
(135) Haddon Heights (Camden County)
(136) Colts Neck (Monmouth County)
(137) Cinnaminson (Burlington County)
(138) Burlington Twp (Burlington County)
(139) Lenape Valley Regional (Stanhope) (Sussex County)
(140) Lakeland Regional (Wanaque) (Passaic County)
(141) Clearview Regional (Harrison Twp) (Gloucester County)
(142) John F. Kennedy Memorial (Woodbridge) (Middlesex County)
(143) Wood-Ridge (Bergen County)
(144) Freehold Twp (Monmouth County)
(145) Henry P. Becton Regional (East Rutherford) (Bergen County)
(146) University (Newark) (Essex County)
(147) Dunellen (Middlesex County)
(148) Middlesex (Middlesex County)
(149) Kittatinny Regional (Hampton Twp) (Sussex County)
(150) Washington Twp (Gloucester County)
(151) High Point Regional (Sussex) (Sussex County)
(152) Jefferson Twp (Morris County)
(153) Raritan (Hazlet) (Monmouth County)
(154) Egg Harbor Twp (Atlantic County)
(155) Edison (Middlesex County)
(156) Roselle Park (Union County)
(157) Hawthorne (Passaic County)
(158) Hopatcong (Sussex County)
(159) Henry Hudson Regional (Highlands) (Monmouth County)
(160) South Plainfield (Middlesex County)
(161) Ridgefield Park (Bergen County)
(162) David Brearley (Kenilworth) (Union County)
(163) Franklin Twp (Somerset County)
(164) Middletown North (Monmouth County)
(165) Hamilton East-Steinert (Mercer County)
(166) Passaic Valley (Little Falls) (Passaic County)
(167) North Warren Regional (Blairstown) (Warren County)
(168) Newton (Sussex County)
(169) West Milford (Passaic County)
(170) West Deptford (Gloucester County)
(171) Woodstown (Salem County)
(172) Bordentown Regional (Burlington County)
(173) New Egypt (Ocean County)
(174) Dumont (Bergen County)
(175) Warren Hills Regional (Washington) (Warren County)
(176) Gateway Regional (Woodbury Heights) (Gloucester County)
(177) Piscataway (Middlesex County)
(178) Toms River North (Ocean County)
(179) Lyndhurst (Bergen County)
(180) Dwight Morrow (Englewood) (Bergen County)
(181) Howell (Monmouth County)
(182) North Arlington (Bergen County)
(183) Spotswood (Middlesex County)
(184) Northern Burlington Regional (Columbus) (Burlington County)
(185) Lower Cape May Regional (Cape May) (Cape May County)
(186) Arts (Newark) (Essex County)
(187) Creative and Performing Arts (Camden) (Camden County)
(188) Pompton Lakes (Passaic County)
(189) North Plainfield (Somerset County)
(190) Wallkill Valley Regional (Hamburg) (Sussex County)
(191) Saddle Brook (Bergen County)
(192) Bergenfield (Bergen County)
(193) Jackson Memorial (Ocean County)
(194) Vineland South (Cumberland County)
(195) Cliffside Park (Bergen County)
(196) Ewing (Mercer County)
(197) Old Bridge (Middlesex County)
(198) South Amboy (Middlesex County)
(199) Lodi (Bergen County)

(200) Kearny (Hudson County)
(201) Lacey Twp (Ocean County)
(202) Kingsway Regional (Swedesboro) (Gloucester County)
(203) Hackensack (Bergen County)
(204) Technology (Newark) (Essex County)
(205) Toms River East (Ocean County)
(206) Wallington (Bergen County)
(207) Keyport (Monmouth County)
(208) Colonia (Middlesex County)
(209) Florence Twp Memorial (Burlington County)
(210) Union (Union County)
(211) Arthur P. Schalick (Pittsgrove) (Salem County)
(212) Brick Twp (Ocean County)
(213) Southern Regional (Stafford Twp) (Ocean County)
(214) Rahway (Union County)
(215) Hackettstown (Warren County)
(216) Manville (Somerset County)
(217) Sayreville War Memorial (Middlesex County)
(218) Manchester Regional (Haledon) (Passaic County)
(219) Toms River South (Ocean County)
(220) Penns Grove (Salem County)
(221) Neptune (Monmouth County)
(222) Woodbridge (Middlesex County)
(223) Middle Twp (Cape May County)
(224) Highland Regional (Blackwood) (Camden County)
(225) Bloomfield (Essex County)
(226) Deptford Twp (Gloucester County)
(227) Harrison (Hudson County)
(228) Sterling (Somerdale) (Camden County)
(229) Dover (Morris County)
(230) Delsea Regional (Franklin Twp) (Gloucester County)
(231) Absegami (Absecon) (Atlantic County)
(232) Oakcrest (Hamilton Twp) (Atlantic County)
(233) Hammonton (Atlantic County)
(234) Phillipsburg (Warren County)
(235) Collingswood (Camden County)
(236) Triton (Runnemede) (Camden County)
(237) Memorial (Elmwood Park) (Bergen County)
(238) Audubon (Camden County)
(239) Brick Memorial (Ocean County)
(240) Hamilton West-Watson (Mercer County)
(241) Belleville (Essex County)
(242) Glassboro (Gloucester County)
(243) Rancocas Valley Regional (Mount Holly) (Burlington County)
(244) Clayton (Gloucester County)
(245) Salem (Salem County)
(246) Hamilton North-Nottingham (Mercer County)
(247) Gloucester City (Camden County)
(248) Williamstown (Gloucester County)
(249) Liberty (Jersey City) (Hudson County)
(250) Timber Creek Regional (Gloucester Twp) (Camden County)
(251) Belvidere (Warren County)
(252) Burlington City (Burlington County)
(253) Maple Shade (Burlington County)
(254) Pinelands Regional (Little Egg Harbor) (Ocean County)
(255) Cicely Tyson Performing Arts (East Orange) (Essex County)
(256) Manchester (Ocean County)
(257) Pennsville Memorial (Salem County)
(258) Seneca (Tabernacle) (Burlington County)
(259) Bound Brook (Somerset County)
(260) Hoboken (Hudson County)
(261) Memorial (West New York) (Hudson County)
(262) Hillside (Union County)
(263) Keansburg (Monmouth County)
(264) Paulsboro (Gloucester County)
(265) Emerson (Hudson County)
(266) Riverside (Burlington County)
(267) Lindenwold (Camden County)
(268) Union Hill (Union City) (Hudson County)
(269) Carteret (Middlesex County)
(270) Atlantic City (Atlantic County)
(271) South River (Middlesex County)
(272) Central Regional (Berkeley Twp) (Ocean County)
(273) Bayonne (Hudson County)
(274) Perth Amboy (Middlesex County)
(275) Palmyra (Burlington County)
(276) Orange (Essex County)
(277) Pemberton Twp (Burlington County)
(278) Overbrook (Pine Hill) (Camden County)
(279) Lincoln (Jersey City) (Hudson County)
(280) Clifton (Passaic County)
(281) Pleasantville (Atlantic County)
(282) Cumberland Regional (Upper Deerfield) (Cumberland County)
(283) Bridgeton (Cumberland County)
(284) James J. Ferris (Jersey City) (Hudson County)
(285) North Bergen (Hudson County)
(286) East Orange Campus (Essex County)
(287) Elizabeth (Union County)
(288) Lakewood (Ocean County)
(289) Buena Regional (Atlantic County)
(290) Long Branch (Monmouth County)
(291) William L. Dickinson (Jersey City) (Hudson County)
(292) Pennsauken (Camden County)
(293) Linden (Union County)
(294) Garfield (Bergen County)
(295) Millville (Cumberland County)
(296) Asbury Park (Monmouth County)
(297) Winslow Twp (Camden County)
(298) Henry Snyder (Jersey City) (Hudson County)
(299) Wildwood (Cape May County)

(300) Willingboro (Burlington County)
(301) East Side (Newark) (Essex County)
(302) New Brunswick (Middlesex County)
(303) Barringer (Newark) (Essex County)
(304) Central (Newark) (Essex County)
(305) Abraham Clark (Roselle) (Union County)
(306) John F. Kennedy (Paterson) (Passaic County)
(307) Plainfield (Union County)
(308) Weequahic (Newark) (Essex County)
(309) Eastside (Paterson) (Passaic County)
(310) Passaic (Passaic County)
(311) Trenton Central (Mercer County)
(312) Malcolm X Shabazz (Newark) (Essex County)
(313) West Side (Newark) (Essex County)
(314) Camden (Camden County)
(315) Woodrow Wilson (Camden) (Camden County)
(316) Irvington (Essex County)