Did Your New Jersey Town Make The Nationwide Best High School List?

In New Jersey, we pride ourselves on how well we educate our children.  Did you know that we're home to three of the best high schools in the entire country?  The 2023 list of The Best School Districts was just revealed, and it proves that if your child goes to school in New Jersey, they're probably one smart cookie.

A website called Niche is known for rating our school systems nationwide.  Out of 92,743 public schools, 30,112 private schools, and 11,820 school districts nationwide, we have their findings on what schools are the best of the best, and New Jersey has an excellent showing! Here are the best schools in New Jersey ranked in order.  Did your school district make this list?

New Jersey Public High Schools:

High Technology High School (Monmouth County Vocational School District)

The Academy for Mathematics, Science & Engineering (Morris County Vocational School District)

Bergen County Academies (Bergen County Vocational Technical School District)

Biotechnology High School (Monmouth County Vocational School District)

Union County Magnet (Union County Vocational-Technical School District)

Academy for Information Technology (Union County Vocational-Technical School District)

Marine Academy of Technology & Environmental Science (Ocean County Vocational Technical School District)

Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro (Bergen County Vocational Technical School District)

Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics & Engineering Technologies (Middlesex County Vocational & Technical School District)

Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School (Jersey City School District)

Academy for Allied Health Science (Union County Vocational-Technical School District)

Princeton High School (Princeton Public Schools)

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South (West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District)

Academy of Allied Health & Sciences (Monmouth County Vocational School District)

Tenafly High School (Tenafly Public School District)

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North (West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District)

Millburn Senior High School (Millburn Township School District)

Union County Vocational-Technical High School (Union County Vocational-Technical School District)

Marine Academy of Science & Technology (Monmouth County Vocational School District)

Northern Valley Regional High School Demarest (Northern Valley Regional High School District)

Northern Highlands Regional High School

Livingston Senior High School (Livingston Board of Education School District)

Ridgewood High School (Ridgewood Public School District)

Ridge High School (Bernards Township School District)

Summit Senior High School (Summit Public School District)

PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOLS:

Princeton International School of Math and Science

The Lawrenceville School

The Pingry School

Newark Academy

Delbarton School

The Peddie School

Dwight-Englewood School

Kent Place School

Princeton Day School

Rutgers Preparatory School

Blair Academy

Montclair Kimberley Academy

The Wardlaw + Hartridge School

Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart

The Pennington School

The Wilberforce School

The Hun School of Princeton

Golda Och Academy

Ranney School

Morristown-Beard School

Pioneer Academy

Moorestown Friends School

Primoris Academy

Mount Saint Mary Academy

Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child - Upper School

See the full nationwide list from Niche here.

Here are some educational highlights from Monmouth and Ocean County: