Chatham Among Top U.S. News High Schools In NJ

Chatham Patch    April 19, 2016

Perhaps the most respected of publications that surveys the top high schools in the nation came out with its 2016 list this week.

U.S. News evaluated more than 28,000 schools to determine the top public high schools nationally, and in all 50 states and the District of Columbia (see list below).

All schools in the 2016 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings have graduating students who get exposure to college-level work by passing at least one AP or IB exam, according to the publication.

U.S. News also looked at the following criteria:
•Overall student performance on state-required tests;
•How effectively schools educated their disadvantaged students – those of black, Hispanic and low-income backgrounds;
•High school graduation rates (new this year);
•How well they prepared students for college based on participation in and performance on AP and IB exams.

Read the full methodology here.

Here is the list of top schools in New Jersey - schools in the top 200 nationally were so noted:
1.High Technology High School, Middletown (11th nationally)
2.Biotechnology High School, Freehold (14th nationally)
3.Dr. Ronald E McNair High School, Jersey City (48th nationally)
4.Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro (61st nationally)
5.Bergen County Academies, Hackensack (92nd nationally)
6.Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains (134th nationally)
7.Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, Edison (167th nationally)
8.Elizabeth High School, Elizabeth (183rd nationally)
9.Academy of Allied Health and Science, Neptune (189th nationally)
10.Princeton High School, Princeton (192nd nationally)
11.Rumson-​Fair Haven Regional High School, Rumson
12.Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health, Woodbridge
13.Tenafly High School, Tenafly
14.Glen Rock High School, Glen Rock
15.Haddonfield Memorial High School, Haddonfield
16.Chatham High School, Chatham
17.North Star Academy Charter School of Newark, Newark
18.Bernards High School, Bernardsville
19.Summit Senior High School, Summit
20.Science Park High School, Newark
21.Ridge High School, Basking Ridge
22.West Windsor-​Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro
23.Montgomery High School, Skillman
24.Millburn High School, Millburn ...