New Jersey has a new number 1 high school. Chatham High School in Morris County jumps to the top of New Jersey Monthly’s 2014 rankings of the state’s top public high schools. (Download the full 2014 list at the bottom of this article.)
“I’m very proud of what our students have accomplished and what our teachers do in the classroom every day,” says Chatham High School principal Darren Groh. As keys to Chatham High’s success, he cites a supportive community with parents who value education, a high level of participation by students in extracurricular activities and a “comfortable” school environment.
In 2012, the last time New Jersey Monthly published a ranking of the top schools, Chatham was number 20. The school’s march up the chart is fueled largely by changes in our methodology, which in turn reflect changes in the state Department of Education’s annual School Performance Reports. The DOE reports for the 2012-2013 school year are the sole source of data used by New Jersey Monthly in the school rankings. (For complete methodology, click here.)
Chatham has always been a strong contender; the school was number 8 in the 2010 ranking and number 10 in 2008. What drove it to number 1 this year?....
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