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The highest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in New Jersey

402 public high schools in New Jersey appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools by test proficiency, ranked by composite state-assessment proficiency. Edison Academy Magnet School leads the list at 100%, against a median of 37.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

402

New Jersey

Top % Proficient

100%

Median % Proficient

37.3%

HIGHEST PROFICIENCY · NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Edison Academy Magnet School	EDISON, NJ	Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District	High	1.7%	173	100%
2	Biotechnology High School	FREEHOLD, NJ	Monmouth County Vocational School District	High	1.3%	315	98.7%
3	High Technology High School	LINCROFT, NJ	Monmouth County Vocational School District	High	2.5%	284	98.6%
4	Woodbridge Academy Magnet School	WOODBRIDGE, NJ	Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District	High	4.2%	288	98.6%
5	Bergen County Academies	Hackensack, NJ	Bergen County Vocational Technical School District	High	9.7%	1,130	98.0%
6	Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science	MANAHAWKIN, NJ	Ocean County Vocational Technical School District	High	12.7%	275	96.4%
7	Union County Magnet High School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	10.4%	297	96.3%
8	Infinity Institute	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	53.2%	265	93.5%
9	Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro	Teterboro, NJ	Bergen County Vocational Technical School District	High	14.4%	665	92.6%
10	Academy For Information Technology	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	8.8%	307	91.8%
11	Marine Academy of Science and Technology	Highlands, NJ	Monmouth County Vocational School District	High	1.1%	276	91.0%
12	Communications High School	WALL, NJ	Monmouth County Vocational School District	High	2.4%	295	90.1%
13	Dr Ronald McNair High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	35.2%	716	89.5%
14	Hunterdon County Academies	Annandale, NJ	Hunterdon County Vocational School District	High	2.9%	280	89.2%
15	Academy For Allied Health Sciences	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	10.4%	308	88.2%
16	Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and Science	NEPTUNE, NJ	Monmouth County Vocational School District	High	2.0%	300	87.1%
17	Bergen County Institute for Science and Technology	Demarest, NJ	Bergen County Vocational Technical School District	High	8.3%	290	85.9%
18	Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy	Wayne, NJ	Passaic County Technical-Vocational School District	High	42.6%	1,040	84.3%
19	Millburn High School	MILLBURN, NJ	Millburn Township School District	High	1.9%	1,380	82.0%
20	Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest	Demarest, NJ	Northern Valley Regional High School District	High	1.3%	1,038	78.7%
21	Science Park High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	68.0%	964	78.2%
22	Applied Technology High School	Paramus, NJ	Bergen County Vocational Technical School District	High	22.1%	348	77.2%
23	Montgomery High School	Skillman, NJ	Montgomery Township School District	High	7.8%	1,611	75.9%
24	Union County Tech	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	10.2%	502	75.3%
25	Morris County School of Technology	DENVILLE, NJ	Morris County Vocational School District	High	8.4%	885	74.4%
26	Tenafly High School	TENAFLY, NJ	Tenafly Public School District	High	3.1%	1,141	74.3%
27	Northern Highlands Regional High School	ALLENDALE, NJ	Northern Highlands Regional High School District	High	1.0%	1,257	73.8%
28	John P. Stevens High School	EDISON, NJ	Edison Township School District	High	16.0%	2,687	73.7%
29	West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South	West Windsor, NJ	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	High	9.3%	1,627	73.6%
30	Jose Marti STEM Academy	UNION CITY, NJ	Union City School District	High	74.4%	625	73.2%
31	STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges	South Orange, NJ	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	High	71.1%	180	73.1%
32	Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School	RUMSON, NJ	Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District	High	0.9%	816	72.7%
33	West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North	PLAINSBORO, NJ	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	High	6.3%	1,510	72.5%
34	High Tech High School	Secaucus, NJ	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	High	36.2%	790	72.1%
35	West Morris Mendham High School	MENDHAM, NJ	West Morris Regional High School District	High	1.1%	1,012	71.9%
36	Livingston High School	LIVINGSTON, NJ	Livingston Board of Education School District	High	2.2%	2,081	71.5%
37	River Dell Regional High School	ORADELL, NJ	River Dell Regional School District	High	2.1%	1,025	70.7%
38	Glen Rock High School	GLEN ROCK, NJ	Glen Rock Public School District	High	0.6%	722	69.4%
39	Pascack Valley High School	Hillsdale, NJ	Pascack Valley Regional High School District	High	2.2%	928	69.0%
40	Pascack Hills High School	Montvale, NJ	Pascack Valley Regional High School District	High	2.0%	768	68.9%
41	Summit High School	SUMMIT, NJ	Summit Public School District	High	19.6%	1,198	68.6%
42	Academy For Performing Arts	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	5.0%	242	68.3%
43	Moorestown High School	MOORESTOWN, NJ	Moorestown Township Public School District	High	8.8%	1,251	68.3%
44	Ridge High School	Basking Ridge, NJ	Bernards Township School District	High	2.3%	1,577	68.2%
45	Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan	Old Tappan, NJ	Northern Valley Regional High School District	High	1.3%	1,086	67.4%
46	Westfield Senior High School	Westfield, NJ	Westfield Public School District	High	2.5%	1,776	67.2%
47	County Prep High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	High	57.1%	892	66.9%
48	Mountain Lakes High School	Mountain Lakes, NJ	Mountain Lakes Public School District	High	2.0%	546	66.9%
49	Glen Ridge High School	GLEN RIDGE, NJ	Glen Ridge Public School District	High	0.4%	799	66.8%
50	Metuchen High School	METUCHEN, NJ	Metuchen Public School District	High	9.3%	718	66.7%

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