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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Somerset County, New Jersey

12 public high schools in Somerset County, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Montgomery High School leads the list at 83.5%, against a median of 62.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Somerset County, New Jersey

Top % Proficient (Reading)

83.5%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

62.6%

BEST IN READING · SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Montgomery High School	Skillman, NJ	Montgomery Township School District	High	1,611	83.5%
2	Somerset County Vocational Technical High School	Bridgewater, NJ	Somerset County Vocational and Technical School District	High	332	72.8%
3	Ridge High School	Basking Ridge, NJ	Bernards Township School District	High	1,577	72.0%
4	Bridgewater-Raritan High School	Bridgewater, NJ	Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District	High	2,673	70.5%
5	Watchung Hills Regional High School	Warren, NJ	Watchung Hills Regional High School District	High	1,653	69.1%
6	Hillsborough High School	Hillsborough, NJ	Hillsborough Township Public School District	High	2,377	63.6%
7	Bernards High School	Bernardsville, NJ	Somerset Hills Regional School District	High	751	61.6%
8	Somerville High School	Somerville, NJ	Somerville Public School District	High	1,072	51.8%
9	Franklin High School	Somerset, NJ	Franklin Township Public School District	High	2,134	40.2%
10	North Plainfield High School	North Plainfield, NJ	North Plainfield School District	High	1,141	36.9%
11	Bound Brook High School	Bound Brook, NJ	Bound Brook School District	High	579	34.3%
12	Manville High School	Manville, NJ	Manville School District	High	528	21.4%

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