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

This ranking covers the highest-performing public high schools in reading in Union County, New Jersey, drawn from 31 qualifying public high schools. Union County Magnet High School leads the list at 100%, against a median of 54.1% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Union County, New Jersey

Top % Proficient (Reading)

100%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

54.1%

BEST IN READING · UNION COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Union County Magnet High School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	297	100%
2	Academy For Allied Health Sciences	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	308	100%
3	Academy For Information Technology	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	307	100%
4	Union County Tech	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	502	98.3%
5	Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,268	96.4%
6	Academy For Performing Arts	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	242	95.0%
7	Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,015	79.9%
8	New Providence High School	NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ	New Providence School District	High	644	75.3%
9	Summit High School	SUMMIT, NJ	Summit Public School District	High	1,198	75.3%
10	Governor Livingston High School	BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ	Berkeley Heights School District	High	849	75.2%
11	Westfield Senior High School	Westfield, NJ	Westfield Public School District	High	1,776	69.2%
12	Cranford High School	CRANFORD, NJ	Cranford Public School District	High	1,116	65.9%
13	Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District	High	1,562	63.0%
14	Arthur L. Johnson High School	CLARK, NJ	Clark Township Public School District	High	785	62.1%
15	J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	415	54.9%
16	Jonathan Dayton High School	Springfield, NJ	Springfield Public School District	High	654	54.1%
17	Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,144	53.0%
18	K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	740	50.0%
19	Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	High	357	49.0%
20	David Brearley Middle/High School	Kenilworth, NJ	Kenilworth School District	High	774	47.0%
21	Roselle Park High School	ROSELLE PARK, NJ	Roselle Park Public School District	High	593	46.5%
22	Linden High School	Linden, NJ	Linden Public School District	High	1,934	38.0%
23	Union High School	UNION, NJ	Township of Union School District	High	2,410	37.2%
24	Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	842	29.4%
25	Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,272	28.7%
26	Rahway High School	RAHWAY, NJ	Rahway Public School District	High	1,286	28.6%
27	Hillside High School	HILLSIDE, NJ	Hillside Public School District	High	911	27.9%
28	John E. Dwyer Technology Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,348	24.9%
29	Abraham Clark High School	ROSELLE, NJ	Roselle Public School District	High	926	19.7%
30	The Barack Obama Green Charter School	Plainfield, NJ	The Barack Obama Green Charter High School District	High	358	18.6%
31	Plainfield High School	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	High	2,077	16.5%

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