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The highest-performing public high schools in science in Hudson County, New Jersey

20 public high schools in Hudson County, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in science, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state science standard. Dr Ronald McNair High School leads the list at 94.6%, against a median of 21.7% 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

Hudson County, New Jersey

Top % Proficient (Science)

94.6%

Median % Proficient (Science)

21.7%

BEST IN SCIENCE · HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Science)	Rank change
1	Dr Ronald McNair High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	716	94.6%	no change
2	Infinity Institute	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	265	75.9%	no change
3	High Tech High School	Secaucus, NJ	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	High	790	60.5%	no change
4	Liberty High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	193	55.1%	▲ 3
5	Jose Marti STEM Academy	UNION CITY, NJ	Union City School District	High	625	54.4%	▼ 1
6	County Prep High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	High	892	49.0%	▼ 1
7	Innovation High School	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	301	34.7%	▲ 5
8	Hoboken High School	HOBOKEN, NJ	Hoboken Public School District	High	652	30.8%	no change
9	Kearny High School	KEARNY, NJ	Kearny	High	1,825	25.8%	▲ 1
10	Secaucus High School	SECAUCUS, NJ	Secaucus School District	High	612	25.5%	▼ 4
11	Weehawken High School	WEEHAWKEN, NJ	Weehawken Public School District	High	604	17.9%	▼ 2
12	North Bergen High School	N BERGEN, NJ	North Bergen School District	High	2,328	17.2%	▲ 6
13	Henry Snyder High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	729	16.9%	no change
14	William L Dickinson High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	1,786	15.4%	▼ 3
15	Lincoln High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	767	14.1%	▲ 4
16	Memorial High School	WEST NEW YORK, NJ	West New York School District	High	2,345	13.9%	▼ 1
17	Harrison High School	HARRISON, NJ	Harrison Public Schools	High	795	12.3%	▼ 3
18	Union City High School	Union City, NJ	Union City School District	High	3,147	10.6%	▼ 1
19	University Academy Charter High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	University Academy Charter High School	High	429	8.1%	▲ 1
20	James J Ferris High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	1,364	5.9%	▼ 4

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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