New Jersey schools ranked by test score
Latest NJSLA year (2024-25). 393 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 53.1%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Academy For Allied Health Sciences SCOTCH PLAINS · Union County Vocational-Technical School District | High | 100.0% | +46.9pp |
| 2 | Academy For Information Technology SCOTCH PLAINS · Union County Vocational-Technical School District | High | 100.0% | +46.9pp |
| 3 | Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering ROCKAWAY · Morris County Vocational School District | High | 100.0% | +46.9pp |
| 4 | Biotechnology High School FREEHOLD · Monmouth County Vocational School District | High | 100.0% | +46.9pp |
| 5 | High Technology High School LINCROFT · Monmouth County Vocational School District | High | 100.0% | +46.9pp |
| 6 | Infinity Institute Jersey City · Jersey City Public Schools | High | 100.0% | +46.9pp |
| 7 | Union County Magnet High School SCOTCH PLAINS · Union County Vocational-Technical School District | High | 100.0% | +46.9pp |
| 8 | Dr Ronald McNair High School JERSEY CITY · Jersey City Public Schools | High | 99.4% | +46.3pp |
| 9 | Bergen County Academies Hackensack · Bergen County Vocational Technical School District | High | 99.3% | +46.2pp |
| 10 | Union County Tech SCOTCH PLAINS · Union County Vocational-Technical School District | High | 98.3% | +45.2pp |
| 11 | Jose Marti STEM Academy UNION CITY · Union City School District | High | 97.7% | +44.6pp |
| 12 | Communications High School WALL · Monmouth County Vocational School District | High | 97.6% | +44.5pp |
| 13 | Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro Teterboro · Bergen County Vocational Technical School District | High | 96.5% | +43.4pp |
| 14 | Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy ELIZABETH · Elizabeth Public Schools | High | 96.4% | +43.3pp |
| 15 | Marine Academy of Science and Technology Highlands · Monmouth County Vocational School District | High | 95.8% | +42.7pp |
| 16 | Science Park High School NEWARK · Newark Public School District | High | 95.5% | +42.4pp |
| 17 | Academy For Performing Arts SCOTCH PLAINS · Union County Vocational-Technical School District | High | 95.0% | +41.9pp |
| 18 | Hunterdon County Academies Annandale · Hunterdon County Vocational School District | High | 94.8% | +41.7pp |
| 19 | High Tech High School Secaucus · Hudson County Schools of Technology School District | High | 94.5% | +41.4pp |
| 20 | Applied Technology High School Paramus · Bergen County Vocational Technical School District | High | 93.3% | +40.2pp |
| 21 | Bergen County Institute for Science and Technology Demarest · Bergen County Vocational Technical School District | High | 93.1% | +40.0pp |
| 22 | Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and Science NEPTUNE · Monmouth County Vocational School District | High | 92.7% | +39.6pp |
| 23 | Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy Wayne · Passaic County Technical-Vocational School District | High | 91.2% | +38.1pp |
| 24 | County Prep High School JERSEY CITY · Hudson County Schools of Technology School District | High | 91.0% | +37.9pp |
| 25 | Liberty High School JERSEY CITY · Jersey City Public Schools | High | 90.9% | +37.8pp |
| 26 | STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges South Orange · ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District | High | 90.7% | +37.6pp |
| 27 | Technology High School NEWARK · Newark Public School District | High | 89.7% | +36.6pp |
| 28 | Academy for Performing Arts Rockaway · Morris County Vocational School District | High | 88.9% | +35.8pp |
| 29 | Morris County School of Technology DENVILLE · Morris County Vocational School District | High | 88.1% | +35.0pp |
| 30 | Academy of Technology Design Jersey City · Hudson County Schools of Technology School District | High | 87.1% | +34.0pp |
| 31 | Metuchen High School METUCHEN · Metuchen Public School District | High | 86.1% | +33.0pp |
| 32 | Midland Park Jr./Sr. High School MIDLAND PARK · Midland Park School District | High | 84.9% | +31.8pp |
| 33 | West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North PLAINSBORO · West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District | High | 84.3% | +31.2pp |
| 34 | Pascack Hills High School Montvale · Pascack Valley Regional High School District | High | 84.1% | +31.0pp |
| 35 | John P. Stevens High School EDISON · Edison Township School District | High | 84.0% | +30.9pp |
| 36 | Montgomery High School Skillman · Montgomery Township School District | High | 83.5% | +30.4pp |
| 37 | Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy Pennington · Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County | High | 83.0% | +29.9pp |
| 38 | Millburn High School MILLBURN · Millburn Township School District | High | 82.9% | +29.8pp |
| 39 | River Dell Regional High School ORADELL · River Dell Regional School District | High | 81.7% | +28.6pp |
| 40 | West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South West Windsor · West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District | High | 81.4% | +28.3pp |
| 41 | Mountain Lakes High School Mountain Lakes · Mountain Lakes Public School District | High | 81.2% | +28.1pp |
| 42 | Glen Ridge High School GLEN RIDGE · Glen Ridge Public School District | High | 80.8% | +27.7pp |
| 43 | Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School RUMSON · Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District | High | 80.1% | +27.0pp |
| 44 | Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy Elizabeth · Elizabeth Public Schools | High | 79.9% | +26.8pp |
| 45 | Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest Demarest · Northern Valley Regional High School District | High | 79.9% | +26.8pp |
| 46 | Tenafly High School TENAFLY · Tenafly Public School District | High | 79.9% | +26.8pp |
| 47 | Livingston High School LIVINGSTON · Livingston Board of Education School District | High | 79.8% | +26.7pp |
| 48 | Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering Passaic · Passaic City School District | High | 79.7% | +26.6pp |
| 49 | Pascack Valley High School Hillsdale · Pascack Valley Regional High School District | High | 79.5% | +26.4pp |
| 50 | Union County Career & Technical Institute Scotch Plains · Union County Vocational-Technical School District | High | 79.5% | +26.4pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the NJSLA % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations threshold on the latest available NJSLA English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in New Jersey, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.