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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Park Ridge High School PARK RIDGE · Park Ridge School District | High | 79.0% | +25.9pp |
| 52 | Waldwick High School WALDWICK · Waldwick School District | High | 78.3% | +25.2pp |
| 53 | Haddonfield Memorial High School HADDONFIELD · Haddonfield School District | High | 78.2% | +25.1pp |
| 54 | Hasbrouck Heights High School HASBROUCK HEIGHTS · Hasbrouck Heights School District | High | 77.4% | +24.3pp |
| 55 | Northern Highlands Regional High School ALLENDALE · Northern Highlands Regional High School District | High | 76.4% | +23.3pp |
| 56 | Pequannock Township High School Pompton Plains · Pequannock Township School District | High | 76.3% | +23.2pp |
| 57 | Hanover Park High School EAST HANOVER · Hanover Park Regional High School District | High | 76.2% | +23.1pp |
| 58 | Madison High School MADISON · Madison Public School District | High | 76.1% | +23.0pp |
| 59 | Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan Old Tappan · Northern Valley Regional High School District | High | 75.9% | +22.8pp |
| 60 | Montville Township High School MONTVILLE · Montville Township School District | High | 75.7% | +22.6pp |
| 61 | Princeton High School PRINCETON · Princeton Public School District | High | 75.4% | +22.3pp |
| 62 | New Providence High School NEW PROVIDENCE · New Providence School District | High | 75.3% | +22.2pp |
| 63 | Summit High School SUMMIT · Summit Public School District | High | 75.3% | +22.2pp |
| 64 | Governor Livingston High School BERKELEY HEIGHTS · Berkeley Heights School District | High | 75.2% | +22.1pp |
| 65 | Moorestown High School MOORESTOWN · Moorestown Township Public School District | High | 74.3% | +21.2pp |
| 66 | Cherry Hill High School East CHERRY HILL · Cherry Hill School District | High | 74.2% | +21.1pp |
| 67 | West Morris Mendham High School MENDHAM · West Morris Regional High School District | High | 73.7% | +20.6pp |
| 68 | Kinnelon High School KINNELON · Kinnelon School District | High | 73.5% | +20.4pp |
| 69 | University High School NEWARK · Newark Public School District | High | 73.5% | +20.4pp |
| 70 | Cumberland County Technical Education Center Millville · Cumberland County Board of Vocational Education | High | 72.8% | +19.7pp |
| 71 | Somerset County Vocational Technical High School Bridgewater · Somerset County Vocational and Technical School District | High | 72.8% | +19.7pp |
| 72 | Holmdel High School HOLMDEL · Holmdel Township School District | High | 72.4% | +19.3pp |
| 73 | Ridge High School Basking Ridge · Bernards Township School District | High | 72.0% | +18.9pp |
| 74 | Robbinsville High School ROBBINSVILLE · Robbinsville Public School District | High | 71.8% | +18.7pp |
| 75 | Paramus High School PARAMUS · Paramus Public School District | High | 71.7% | +18.6pp |
| 76 | West Morris Central High School CHESTER · West Morris Regional High School District | High | 71.7% | +18.6pp |
| 77 | South Brunswick High School MONMOUTH JUNCTION · South Brunswick School District | High | 70.9% | +17.8pp |
| 78 | Glen Rock High School GLEN ROCK · Glen Rock Public School District | High | 70.6% | +17.5pp |
| 79 | Bridgewater-Raritan High School Bridgewater · Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District | High | 70.5% | +17.4pp |
| 80 | Chatham High School CHATHAM · School District of the Chathams | High | 70.4% | +17.3pp |
| 81 | Indian Hills High School OAKLAND · Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District | High | 70.4% | +17.3pp |
| 82 | Leonia High School Leonia · Leonia Public School District | High | 70.2% | +17.1pp |
| 83 | Fort Lee High School FORT LEE · Fort Lee School District | High | 70.1% | +17.0pp |
| 84 | Morris Hills High School ROCKAWAY · Morris Hills Regional School District | High | 70.0% | +16.9pp |
| 85 | Hoboken High School HOBOKEN · Hoboken Public School District | High | 69.4% | +16.3pp |
| 86 | Randolph High School RANDOLPH · Randolph Township School District | High | 69.4% | +16.3pp |
| 87 | Wayne Hills High School WAYNE · Wayne Township Public School District | High | 69.2% | +16.1pp |
| 88 | Westfield Senior High School Westfield · Westfield Public School District | High | 69.2% | +16.1pp |
| 89 | Fair Lawn High School FAIR LAWN · Fair Lawn Public School District | High | 69.1% | +16.0pp |
| 90 | Watchung Hills Regional High School Warren · Watchung Hills Regional High School District | High | 69.1% | +16.0pp |
| 91 | Columbia High School MAPLEWOOD · South Orange-Maplewood School District | High | 68.8% | +15.7pp |
| 92 | Burlington County Institute of Technology - Medford Medford · Burlington County Institute of Technology School District | High | 68.7% | +15.6pp |
| 93 | Voorhees High School Glen Gardner · North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District | High | 68.5% | +15.4pp |
| 94 | Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy Trenton · Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County | High | 68.4% | +15.3pp |
| 95 | Ocean City High School OCEAN CITY · Ocean City School District | High | 68.1% | +15.0pp |
| 96 | Bogota Jr./Sr. High School BOGOTA · Bogota Public School District | High | 67.9% | +14.8pp |
| 97 | Middletown High School South MIDDLETOWN · Middletown Township Public School District | High | 67.6% | +14.5pp |
| 98 | Haddon Heights Jr./Sr. High School HADDON HEIGHTS · HADDON HEIGHTS School District | High | 66.8% | +13.7pp |
| 99 | Morris Knolls High School ROCKAWAY · Morris Hills Regional School District | High | 66.6% | +13.5pp |
| 100 | West Essex High School NORTH CALDWELL · West Essex Regional School District | High | 66.4% | +13.3pp |
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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.