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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology NEWARK · Essex County Schools of Technology | High | 66.0% | +12.9pp |
| 102 | Cranford High School CRANFORD · Cranford Public School District | High | 65.9% | +12.8pp |
| 103 | New Milford High School NEW MILFORD · New Milford Public School District | High | 65.9% | +12.8pp |
| 104 | Ridgewood High School RIDGEWOOD · Ridgewood Public School District | High | 65.8% | +12.7pp |
| 105 | Dumont High School DUMONT · Dumont Public School District | High | 65.6% | +12.5pp |
| 106 | Hopewell Valley Central High School PENNINGTON · Hopewell Valley Regional School District | High | 65.5% | +12.4pp |
| 107 | Mahwah High School MAHWAH · Mahwah Township Public School District | High | 65.2% | +12.1pp |
| 108 | Whippany Park High School WHIPPANY · Hanover Park Regional High School District | High | 65.2% | +12.1pp |
| 109 | Wall High School WALL · Wall Township Public School District | High | 65.0% | +11.9pp |
| 110 | East Orange STEM Academy High School EAST ORANGE · East Orange School District | High | 64.9% | +11.8pp |
| 111 | James Caldwell High School WEST CALDWELL · Caldwell-West School District | High | 64.4% | +11.3pp |
| 112 | Boonton High School BOONTON · Boonton Town Public School District | High | 64.3% | +11.2pp |
| 113 | Piscataway Magnet School PISCATAWAY · Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District | High | 64.2% | +11.1pp |
| 114 | Eastern Camden County Regional High School VOORHEES · Eastern Camden County Regional School District | High | 64.1% | +11.0pp |
| 115 | Mount Olive High School FLANDERS · Mount Olive Township School District | High | 64.1% | +11.0pp |
| 116 | North Hunterdon High School Annandale · North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District | High | 64.1% | +11.0pp |
| 117 | Ramapo High School FRANKLIN LAKES · Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District | High | 64.1% | +11.0pp |
| 118 | Clearview Regional High School MULLICA HILL · Clearview Regional High School District | High | 64.0% | +10.9pp |
| 119 | Ramsey High School RAMSEY · Ramsey School District | High | 63.9% | +10.8pp |
| 120 | Rutherford High School RUTHERFORD · Rutherford School District | High | 63.9% | +10.8pp |
| 121 | Hunterdon Central Regional High School District Flemington · Hunterdon Central Regional High School District | High | 63.8% | +10.7pp |
| 122 | Passaic County Technical Institute WAYNE · Passaic County Technical-Vocational School District | High | 63.8% | +10.7pp |
| 123 | Lyndhurst High School LYNDHURST · Lyndhurst Public School District | High | 63.7% | +10.6pp |
| 124 | Gloucester City High School GLOUCESTER CITY · Gloucester City Public School District | High | 63.6% | +10.5pp |
| 125 | Hillsborough High School Hillsborough · Hillsborough Township Public School District | High | 63.6% | +10.5pp |
| 126 | Gloucester County Institute of Technology Sewell · Gloucester County Vocational-Technical School District | High | 63.0% | +9.9pp |
| 127 | Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School SCOTCH PLAINS · Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District | High | 63.0% | +9.9pp |
| 128 | Montclair High School MONTCLAIR · Montclair Public School District | High | 62.9% | +9.8pp |
| 129 | Passaic Preparatory Academy Passaic · Passaic City School District | High | 62.5% | +9.4pp |
| 130 | OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy Toms River · Ocean County Vocational Technical School District | High | 62.3% | +9.2pp |
| 131 | Parsippany High School Parsippany · Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District | High | 62.3% | +9.2pp |
| 132 | Arthur L. Johnson High School CLARK · Clark Township Public School District | High | 62.1% | +9.0pp |
| 133 | Pompton Lakes High School POMPTON LAKES · Pompton Lakes School District | High | 62.0% | +8.9pp |
| 134 | Verona High School VERONA · Verona Public School District | High | 62.0% | +8.9pp |
| 135 | Bernards High School Bernardsville · Somerset Hills Regional School District | High | 61.6% | +8.5pp |
| 136 | Academy of Career and Technical Education Secaucus · Hudson County Schools of Technology School District | High | 61.4% | +8.3pp |
| 137 | Saddle Brook Middle/High School SADDLE BROOK · Saddle Brook School District | High | 61.4% | +8.3pp |
| 138 | Camden County Technical School-GTC Sicklerville · Camden County Technical School District | High | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 139 | Wallington Junior Senior High School WALLINGTON · Wallington Boro School District | High | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 140 | Cinnaminson High School CINNAMINSON · Cinnaminson Township School District | High | 60.8% | +7.7pp |
| 141 | Parsippany Hills High School Morris Plains · Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District | High | 60.8% | +7.7pp |
| 142 | Bergenfield High School BERGENFIELD · Bergenfield Borough School District | High | 60.7% | +7.6pp |
| 143 | Toms River High School East TOMS RIVER · Toms River Regional School District | High | 60.2% | +7.1pp |
| 144 | Middletown High School North MIDDLETOWN · Middletown Township Public School District | High | 60.1% | +7.0pp |
| 145 | Kittatinny Regional High School NEWTON · Kittatinny Regional School District | High | 59.4% | +6.3pp |
| 146 | Ridgefield Memorial High School RIDGEFIELD · Ridgefield School District | High | 59.2% | +6.1pp |
| 147 | Wayne Valley High School WAYNE · Wayne Township Public School District | High | 59.2% | +6.1pp |
| 148 | Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High School EAST ORANGE · East Orange School District | High | 59.1% | +6.0pp |
| 149 | Arts High School NEWARK · Newark Public School District | High | 59.0% | +5.9pp |
| 150 | Bard Early College High School NEWARK · Newark Public School District | High | 58.9% | +5.8pp |
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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.