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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School WOOD RIDGE · Wood-Ridge School District | High | 58.9% | +5.8pp |
| 152 | Vernon Township High School VERNON · Vernon Township School District | High | 58.8% | +5.7pp |
| 153 | Monroe Township High School MONROE TOWNSHIP · Monroe Township School District | High | 58.6% | +5.5pp |
| 154 | Manalapan High School ENGLISHTOWN · Freehold Regional High School District | High | 58.0% | +4.9pp |
| 155 | Cedar Grove High School Cedar Grove · Cedar Grove Township School District | High | 57.7% | +4.6pp |
| 156 | Morristown High School MORRISTOWN · Morris School District | High | 57.7% | +4.6pp |
| 157 | Manasquan High School Manasquan · Manasquan School District | High | 57.6% | +4.5pp |
| 158 | Haddon Township High School WESTMONT · Haddon Township School District | High | 57.5% | +4.4pp |
| 159 | Henry P. Becton Regional High School EAST RUTHERFORD · Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional High School District | High | 57.5% | +4.4pp |
| 160 | Sparta High School SPARTA · Sparta Township Public School District | High | 57.4% | +4.3pp |
| 161 | Lodi High School LODI · Lodi School District | High | 57.2% | +4.1pp |
| 162 | Hackettstown High School HACKETTSTOWN · Hackettstown Public School District | High | 57.0% | +3.9pp |
| 163 | Bloomfield High School Bloomfield · Bloomfield Township School District | High | 56.6% | +3.5pp |
| 164 | Emerson Jr Sr High Emerson · Emerson Public School District | High | 56.6% | +3.5pp |
| 165 | Brick Township Memorial High School BRICK · Brick Township Public School District | High | 56.5% | +3.4pp |
| 166 | Essex County Newark Tech Newark · Essex County Schools of Technology | High | 55.9% | +2.8pp |
| 167 | Hammonton High School HAMMONTON · Hammonton School District | High | 55.8% | +2.7pp |
| 168 | Ocean Township High School OAKHURST · Township of Ocean School District | High | 55.8% | +2.7pp |
| 169 | Burlington County Institute of Technology - Westampton Westampton · Burlington County Institute of Technology School District | High | 55.6% | +2.5pp |
| 170 | North Arlington High School North Arlington · North Arlington School District | High | 55.5% | +2.4pp |
| 171 | Secaucus High School SECAUCUS · Secaucus School District | High | 55.4% | +2.3pp |
| 172 | Nutley High School NUTLEY · Nutley Public School District | High | 55.3% | +2.2pp |
| 173 | Lenape High School MEDFORD · Lenape Regional High School District | High | 55.0% | +1.9pp |
| 174 | Union City High School Union City · Union City School District | High | 55.0% | +1.9pp |
| 175 | Colts Neck High School COLTS NECK · Freehold Regional High School District | High | 54.9% | +1.8pp |
| 176 | J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy Elizabeth · Elizabeth Public Schools | High | 54.9% | +1.8pp |
| 177 | West Orange High School WEST ORANGE · West Orange Public Schools | High | 54.6% | +1.5pp |
| 178 | East Brunswick Magnet School EAST BRUNSWICK · Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District | High | 54.3% | +1.2pp |
| 179 | Essex County West Caldwell Tech West Caldwell · Essex County Schools of Technology | High | 54.2% | +1.1pp |
| 180 | Jonathan Dayton High School Springfield · Springfield Public School District | High | 54.1% | +1.0pp |
| 181 | Brick Township High School BRICK TOWN · Brick Township Public School District | High | 54.0% | +0.9pp |
| 182 | Pitman Jr./Sr. High School Pitman · Pitman Boro School District | High | 54.0% | +0.9pp |
| 183 | Ridgefield Park Jr Sr High School RIDGEFIELD PARK · Ridgefield Park Public School District | High | 53.6% | +0.5pp |
| 184 | Cresskill High School Cresskill · Cresskill Public School District | High | 53.5% | +0.4pp |
| 185 | Lenape Valley Regional High School STANHOPE · Lenape Valley Regional High School District | High | 53.4% | +0.3pp |
| 186 | Cedar Creek High School EGG HARBOR CITY · Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District | High | 53.3% | +0.2pp |
| 187 | Delaware Valley Regional High School Frenchtown · Delaware Valley Regional High School District | High | 53.2% | +0.1pp |
| 188 | Freehold Borough High School FREEHOLD · Freehold Regional High School District | High | 53.2% | +0.1pp |
| 189 | Roxbury High School SUCCASUNNA · Roxbury Township School District | High | 53.2% | +0.1pp |
| 190 | Cherokee High School MARLTON · Lenape Regional High School District | High | 53.1% | -0.0pp |
| 191 | Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy Elizabeth · Elizabeth Public Schools | High | 53.0% | -0.1pp |
| 192 | Shore Regional High School WEST LONG BRANCH · Shore Regional High School District | High | 52.5% | -0.6pp |
| 193 | Camden County Technical School-Pennsauken Pennsauken · Camden County Technical School District | High | 52.4% | -0.7pp |
| 194 | Sayreville War Memorial High School PARLIN · Sayreville School District | High | 52.3% | -0.8pp |
| 195 | Red Bank Regional High School LITTLE SILVER · Red Bank Regional School District | High | 52.2% | -0.9pp |
| 196 | Shawnee High School MEDFORD · Lenape Regional High School District | High | 52.2% | -0.9pp |
| 197 | Somerville High School Somerville · Somerville Public School District | High | 51.8% | -1.3pp |
| 198 | Weehawken High School WEEHAWKEN · Weehawken Public School District | High | 51.7% | -1.4pp |
| 199 | Washington Township High School SEWELL · Washington Township School District | High | 51.4% | -1.7pp |
| 200 | Lakeland Regional High School WANAQUE · Lakeland Regional High School District | High | 51.3% | -1.8pp |
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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.