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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Matawan Regional High School ABERDEEN · Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District | High | 51.2% | -1.9pp |
| 202 | Marlboro High School MARLBORO · Freehold Regional High School District | High | 51.1% | -2.0pp |
| 203 | Memorial Senior High School ELMWOOD PARK · Elmwood Park School District | High | 51.1% | -2.0pp |
| 204 | Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood ENGLEWOOD · Englewood Public School District | High | 50.8% | -2.3pp |
| 205 | High Point Regional High School District SUSSEX · High Point Regional High School District | High | 50.8% | -2.3pp |
| 206 | Newton High School NEWTON · Newton Public School District | High | 50.8% | -2.3pp |
| 207 | Audubon Junior/Senior High School AUDUBON · Audubon Public School District | High | 50.6% | -2.5pp |
| 208 | Innovation High School Jersey City · Jersey City Public Schools | High | 50.6% | -2.5pp |
| 209 | Allentown High School ALLENTOWN · Upper Freehold Regional School District | High | 50.5% | -2.6pp |
| 210 | Lawrence High School LAWRENCEVILLE · Lawrence Township Public School District | High | 50.5% | -2.6pp |
| 211 | Westwood Regional High School TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON · Westwood Regional School District | High | 50.5% | -2.6pp |
| 212 | Passaic Valley Regional High School LITTLE FALLS · Passaic Valley Regional High School District | High | 50.4% | -2.7pp |
| 213 | Piscataway Township High School PISCATAWAY · Piscataway Township School District | High | 50.2% | -2.9pp |
| 214 | K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy Elizabeth · Elizabeth Public Schools | High | 50.0% | -3.1pp |
| 215 | Lower Cape May Regional High School CAPE MAY · Lower Cape May Regional School District | High | 50.0% | -3.1pp |
| 216 | Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy Pennington · Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County | High | 50.0% | -3.1pp |
| 217 | Point Pleasant Borough High School POINT PLEASANT · Point Pleasant Borough School District | High | 50.0% | -3.1pp |
| 218 | Monmouth Regional High School TINTON FALLS · Monmouth Regional High School | High | 49.0% | -4.1pp |
| 219 | Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies PLAINFIELD · Plainfield Public School District | High | 49.0% | -4.1pp |
| 220 | Middlesex High School MIDDLESEX · Middlesex Borough School District | High | 48.7% | -4.4pp |
| 221 | Butler High School BUTLER · Butler Public School District | High | 48.6% | -4.5pp |
| 222 | West Deptford High School WEST DEPTFORD · West Deptford Township School District | High | 48.4% | -4.7pp |
| 223 | Freehold Township High School FREEHOLD TWP. · Freehold Regional High School District | High | 48.2% | -4.9pp |
| 224 | North Warren Regional School BLAIRSTOWN · North Warren Regional | High | 48.1% | -5.0pp |
| 225 | Toms River High School South TOMS RIVER · Toms River Regional School District | High | 48.1% | -5.0pp |
| 226 | Wallkill Valley Regional High School HARDYSTON TOWNSHIP · Wallkill Valley Regional High School | High | 47.8% | -5.3pp |
| 227 | Achievers Early College Prep Charter School Trenton · Achievers Early College Prep Charter School | High | 47.7% | -5.4pp |
| 228 | John F. Kennedy Memorial High School ISELIN · Woodbridge Township School District | High | 47.6% | -5.5pp |
| 229 | Highland Park High School HIGHLAND PARK · Highland Park Boro School District | High | 47.3% | -5.8pp |
| 230 | David Brearley Middle/High School Kenilworth · Kenilworth School District | High | 47.0% | -6.1pp |
| 231 | Point Pleasant Beach High School Point Pleasant Beach · Point Pleasant Beach School District | High | 47.0% | -6.1pp |
| 232 | Atlantic County Institute of Technology MAYS LANDING · Atlantic County Vocational School District | High | 46.9% | -6.2pp |
| 233 | Pinelands Regional High School Little Egg Harbor · Pinelands Regional School District | High | 46.9% | -6.2pp |
| 234 | Edison High School EDISON · Edison Township School District | High | 46.8% | -6.3pp |
| 235 | Sussex County Technical School Sparta · Sussex County Technical School District | High | 46.6% | -6.5pp |
| 236 | Roselle Park High School ROSELLE PARK · Roselle Park Public School District | High | 46.5% | -6.6pp |
| 237 | Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology Newark · Newark Public School District | High | 46.4% | -6.7pp |
| 238 | Old Bridge High School MATAWAN · Old Bridge Township School District | High | 45.9% | -7.2pp |
| 239 | Toms River High School North TOMS RIVER · Toms River Regional School District | High | 45.6% | -7.5pp |
| 240 | Howell High School FARMINGDALE · Freehold Regional High School District | High | 44.8% | -8.3pp |
| 241 | Collingswood High School COLLINGSWOOD · Collingswood Public School District | High | 44.6% | -8.5pp |
| 242 | Cherry Hill High School West CHERRY HILL · Cherry Hill School District | High | 44.3% | -8.8pp |
| 243 | Lacey Township High School LANOKA HARBOR · Lacey Township School District | High | 44.3% | -8.8pp |
| 244 | Northern Burlington County Regional High School COLUMBUS · Northern Burlington County Regional School District | High | 44.1% | -9.0pp |
| 245 | Kingsway Regional High School WOOLWICH TWP · Kingsway Regional School District | High | 43.7% | -9.4pp |
| 246 | Mainland Regional High School LINWOOD · Mainland Regional High School | High | 43.5% | -9.6pp |
| 247 | Delran High School DELRAN · Delran Township School District | High | 43.3% | -9.8pp |
| 248 | Southern Regional High School MANAHAWKIN · Southern Regional School District | High | 43.3% | -9.8pp |
| 249 | Burlington Township High School BURLINGTON · Burlington Township School District | High | 43.0% | -10.1pp |
| 250 | South Plainfield High School SOUTH PLAINFIELD · South Plainfield School District | High | 42.4% | -10.7pp |
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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.