New Jersey schools ranked by test score
Latest NJSLA year (2024-25). 389 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 26.8%.
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science MANAHAWKIN · Ocean County Vocational Technical School District | High | 100.0% | +73.2pp |
| 2 | Bergen County Academies Hackensack · Bergen County Vocational Technical School District | High | 98.9% | +72.1pp |
| 3 | Biotechnology High School FREEHOLD · Monmouth County Vocational School District | High | 98.7% | +71.9pp |
| 4 | Woodbridge Academy Magnet School WOODBRIDGE · Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District | High | 98.7% | +71.9pp |
| 5 | Union County Magnet High School SCOTCH PLAINS · Union County Vocational-Technical School District | High | 97.1% | +70.3pp |
| 6 | Academy For Information Technology SCOTCH PLAINS · Union County Vocational-Technical School District | High | 95.7% | +68.9pp |
| 7 | Dr Ronald McNair High School JERSEY CITY · Jersey City Public Schools | High | 94.6% | +67.8pp |
| 8 | Marine Academy of Science and Technology Highlands · Monmouth County Vocational School District | High | 92.4% | +65.6pp |
| 9 | Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and Science NEPTUNE · Monmouth County Vocational School District | High | 90.8% | +64.0pp |
| 10 | Communications High School WALL · Monmouth County Vocational School District | High | 89.9% | +63.1pp |
| 11 | Academy For Allied Health Sciences SCOTCH PLAINS · Union County Vocational-Technical School District | High | 89.7% | +62.9pp |
| 12 | Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro Teterboro · Bergen County Vocational Technical School District | High | 89.4% | +62.6pp |
| 13 | Hunterdon County Academies Annandale · Hunterdon County Vocational School District | High | 85.5% | +58.7pp |
| 14 | Bergen County Institute for Science and Technology Demarest · Bergen County Vocational Technical School District | High | 84.5% | +57.7pp |
| 15 | Millburn High School MILLBURN · Millburn Township School District | High | 80.1% | +53.3pp |
| 16 | Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest Demarest · Northern Valley Regional High School District | High | 76.6% | +49.8pp |
| 17 | Infinity Institute Jersey City · Jersey City Public Schools | High | 75.9% | +49.1pp |
| 18 | Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy Wayne · Passaic County Technical-Vocational School District | High | 75.3% | +48.5pp |
| 19 | Union County Tech SCOTCH PLAINS · Union County Vocational-Technical School District | High | 73.2% | +46.4pp |
| 20 | Montgomery High School Skillman · Montgomery Township School District | High | 71.4% | +44.6pp |
| 21 | Science Park High School NEWARK · Newark Public School District | High | 70.7% | +43.9pp |
| 22 | Morris County School of Technology DENVILLE · Morris County Vocational School District | High | 70.3% | +43.5pp |
| 23 | West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South West Windsor · West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District | High | 68.4% | +41.6pp |
| 24 | Westfield Senior High School Westfield · Westfield Public School District | High | 68.1% | +41.3pp |
| 25 | Northern Highlands Regional High School ALLENDALE · Northern Highlands Regional High School District | High | 67.1% | +40.3pp |
| 26 | John P. Stevens High School EDISON · Edison Township School District | High | 66.6% | +39.8pp |
| 27 | Tenafly High School TENAFLY · Tenafly Public School District | High | 65.6% | +38.8pp |
| 28 | Applied Technology High School Paramus · Bergen County Vocational Technical School District | High | 65.4% | +38.6pp |
| 29 | West Morris Mendham High School MENDHAM · West Morris Regional High School District | High | 65.3% | +38.5pp |
| 30 | Livingston High School LIVINGSTON · Livingston Board of Education School District | High | 64.6% | +37.8pp |
| 31 | West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North PLAINSBORO · West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District | High | 64.5% | +37.7pp |
| 32 | Somerset County Vocational Technical High School Bridgewater · Somerset County Vocational and Technical School District | High | 63.8% | +37.0pp |
| 33 | Voorhees High School Glen Gardner · North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District | High | 63.3% | +36.5pp |
| 34 | Ridge High School Basking Ridge · Bernards Township School District | High | 62.4% | +35.6pp |
| 35 | Chatham High School CHATHAM · School District of the Chathams | High | 62.2% | +35.4pp |
| 36 | Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School RUMSON · Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District | High | 61.3% | +34.5pp |
| 37 | Hopewell Valley Central High School PENNINGTON · Hopewell Valley Regional School District | High | 61.0% | +34.2pp |
| 38 | Columbia High School MAPLEWOOD · South Orange-Maplewood School District | High | 60.8% | +34.0pp |
| 39 | High Tech High School Secaucus · Hudson County Schools of Technology School District | High | 60.5% | +33.7pp |
| 40 | Parsippany Hills High School Morris Plains · Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District | High | 60.0% | +33.2pp |
| 41 | Ridgewood High School RIDGEWOOD · Ridgewood Public School District | High | 59.8% | +33.0pp |
| 42 | Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy Pennington · Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County | High | 58.8% | +32.0pp |
| 43 | STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges South Orange · ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District | High | 58.7% | +31.9pp |
| 44 | Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan Old Tappan · Northern Valley Regional High School District | High | 58.4% | +31.6pp |
| 45 | Glen Rock High School GLEN ROCK · Glen Rock Public School District | High | 57.8% | +31.0pp |
| 46 | River Dell Regional High School ORADELL · River Dell Regional School District | High | 57.3% | +30.5pp |
| 47 | Robbinsville High School ROBBINSVILLE · Robbinsville Public School District | High | 57.3% | +30.5pp |
| 48 | Summit High School SUMMIT · Summit Public School District | High | 57.1% | +30.3pp |
| 49 | Verona High School VERONA · Verona Public School District | High | 57.1% | +30.3pp |
| 50 | Moorestown High School MOORESTOWN · Moorestown Township Public School District | High | 56.7% | +29.9pp |
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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 Science 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.