New Study Reveals the Best Schools and Districts in NJ

A new study has revealed the best school districts in America and the best schools in the Garden State for 2022. Niche, which complies in-depth profiles on every school and college in America, took a look at key statistics, millions of reviews from students and parents and data from the U.S. Department of Education to determine the rankings. Some factors they considered included test scores, college readiness, graduation rates, SAT/ACT scores, teacher quality and more.

The 2022 Best School Districts in New Jersey showed some familiar names. Let’s take a look at the top 20:

1. Millburn Township School District
2. Northern Valley Regional High School District
3. Princeton Public Schools
4. West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
5. Livingston Board of Education School District
6. Tenafly Public School District
7. Ridgewood Public School District
8. Pascack Valley Regional High School District
9. Summit Public School District
10. Moorestown Public School District
11. Bernards Township School District
12. Westfield Public School District
13. Mountain Lakes School District
14. West Essex Regional School District
15. South Brunswick School District
16. Haddonfield Public Schools
17. West Morris Regional High School District
18. Holmdel Township School District
19. Hopewell Valley Regional School District
20. New Providence School District

One student reviewed Millburn, the number one school district in the rankings, singing its praises when it comes to both the social and academic atmosphere.

“Excellent people, good education, met a ton of friends and bonded over extracurriculars!” wrote a freshman in April 2020. “It was a great experience and I learned a ton at my school. The school encourages excellence academically and extracurricularly.”

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When it comes to the best high schools in our state, here were the favorites for private schools:

1. The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville
2. The Pingry School, Basking Ridge
3. Newark Academy, Livingston
4. Princeton International School of Math and Science, Princeton
5. Delbarton School, Morristown
6. Dwight-Englewood School, Englewood
7. Peddie School, Hightstown
8. Kent Place School, Summit
9. Rutgers Preparatory School, Somerset
10. Princeton Day School, Princeton
11. The Wardlaw + Hartridge School, Edison
12. Blair Academy, Blairstown
13. Montclair Kimberley Academy, Montclair
14. Ranney School, Tinton Falls
15. The Wilberforce School, Princeton
16. Stuart Country Day School, Princeton
17. Morristown-Beard School, Morristown
18. The Pennington School, Pennington
19. Gill St. Bernard School, Gladstone
20. Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child — Upper School, Summit

When it came to public high schools, these places of learning made the cut:

1. High Technology High School, Lincroft
2. Bergen County Academies, Hackensack
3. Biotechnology High School, Freehold
4. Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science, Manahawkin
5. The Academy for Mathematics, Science & Engineering, Rockaway
6. Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains
7. Academy for Information Technology, Scotch Plains
8. Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro
9. Princeton High School, Princeton
10. Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics & Engineering Technologies, Edison
11. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, West-Windsor/Plainsboro
12. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, Jersey City
13. Academy for Allied Health Science, Scotch Plains
14. Millburn Senior High School, Millburn
15. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, West Windsor/Plainsboro
16. Union County Vocational-Technical High School, Scotch Plains
17. Tenafly High School, Tenafly
18. Marine Academy of Science & Technology, Highlands
19. Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale
20. Communications High School, Wall

Click here to see the full list and to learn more about the methodology used to determine the top schools.