U.S. News releases top high schools. See where Jersey Shore ranks
It's that time of the year. U.S. News World and Report has released its 2024 ranking of the best high schools in the country.
The schools were ranked based on the percentage of students who were proficient or above proficient levels in the state’s math and reading/language standardized tests.
Here's how schools in Ocean and eastern Monmouth counties rank:
Best high schools around the Jersey Shore
Biotechnology High School
Freehold | Monmouth County Vocational School District
#5 in New Jersey
Marine Academy of Science and Technology
Highlands | Monmouth County Vocational School District
#12 in New Jersey
Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and Science
Neptune | Monmouth County Vocational School District
#16 in New Jersey
Communications High School
Wall | Monmouth County Vocational School District
#34 in New Jersey
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional
Rumson | Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District
# 43 in New Jersey
Holmdel High School
Holmdel | Holmdel Township School District
#54 in New Jersey
Top 25 high schools in New Jersey
High Technology High School
Lincroft | Monmouth County Vocational School District
#1 in New Jersey
Edison Academy Magnet School
Edison | Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District
#2 in New Jersey
Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health
Woodbridge | Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District
#3 in New Jersey
Bergen County Academies
Hackensack | Bergen County Vocational School District
#4 in New Jersey
Biotechnology High School
Freehold | Monmouth County Vocational School District
#5 in New Jersey
Dr. Ronald E. McNair High School
Jersey City | Jersey City Public Schools
#6 in New Jersey
Bergen County Technical High School
Teterboro | Bergen County Vocational Technical School District
#7 in New Jersey
Union County Magnet High School
Scotch Plains | Union County Vocational-Technical School District
#8 in New Jersey
Academy for Information Technology
Scotch Plains | Union County Vocational-Technical School District
#9 in New Jersey
Academy for Allied Health Sciences
Scotch Plains | Union County Vocational-Technical School District
#10 in New Jersey
Glen Ridge High School
Glen Ridge | Glen Ridge Public School District
#11 in New Jersey
Marine Academy of Science and Technology
Highlands | Monmouth County Vocational School District
#12 in New Jersey
Stem Innovation Academy of the Oranges
South Orange | Orange Board of Education School District
#13 in New Jersey
Hunterdon Central Regional High School
Flemington | Hunterdon Central Regional High School District
#14 in New Jersey
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South
West Windsor | West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
#15 in New Jersey
Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and Science
Neptune | Monmouth County Vocational School District
#16 in New Jersey
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North
Plainsboro | West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
#17 in New Jersey
Union County Tech
Scotch Plains | Union County Vocational-Technical School District
#18 in New Jersey
Millburn High School
Millburn | Millburn Township School District
#19 in New Jersey
Livingston High School
Livingston | Livingston Board of Education School District
#20 New Jersey
Chatham High School
Chatham | School District of The Chathams
#21 in New Jersey
Diana C. Lobosco Stem Academy
Wayne | Passaic County Vocational School District
#22 in New Jersey
Elizabeth High School
Elizabeth | Elizabeth Public Schools
#23 in New Jersey
Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest
Demarest | Northern Valley Regional High School District
#24 in New Jersey
Ridge High School
Basking Ridge | Bernards Township School District
#25 in New Jersey
Top 10 high schools in the United States
BASIS Peoria (Arizona)
Signature School (Indiana)
Tesla STEM High School (Washington)
Julia R. Masterman Secondary School (Philadelphia)
Payton College Preparatory High School (Chicago)
The School for the Talented and Gifted (TAG) (Dallas)
Academic Magnet High School (South Carolina)
International Academy (Michigan)
Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology (Georgia)
Riverside Stem Academy (California)
Search the complete rankings here.
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Top high schools in New Jersey: US News and World Report 2024
