Best High Schools in New Jersey: U.S. News

The annual U.S. News Best High Schools rankings are out, and New Jersey is home to some of the best educational institutions in the country. See which schools earned the prestigious title.

U.S. News evaluated data from about 25,000 public high schools nationwide across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Best High Schools in New Jersey

High Technology High School (Lincroft) Edison Academy Magnet School (Edison) Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health (Woodbridge) Bergen County Academy (Hackensack) Biotechnology High School (Freehold) Dr. Ronald E. McNair High School (Jersey City) Bergen County Technical High School (Teterboro) Union County Magnet High School (Scotch Plains) Academy for Information Technology (Scotch Plains) Academy for Allied Health Services (Scotch Plains)

See a complete list of New Jersey schools here.

Best Charter High Schools in New Jersey

Central Jersey College Prep Charter School (Somerset)Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School (Somerset)Bergen Arts and Science Charter School (Garfield)College Achieve Central Charter School (Plainfield)North Star Academy Charter School of Newark (Newark)Great Oaks Legacy Charter School (Newark)Passaic Arts and Science Charter School (Passaic)Paterson Charter School for Science/Technology (Paterson)Barack Obama Green Charter High School (Plainfield)Camden’s Promise Charter School (Camden)

See a complete list of charter schools in New Jersey here.

Best Public High Schools in America

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)

See a complete list of US high schools here.