Best High Schools in New Jersey

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 433)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
111	Paramus High School	Public	9-12	99 East Century Road	Paramus	07652	Bergen County	Paramus Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 261-7800	1,153	102	11.2	19.2%	527 (45.7%)	34 (2.9%)	234 (20.3%)	317 (27.5%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.3%)	35 (3.0%)	$15,572						$15,572	66.3	62.3	137	26		341242000688
112	Sparta High School	Public	9-12	70 West Mountain Road	Sparta	07871	Sussex County	Sparta Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 729-6191	1,025	99	10.3	7.2%	804 (78.4%)	29 (2.8%)	127 (12.4%)	46 (4.5%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	14 (1.4%)	$11,850						$11,850	66.2	70.4	97	15		341551005396
113	Parsippany High School	Public	9-12	309 Baldwin Rd	Parsippany	07054	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 263-7001	900	93	9.6	26.0%	304 (33.8%)	32 (3.6%)	193 (21.4%)	341 (37.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	29 (3.2%)	$12,402			$42			$12,360	65.9	61.7	139	26		341248004430
114	Allentown High School	Public	9-12	27 High Street	Allentown	08501	Monmouth County	Upper Freehold Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 259-7292	1,033	75	13.7	6.3%	823 (79.7%)	33 (3.2%)	81 (7.8%)	77 (7.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.5%)	$8,870			$234			$8,636	65.7	60.4	142	28		341656004124
115	Dumont High School	Public	9-12	101 New Milford Ave	Dumont	07628	Bergen County	Dumont Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 387-3000	704	65	10.8	16.6%	280 (39.8%)	31 (4.4%)	278 (39.5%)	94 (13.4%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.9%)	12 (1.7%)	$10,719			$550			$10,169	65.5	64.9	127	12		340399000340
116	New Milford High School	Public	9-12	330 River Road	New Milford	07646	Bergen County	New Milford Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 262-0172	584	47	12.5	21.2%	251 (43.0%)	47 (8.0%)	180 (30.8%)	71 (12.2%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (5.7%)	1 (0.2%)	$12,896			$405			$12,491	65.2	70.6	96	20		341128000624
117	College Achieve Central Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	365 Emerson Ave	Plainfield	07062	Union County	College Achieve Central Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 625-1879	1,572	96	16.3	84.4%	1 (0.1%)	285 (18.1%)	1,278 (81.3%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	$8,250			$601			$7,649	65.2	61.4	140	23		340077903353
118	Saddle Brook Middle/High School	Public	7-12	355 Mayhill Street	Saddle Brook	07663	Bergen County	Saddle Brook School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 843-2880	806	63	12.8	30.9%	449 (55.7%)	28 (3.5%)	268 (33.3%)	48 (6.0%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	8 (1.0%)	$12,160			$151			$12,009	64.7	58.2	154	36		341449000824
119	Colts Neck High School	Public	9-12	59 Five Points Road	Colts Neck	07722	Monmouth County	Freehold Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 761-0190	1,430	97	14.7	23.6%	951 (66.5%)	22 (1.5%)	323 (22.6%)	103 (7.2%)	5 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (1.7%)	$9,637			$30			$9,607	64.5	67.2	112	7		340561000237
120	Manasquan High School	Public	9-12	167 Broad Street	Manasquan	08736	Monmouth County	Manasquan School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 528-8820	917	79	11.5	15.8%	726 (79.2%)	10 (1.1%)	153 (16.7%)	14 (1.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.0%)	$13,060						$13,060	64.3	67.9	107	13		340942003940

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NJSLA Algebra I, NJSLA Geometry, NJSLA Algebra II, NJSLA-S Science, NJGPA English Language Arts, NJGPA Mathematics, NJSLA English Language Arts test scores released by the New Jersey Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on December 3, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the New Jersey Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Jersey Department of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.