NJs Best Schools Ranked From No. 1 to No. 300: New List For 2020 – Point Pleasant, NJ Patch

NEW JERSEY – Here’s a new list that lets you know if your New Jersey school district has the best schools on any grade level, public and private, in New Jersey. And it also gives you a chance to question why your school doesn’t rate better.

Niche.com, which specializes in all different types of rankings, has released a 2020 list that is a bit different than the usual rankings the company is known for. In this one, Niche has ranked what it says are the top 300 schools in New Jersey, both private and public schools. It includes elementary, middle and high schools all in the same list (see below).

In this list, Niche prefers private schools. The first three out of four spots are all reserved for private schools. The first public school to crack the list is Bergen County Academies in Hackensack at number three. But there are plenty of public schools on this list.

It is important to remember that every school on this top 300 list received either an A+ or an A for an overall score from Niche.

Niche’s methodology is based on an analysis of academic and student-life data from the US Department of Education along with test scores, and feedback from Niche.com users. You can read the methodology by clicking here.

Here are the top 300 schools in New Jersey for 2020:

1. The Lawrenceville School (private, 9-12)
2. The Pingry School, Basking Ridge (private, K-12)
3. Bergen County Academies, Hackensack (public, 9-12)
4. Newark Academy, Livingston (private, 6-12)
5. High Technology High School, Lincroft (public, 9-12)
6. Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains (public, 9-12)
7. Delbarton School, Morristown (private, 7-12)
8. Peddie School, Hightstown (private, 9-12)
9. Dwight-Englewood School, Englewood (private, PK, K-12)
10. Biotechnology High School, Freehold (public, 9-12)
11. OCVTS – Marine Academy of Technology & Environmental Science (MATES), Manahawkin (public, 9-12)
12. Kent Place School, Summit (private, PK, K-12)
13. Rutgers Preparatory School, Somerset (private, PK, K-12)
14. Montclair Kimberley Academy, Montclair (private, PK, K-12)
15. Bergen County Technical High School – Teterboro (public, 9-12)
16. The Academy for Mathematics, Science & Engineering, Rockaway (private, 9-12)
17. Academy for Allied Health Science, Scotch Plains (public, 9-12)
18. Blair Academy, Blairstown (private, 9-12)
19. Academy for Information Technology, Scotch Plains (public, 9-12)
20. Princeton High School (public, 9-12)
21. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, Jersey City (public, 9-12)
22. The Wardlaw + Hartridge School, Edison (private, PK, K-12)
23. Morristown-Beard School ([private, 6-12)
24. Millburn Senior High School (public, 9-12)
25. The Hun School of Princeton (private, 6-12)
26. Gill St. Bernard’s School, Gladstone (private, PK, K-12)
27. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South (public, 9-12)
28. Princeton Day School (private, PK, K-12)
29. Ranney School, Tinton Falls (private, PK, K-12)
30. Union County Vocational-Technical High School, Scotch Plains (public, 9-12)
31. Stuart Country Day School, Princeton (private, PK, K-12)
32. The Pennington School, Pennington (private, 6-12)
33. Tenafly High School (public, 9-12)
34. Academy of Allied Health & Science, Neptune (public, 9-12)
35. Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child – Upper School, Summit (private, 7-12)
36. Moorestown Friends School (private, PK, K-12)
37. Livingston Senior High School (public, 9-12)
38. Montgomery High School (public, 9-12)
39. Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale (public, 9-12)
40. Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics, & Engineering Technologies, Edison (public, 9-12)
41. The Wilberforce School, Princeton (private, PK, K-12)
42. Marine Academy of Science & Technology, Highlands (public, 9-12)
43. Seton Hall Preparatory School, West Orange (private, 9-12)
44. Communications High School, Wall (public, 9-12)
45. Oratory Preparatory School, Summit (private, 7-12)
46. Ridge High School, Bernards Township (public, 9-12)
47. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North (public, 9-12)
48. Academy of the Holy Angels, Demares (private, 9-12)
49. Princeton Charter School, Princeton (public, K-8)
50. Villa Walsh Academy, Morristown (private, 7-12)
51. Mount Saint Mary Academy, Watchung (private, 9-12)
52. Summit Senior High School (public, 9-12)
53. Wandell School, Saddle River (public, PK, K-5)
54. Haddonfield Memorial High School (public, 9-12)
55. J.P. Stevens High School, Edison (public, 9-12)
56. Bergen Catholic High School, Oradell (private, 9-12)
57. Golda Och Academy, West Orange (private, PK, K-12)
58. South Brunswick High School (public, 9-12)
59. Noor-Ul-Iman School, Monmouth Junction (private, PK, K-12)
60. Mountain Lakes High School (public, 9-12)
61. The Hudson School, Hoboken (private 5-12)
62. Ridgewood High School (public, 9-12)
63. Heritage Middle School, Livingston (public, 7-8)
64. Littlebrook Elementary School, Princeton (public, PK, K-5)
65. The Frisch School, Paramus (private, 9-12)
66. Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary School, Summit (public, 1-5)
67. Northern Valley Regional High School Demarest (public, 9-12)
68. Millburn Middle School (public, 6-8)
69. Westfield Senior High School (public, 9-12)
70. High Tech High School, N Bergen (public, 9-12)
71. Essex Fells School, Essex Fells (public, PK, K-6)
72. Glenwood Elementary School, Millburn (public, K-5)
73. Riker Hill Elementary School, Livingston (public, K-5)
74. Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy/Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School, Livingston (private, PK, K-12)
75. Northern Valley Regional High School – Old Tappan (public, 9-12)
76. Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton (public, 6-8)
77. Alpine Elementary School (public, K-8)
78. Briarcliff Middle School, Mountain Lakes (public, 6-8)
79. Mt. Pleasant Elementary School, Livingston (public, K-5)
80. Washington Elementary School, Summit (public, 1-5)
81. Montclair High School (public, 9-12)
82. Wildwood Elementary School, Mountain Lakes (public, K-5)
83. Morris County School of Technology, Denville (public, 9-12)
84. Johnson Park Elementary School, Princeton (public, PK, K-5)
85. J. Witherspoon Middle School, Princeton (public, 6-8)
86. Deerfield Elementary School, Millburn (public, K-5)
87. Tenafly Middle School (public, 6-8)
88. Saddle River Day School (private, PK, K-12)
89. Mount Pleasant Middle School, Livingston
90. South Mountain School, Millburn (public, PK, K-5)
91. Pioneer Academy, Wayne (pribagte, PK, K-12)
92. Franklin Elementary School, Summit (public, 1-5)
93. Collins Elementary School, Livingston (public, K-5)
94. Hartshorn Elementary School, Millburn (public, K-5)
95. West Morris Mendham High School (public, 9-12)
96. Harrison Elementary School, Livingston (public, K-5)
97. Doane Academy, Burlington (private, PK, K-12)
98. Burnet Hill Elementary School, Livingston (public, PK, K-5)
99. Mount Prospect Elementary School, Bernards Township (public, PK, K-5)
100. Academy for Performing Arts, Scotch Plains (public, 9-12)
101. Bernards High School, Somerset Hills Regional School District (public, 9-12)
102. Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health & Biomedical Sciences, Woodbridge (public, 8-12)
103. Wyoming Elementary School, Millburn (public, K-5)
104. Darul Arqam School, South River (private, PK, K-12)
105. Roosevelt Public School, Roosevel (public, PK, K-6)
106. Saint Peter’s Prep, Jersey City (private, 9-12)
107. Stony Brook Elementary School, Hopewell Valley Regional School District (public, K-5)
108. Hillside Elementary School, Livingston (public, K-5)
109. Mackay School, Tenafly (public, K-5)
110. Montgomery Lower Middle School (public, 5-6)
111. Sunnymead Elementary School, Hillsborough (public, K-4)
112. Westmoreland Elementary School, Fair Lawn (public, PK, K-5)
113. Moorestown High School (public, 9-12)
114. Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing (private, 6-12)
115. Hawes Elementary School, Ridgewood (public, K-5)
116. Mahwah High School (public, 9-12)
117. Hopewell Valley Central High School (public, 9-12)
118. Walter Stillman Elementary School, Tenafly (public, PK, K-5)
119. Ralph S. Maugham Elementary School, Tenafly (public, K-5)
120. Hillsborough High School (public, 9-12)
121. West Cape May Elementary School (public, PK, K-6)
122. Bridgewater-Raritan High School (public, 9-12)
123. William Annin Middle School, Bernards Township (public, 6-8)
124. J. Spencer Smith Elementary School, Tenafly (public, K-5)
125. Monmouth Junction Elementary School, South Brunswick (public, PK, K-5)
126. Community Middle School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (public, 6-8)
127. Harding Township School, New Vernon (public, PK, K-8)
128. Montgomery Upper Middle School (public, 7-8)
129. Harrington Park School (public, K-8)
130. Bear Tavern Elementary School, Hopewell Valley Regional School District (public, PK, K-5)
131. Watchung Hills Regional High School, Warren (public, 9-12)
132. L.C. Johnson Summit Middle School, Summit (public, 6-8)
133. Sea Girt Elementary School (public, PK, K-8)
134. Ho-Ho-Kus Public School (public, PK, K-8)
135. Holmdel High School (public, 9-12)
136. Toll Gate Grammar School, Hopewell Valley Regional School District (public, K-5)
137. Fair Lawn High School (public, 9-12)
138. Jersey City Global Charter School, Jersey City (public, K-8)
139. The Cranbury School, Cranbury (public, PK, K-8)
140. Ramapo High School, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District (public, 9-12)
141. Science Park High School, Newark (public, 7-12)
142. Thomas R. Grover Middle School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (public, 6-8)
143. Brayton Elementary School, Summit (public, 1-5)
144. Orchard Elementary School, Ridgewood (public, K-5)
145. Saint Joseph High School, Metuchen (private, 9-12)
146. Highland Park High School (public, 9-12)
147. Jefferson Elementary School, Summit (public, 1-5)
148. East Brunswick High School (public, 10-12)
149. Metuchen High School (public, 9-12)
150. H.W. Mountz Elementary School, Spring Lake (public, PK, K-8)
151. Riverside Elementary School, Princeton (public, PK, K-5)
152. Glen Ridge High School (public, 7-12)
153. Parsippany High School (public, 9-12)
154. New Providence High School (public, 9-12)
155. Cedar Hill School, Bernards Township (public, K-5)
156. Fort Lee School No. 1 (publix, K-6)
157. Ridge Elementary School, Ridgewood (public, K-5)
158. Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School, Rumson (public, 9-12)
159. South Valley Elementary School, Moorestown (public, PK, K-3)
160. Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft (private, 9-12)
161. Henry B. Milnes Elementary School, Fair Lawn (public, K-5)
162. Village Elementary School, Montgomery Township (public, 3-4)
163. Travell Elementary School, Ridgewood (public, K-5)
164. Cherry Hill High School East (public, 9-12)
165. Maurice Hawk Elementary School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (public, K-3)
166. Woods Road Elementary School, Hillsborough (public, K-4)
167. Brooks Crossing Elementary School, South Brunswick (public, K-5)
168. Chatham High School (public, 9-12)
169. Betsy Ross Elementary School, Mahwah (public, K-3)
170. Hamilton Primary School, Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District (public, K-4)
171. Immaculate Heart Academy, Washington Township (public, 9-12)
172. Village Elementary School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (public, PK, 4-5)
173. Nathan Hale School, Northvale (public, K-8)
174. William Woodruff Elementary School, Berkeley Heights (public, 2-5)
175. Oradell School (public, PK, K-6)
176. Leonia High School (public, 9-12)
177. Washington Elementary School, Westfield (public, 1-5)
178. Somerville Elementary School, Ridgewood (public, K-5)
179. Tenakill Middle School, Closter (public, 5-8)
180. Wilson Elementary School, Westfield (public, 1-5)
181. Merritt Memorial Elementary School, Cresskill (public, PK, K-5)
182. Thomas P. Hughes Elementary School, Berkeley Heights (public, 2-5)
183. St. Augustine Preparatory School, Richland (public, 9-12)
184. Infinity Institute, Jersey City (public, 6-12)
185. Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison Township (public, 6-8)
186. Hillside Intermediate School, Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District (public, 5-6)
187. Glen Rock High School (public, 9-12)
188. Torah Academy of Bergen County, Teaneck (public, 9-12)
189. Hunterdon Central Regional High School District, Flemington (public, 9-12)
190. Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School (public, 9-12)
191. John Y. Dater Elementary School, Ramsey (public, 4-5)
192. Haworth Public School, Haworth (public, K-8)
193. Pascack Hills High School (public, 9-12)
194. Central Elementary School, Haddonfield (public, PK, K-5)
195. Hilldale Elementary School, Montville (public, K-5)
196. Edith A. Bogert Elementary School, Upper Saddle River School District (public, 3-5)
197. Tamaques Elementary School, Westfield (public, 1-5)
198. Livingston Avenue School, Cranford (public, 3-5)
199. Community Park Elementary School, Princeton (public, PK)
200. Millstone River School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (public, 3-5)
201. Cranford High School (public, 9-12)
202. Red Bank Regional High School, Little Silver (public, 9-12)
203. Randolph High School (public, 9-12)
204. Don Bosco Preparatory High School, Ramsey (private, 9-12)
205. Timothy Christian School, Piscataway (private, PK, K-12)
206. Jefferson Elementary School, Westfield (public, 1-5)
207. Franklin Elementary School, Westfield (public, 1-5)
208. Robert Frost Elementary School, East Brunswick (public, PK, K-5)
209. River Dell Regional High School (public, 9-12)
210. John Adams Middle School, Edison (public, 6-8)
211. Liberty Corner Elementary School, Bernards Township (public, K-5)
212. Milltown Primary School, Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District (public, K-4)
213. Columbia Middle School, Berkeley Heights (public, 6-8)
214. Glen Rock Middle School (public, 6-8)
215. Radburn Elementary School, Fair Lawn (public, K-5)
216. Hillsborough Township Middle School (public, 7-8)
217. Crossroads Middle School – North, South Brunswick (public, 6-8)
218. North Hunterdon High School (public, 9-12)
219. Demarest Middle School (public, 5-8)
220. George Washington Middle School, Ridgewood (public, 6-8)
221. Bishop Eustace Preparatory School, Pennsauken (private, 9-12)
222. George C. Baker Elementary School, Moorestown (public, PK, K-3)
223. Robbinsville High School (public, 9-12)
224. Oak Street Elementary School, Bernards Township (public, K-5)
225. Elizabeth Haddon Elementary School, Haddonfield (public, PK, K-5)
226. Eastern Regional High School, Voorhees (public, 9-12)
227. West Morris Central High School (public, 9-12)
228. Willard Elementary School, Ridgewood (public, K-5)
229. Brookside Place School, Cranford (public, K-5)
230. Menlo Park Elementary School, Edison (public, K-5)
231. Amsterdam Elementary School, Hillsborough (public, K-4)
232. Morris Hills High School (public, 9-12)
233. Cambridge Elementary School, South Brunswick (public, PK, K-5)
234. Terrill Middle School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District (public, 5-8)
235. Village School, Holmdel (public, PK, K-3)
236. Mainland Regional High School, Linwood (public, 9-12)
237. Brookside School, Allendale (public, 4-8)
238. Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, Mahwah (public, 4-5)
239. Orange Avenue School, Cranford (public, 3-8)
240. Haddonfield Middle School (public, 6-8)
241. William Satz Intermediate School, Holmdel (public, 7-8)
242. Mountain Park Elementary School, Berkeley Heights (public, 2-5)
243. Bay Head Elementary School (public, K-8)
244. Governor Livingston High School, Berkeley Heights (public, 9-12)
245. Rockaway Valley School, Boonton (public, PK, K-8)
246. Northvail Elementary School, Parsippany-Troy Hills (public, K-5)
247. Luther Lee Emerson School, Demarest (public, 2-4)
248. Academy of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown (public, 9-12)
249. Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Ridgewood (public, 6-8)
250. Noble Leadership Academy, Passaic (private, PK, K-12)
251. Grandview Elementary School, North Caldwell (public, PK, K-3)
252. Gould/Mountain Elementary School, North Caldwell (public, 4-6)
253. Wayne Hills High School (public, 9-12)
254. Martin Luther King Elementary School, Edison (public, K-5)
255. Rockaway Meadow School, Parsippany-Troy Hills (public, K-5)
256. J. Ackerman Coles Elementary School, Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District (public, PK, K-4)
257. Warnsdorfer Elementary School, East Brunswick (public, PK, K-5)
258. Marlboro High School, Freehold Regional High School District (public, 9-12)
259. Tinc Road School, Mount Olive (public, K-5)
260. Woodbrook Elementary School, Edison (public, K-5)
261. Troy Hills School, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District (public, K-5)
262. New Providence Middle School (public, 7-8)
263. Wesley D. Tisdale Elementary School, Ramsey (public, PK, K-3)
264. Richard E. Byrd School, Glen Rock (public, K-5)
265. Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Fair Lawn (public, 6-8)
266. Hopewell Elementary School (public, PK, K-5)
267. Southern Boulevard School, The School District of the Chathams (public, PK, K-3)
268. John V.B. Wicoff Elementary School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (public, K-3)
269. Bridgewater-Raritn Middle School (public, 7-8)
270. Riverbank Charter School of Excellence, Roebling (public, K-3)
271. Indian Fields Elementary School, South Brunswick (public, PK, K-5)
272. Berkeley Avenue Elementary School, Westwood Regional School District (public, K-5)
273. Lacordaire Academy Upper School, Upper Montclair (private, 9-12)
274. Parsippany Hills High School (public, 9-12)
275. Littleton School, Parsippany-Troy Hills (public, PK, K-5)
276. Lafayette Avenus School, The School District of the Chathams (public, 4-5)
277. Angelo L. Tomaso School, Warren (public, K-5)
278. Salt Brook Elementary School, New Providence (public, K-6)
279. Lawrence Brook Elementary School, East Brunswick (public, PK, K-5)
280. Norwood Public School (public, K-8)
281. Cherry Hill School, River Edge (public, PK, K-6)
282. Emil A. Cavallini Middle School, Upper Saddle River (public, 6-8)
283. Hillside School, Allendale (public, PK, K-3)
284. Mount St. Dominic Academy, Caldwell (public, 9-12)
285. Cumberland County Technical Education Center, Vineland (public, 9-12)
286. Woodcliff Middle School (public, 6-8)
287. Central Middle School, Parsippany-Troy Hills (public, 6-8)
288. Dutch Neck Elementary School, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (public, K-3)
289. East Amwell Township, Ringoes (public, PK, K-8)
290. Pompton Lakes High School (public, 9-12)
291. Bowne-Munro Elementary School, East Brunswick (public, PK, K-5)
292. West Ridge Elementary School, Park Ridge (public, PK, K-6)
293. Ridgewood Avenue School, Glen Ridge (public, 3-6)
294. Hillside School, Closter (public, PK, K-4)
295. Fort Lee School No. 2 (public, PK, K-6)
296. The Central School, Glen Rock (public, K-5)
297. Brooklawn Middle School, Parsippany-Troy (public, 6-8)
298. Milton Avenue School, The School District of the Chathams (public, PK, K-3)
299. Fort Lee High School (public, 9-12)
300. Eric S. Smith Middle School, Ramsey (public, 6-8)

You can see the whole Niche list here.