Annually, Newsweek Magazine scours the data from the nation's high schools and culls the top 1000 schools, based on the critera of which schools are most effective in producing college-ready graduates. The six components against which they judge the high schools are:
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graduation rate
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college matriculation rate
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Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccaleureate (IB) tests taken per student
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average SAT and ACT test scores
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average AP and IB scores
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AP courses offered
This year, 11 Union County high schools ranked in the top 1000 in the Nation. Here they are:
#102 - Union County Magnet in Scotch Plains
#143 - Academy for Information Technology in Scotch Plains
#167 - Academy for Allied Health Services in Scotch Plains
#224 - New Providence High School in New Providence
#251 - Summit High School in Summit
#279 - Cranford High School in Cranford
#352 - Westfield High School in Westfield
#498 - Governor Livingston High School in Berkeley Heights
#585 - Jonathan Dayton High School in Springfield
#769 - Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School in Scotch Plains
#820 - Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark
To read the entire article and see how other schools in New Jersey and in the Nation compare, click here.
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