We all know Bergen County's got an amazing parks system, great shopping, yummy restaurants and some of the best elementary schools in the state. Now, the New Jersey State Department of Education has published ratings for the public schools in NJ and confirmed what we already knew- we have some of the best schools in NJ. Find out which are the best high schools in Bergen County (according to the state) and if your district made the list!
A word about how each school was rated: The schools were rated based on graduation rate (50%), PARCC test proficiency rate (35%) and chronic absenteeism (15%). Scores were based 50% on overall performance and 50% on the performance of subgroups including special education, economically disadvantaged, African American, or Hispanic. This rating does not take into account any of the special strengths of a particular school and scores could have been affected by students opting out of PARCC testing.
#50 in NJ. Indian Hills High School
Location: Oakland, Bergen County
Score: 77.5
#48 in NJ. River Dell Regional High School
Location: Oradell, Bergen County
Score: 77.9
#45 in NJ. Pascack Valley High School
Location: Hillsdale, Bergen County
Score: 78.4
#44 in NJ. Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan
Location: Old Tappan, Bergen County
Score: 79.3
#29 in NJ. Mahwah High School
Location: Mahwah, Bergen County
Score: 85.3
#28 in NJ. Tenafly High School
Location: Tenafly, Bergen County
Score: 85.8
#25 in NJ. Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest
Location: Demarest, Bergen County
Score: 86.4
#20 in NJ. Pascack Hills High School
Location: Montvale, Bergen County
Score: 88.2
#13 in NJ. Glen Rock High School
Location: Glen Rock, Bergen County
Score: 91.6
#9 in NJ. Bergen County Academies
Location: Hackensack, Bergen County
Score: 93.7
#3 in NJ. Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro
Location: Teterboro, Bergen County
Score: 96.4
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