This week, Newsweek magazine is reporting its "America's Best High Schools" rankings, and
The school comes in at no. 42 for the state's schools—about 10 spots higher selective schools are taken from comparison—and the 514th best in the nation.
Contrast that with the rankings posted two weeks ago by U.S. News and World Report, which left Watchung Hills Regional unranked.
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The difference?
The U.S. News rankings do not score test results, instead focusing on participation in AP classes and the state HSPA test results.
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Newsweek says its list "is based on six components: graduation rate (25 percent), college acceptance rate (25 percent), AP/IB/AICE tests taken per student (25 percent), average SAT/ACT scores (10 percent), average AP/IB/AICE scores (10 percent), and percent of students enrolled in at least one AP/IB/AICE course (5 percent)."
Newsweek rankings:
Ranking School Graduation rate AP/IB test College bound Avg. SAT Avg. ACT Avg. AP score Newsweek score 215 Ridge High School 97 0.8 96 1750 25.6 3.9 3.4 235 Bernards High School 99 0.6 98 1763 25.3 3.7 3.39 442 Bridgewater-Raritan High School 96 0.4 95 1701 24.7 4 3.26 514 Watchung Hills Regional 97 0.5 93 1660 25.6 3.6 3.22 740 Hillsborough High School 95 0.3 93 1646 24 3.8 3.12 911 Somerville High School 92 0.3 96 1576 23.6 3.6 3.05*Montgomery High School was not on Newsweek's online listing.
U.S. News and World Report ranking:
School Teacher-to-student ratio College readiness LA HSPA score Math HSPA score Ranking Ridge 16:1 60.7 3.5 3.4 14 Montgomery 16:1 54.7 3.5 3.5 20 Bernards 14:1 45.7 3.4 3.4 na Bridgewater 13:1 39.1 3.3 3.3 na Watchung Hills Regional 15:1 40.9 3.2 3.4 na Hillsborough 16:1 28.5 3.3 3.3 naGet more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
