The following schools were ranked in the September 2006 issue of New Jersey Monthly magazine, in its ranking of the Top High Schools in New Jersey. All of New Jersey's 316 public high schools were included in the ranking process.
Top 50 edit
- 1 Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School Hudson
- 2 Tenafly High School Bergen
- 3 Millburn High School Essex
- 4 Montgomery High School (New Jersey) Somerset
- 5 Mountain Lakes High School Morris
- 6 Glen Rock High School Bergen
- 7 Northern Highlands Regional High School (Allendale) Bergen
- 8 Pascack Hills High School (Montvale) Bergen
- 9 West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South Mercer
- 10 Glen Ridge High School Essex
- 11 Ridge High School (Bernards Twp) Somerset
- 12 Chatham High School (New Jersey) Morris
- 13 Princeton High School (New Jersey) Mercer
- 14 Livingston High School (New Jersey) Essex
- 15 Cresskill High School Bergen
- 16 Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest Bergen
- 17 Haddonfield Memorial High School Camden
- 18 West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North Middlesex
- 19 Holmdel High School Monmouth
- 20 Summit High School (New Jersey) Union
- 21 Governor Livingston High School (Berkeley Heights) Union
- 22 Westfield High School (New Jersey) Union
- 23 Pascack Valley High School (Hillsdale) Bergen
- 24 Ridgewood High School (New Jersey) Bergen
- 25 Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan Bergen
- 26 New Providence High School Union
- 27 Ramsey High School (New Jersey) Bergen
- 28 Ramapo High School (New Jersey) (Franklin Lakes) Bergen
- 29 West Morris Mendham High School Morris
- 30 Voorhees High School (Lebanon Twp) Hunterdon
- 31 Highland Park High School (New Jersey) Middlesex
- 32 Randolph High School (New Jersey) Morris
- 33 Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Monmouth
- 34 West Essex High School (North Caldwell) Essex
- 35 Kinnelon High School Morris
- 36 Indian Hills High School (New Jersey) (Oakland) Bergen
- 37 North Hunterdon High School (Clinton Twp) Hunterdon
- 38 Watchung Hills Regional High School Somerset
- 39 Cranford High School Union
- 40 Park Ridge High School Bergen
- 41 West Morris Central High School (Chester) Morris
- 42 Cherry Hill High School East Camden
- 43 James Caldwell High School (West Caldwell) Essex
- 44 Jonathan Dayton High School (Springfield) Union
- 45 Paramus High School Bergen
- 46 Mahwah High School Bergen
- 47 Verona High School (New Jersey) Essex
- 48 Madison High School (New Jersey) Morris
- 49 Montville High School (New Jersey) Morris
- 50 Bernards High School (Bernardsville) Somerset
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- 51 Emerson Jr./Sr. High School (Emerson, New Jersey) Bergen
- 52 Hanover Park High School Morris
- 53 Science Park High School (New Jersey) Essex
- 54 Whippany Park High School Morris
- 55 Cedar Grove High School (New Jersey) Essex
- 56 Metuchen High School Middlesex
- 57 Hunterdon Central Regional High School (Flemington) Hunterdon
- 58 Eastern High School (New Jersey) (Voorhees) Camden
- 59 Hopewell Valley Central High School (Hopewell Township) Mercer
- 60 East Brunswick High School Middlesex
- 61 River Dell Regional High School (Oradell) Bergen
- 62 Fair Lawn High School Bergen
- 63 Moorestown High School Burlington
- 64 Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Union
- 65 Morristown High School Morris
- 66 Midland Park High School Bergen
- 67 Leonia High School Bergen
- 68 Point Pleasant Beach High School Ocean
- 69 Ocean Township High School Monmouth
- 70 Wayne Hills High School Passaic
- 71 Morris Knolls High School (Denville) Morris
- 72 Wayne Valley High School Passaic
- 73 Sparta High School (New Jersey) Sussex
- 74 Somerville High School (New Jersey) Somerset
- 75 South Brunswick High School (New Jersey) Middlesex
- 76 Marlboro High School Monmouth
- 77 Haddon Township High School Camden
- 78 Pequannock Township High School Morris
- 79 Columbia High School (New Jersey) (Maplewood) Essex
- 80 Delaware Valley Regional High School (Alexandria) Hunterdon
- 81 Westwood Regional High School Bergen
- 82 J.P. Stevens High School (Edison) Middlesex
- 83 Bridgewater-Raritan High School Somerset
- 84 Parsippany High School Morris
- 85 Middletown High School South Monmouth
- 86 New Milford High School (New Jersey) Bergen
- 87 Parsippany Hills High School Morris
- 88 Rutherford High School (New Jersey) Bergen
- 89 Red Bank Regional High School Monmouth
- 90 Montclair High School (New Jersey) Essex
- 91 Arthur L. Johnson High School (Clark) Union
- 92 Hasbrouck Heights High School Bergen
- 93 Ocean City High School Cape May
- 94 Shore Regional High School (West Long Branch) Monmouth
- 95 Freehold High School Monmouth
- 96 Waldwick High School Bergen
- 97 Ridgefield Memorial High School Bergen
- 98 West Orange High School (New Jersey) Essex
- 99 Fort Lee High School Bergen
- 100 Hillsborough High School (New Jersey) Somerset
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- 101 Morris Hills High School (Rockaway)
- 102 Teaneck High School
- 103 Allentown High School
- 104 Mainland Regional High School (New Jersey) (Linwood)
- 105 Brimm Medical Arts High School (Camden)
- 106 Monroe Township High School
- 107 Secaucus High School
- 108 Manasquan High School
- 109 Weehawken High School
- 110 Shawnee High School (New Jersey) (Medford)
- 111 Woodbury Junior-Senior High School
- 112 Delran High School
- 113 Roxbury High School
- 114 Mount Olive High School (New Jersey)
- 115 Matawan Regional High School
- 116 Butler High School (New Jersey)
- 117 Point Pleasant Boro High School
- 118 Monmouth Regional High School (Tinton Falls)
- 119 Hightstown High School
- 120 South Hunterdon Regional High School (West Amwell)
- 121 Wall High School (New Jersey)
- 122 Pitman High School
- 123 Lawrence High School (New Jersey)
- 124 Vernon Township High School
- 125 Manalapan High School
- 126 Cherry Hill High School West
- 127 Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts (Paterson)
- 128 Boonton High School
- 129 Nutley High School
- 130 North Brunswick Township High School
- 131 Cherokee High School (New Jersey)(Evesham Twp.)
- 132 Bogota High School
- 133 Palisades Park High School
- 134 Lenape High School (Medford)
- 135 Haddon Heights High School
- 136 Colts Neck High School
- 137 Cinnaminson High School
- 138 Burlington Township High School
- 139 Lenape Valley Regional High School (Stanhope)
- 140 Lakeland Regional High School (Wanaque)
- 141 Clearview Regional High School (Harrison Twp)
- 142 John F. Kennedy Memorial High School (Woodbridge)
- 143 Wood-Ridge High School
- 144 Freehold Township High School
- 145 Henry P. Becton Regional High School (East Rutherford)
- 146 University High School (New Jersey) (Newark)
- 147 Dunellen High School
- 148 Middlesex High School
- 149 Kittatinny Regional High School (Hampton Twp.)
- 150 Washington Township High School (New Jersey)
- 151 High Point Regional High School (Sussex)
- 152 Jefferson Township High School (New Jersey)
- 153 Raritan High School (Hazlet)
- 154 Egg Harbor Township High School
- 155 Edison High School (New Jersey)
- 156 Roselle Park High School
- 157 Hawthorne High School (New Jersey)
- 158 Hopatcong High School
- 159 Henry Hudson Regional High School (Highlands)
- 160 South Plainfield High School
- 161 Ridgefield Park High School
- 162 David Brearley High School (Kenilworth)
- 163 Franklin High School (New Jersey)
- 164 Middletown High School North
- 165 Steinert High School
- 166 Passaic Valley Regional High School (Little Falls)
- 167 North Warren Regional High School (Blairstown)
- 168 Newton High School (New Jersey)
- 169 West Milford High School
- 170 West Deptford High School
- 171 Woodstown High School
- 172 Bordentown Regional High School
- 173 New Egypt High School
- 174 Dumont High School
- 175 Warren Hills High School (Washington)
- 176 Gateway Regional High School (New Jersey) (Woodbury Heights)
- 177 Piscataway Township High School
- 178 Toms River High School North
- 179 Lyndhurst High School
- 180 Dwight Morrow High School (Englewood)
- 181 Howell High School (New Jersey)
- 182 North Arlington High School
- 183 Spotswood High School (New Jersey)
- 184 Northern Burlington County Regional High School (Columbus)
- 185 Lower Cape May Regional High School (Cape May)
- 186 Newark Arts High School (Newark)
- 187 Creative and Performing Arts High School
- 188 Pompton Lakes High School
- 189 North Plainfield High School
- 190 Wallkill Valley Regional High School
- 191 Saddle Brook High School
- 192 Bergenfield High School
- 193 Jackson Memorial High School
- 194 Vineland Senior High School South
- 195 Cliffside Park High School
- 196 Ewing High School (New Jersey)
- 197 Old Bridge High School
- 198 South Amboy Middle High School
- 199 Lodi High School (New Jersey)
- 200 Kearny High School (New Jersey)
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- 201 Lacey Township High School
- 202 Kingsway Regional High School (Swedesboro)
- 203 Hackensack High School
- 204 Newark Tech High School (Newark)
- 205 Toms River High School East
- 206 Wallington High School
- 207 Keyport High School
- 208 Colonia High School
- 209 Florence Township Memorial High School
- 210 Union High School (New Jersey)
- 211 Arthur P. Schalick High School (Pittsgrove)
- 212 Brick Township High School
- 213 Southern Regional High School (Stafford Twp.)
- 214 Rahway High School
- 215 Hackettstown High School
- 216 Manville High School
- 217 Sayreville War Memorial High School
- 218 Manchester Regional High School (Haledon)
- 219 Toms River High School South
- 220 Penns Grove High School
- 221 Neptune High School
- 222 Woodbridge High School (New Jersey)
- 223 Middle Township High School
- 224 Highland Regional High School (Blackwood)
- 225 Bloomfield High School (New Jersey)
- 226 Deptford Township High School
- 227 Harrison High School (New Jersey)
- 228 Sterling High School (New Jersey) (Somerdale)
- 229 Dover High School (New Jersey)
- 230 Delsea Regional High School (Franklin Twp.)
- 231 Absegami High School (Absecon)
- 232 Oakcrest High School (Hamilton Twp.)
- 233 Hammonton High School
- 234 Phillipsburg High School (New Jersey)
- 235 Collingswood High School
- 236 Triton Regional High School (Runnemede)
- 237 Elmwood Park Memorial High School (Elmwood Park)
- 238 Audubon High School
- 239 Brick Memorial High School
- 240 Hamilton High School (New Jersey)
- 241 Belleville High School (New Jersey)
- 242 Glassboro High School
- 243 Rancocas Valley Regional High School (Mount Holly)
- 244 Clayton Middle/High School
- 245 Salem High School (New Jersey)
- 246 Nottingham High School (New Jersey)
- 247 Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School
- 248 Williamstown High School (New Jersey)
- 249 Liberty High School (New Jersey) (Jersey City)
- 250 Timber Creek Regional High School (Gloucester Twp.)
- 251 Belvidere High School (New Jersey)
- 252 Burlington City High School
- 253 Maple Shade High School
- 254 Pinelands Regional High School (Little Egg Harbor)
- 255 Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts (East Orange)
- 256 Manchester Township High School
- 257 Pennsville Memorial High School
- 258 Seneca High School (New Jersey) (Tabernacle)
- 259 Bound Brook High School
- 260 Hoboken High School
- 261 Memorial High School (West New York, New Jersey)
- 262 Hillside High School (New Jersey)
- 263 Keansburg High School
- 264 Paulsboro High School
- 265 Emerson High School (Union City, New Jersey)
- 266 Riverside High School (New Jersey)
- 267 Lindenwold High School
- 268 Union Hill High School (Union City)
- 269 Carteret High School
- 270 Atlantic City High School
- 271 South River High School (New Jersey)
- 272 Central Regional High School (Berkeley Twp.)
- 273 Bayonne High School
- 274 Perth Amboy High School
- 275 Palmyra High School (New Jersey)
- 276 Orange High School (New Jersey)
- 277 Pemberton Township High School
- 278 Overbrook High School (New Jersey) (Pine Hill)
- 279 Lincoln High School (New Jersey) (Jersey City)
- 280 Clifton High School (New Jersey)
- 281 Pleasantville High School
- 282 Cumberland Regional High School (Upper Deerfield)
- 283 Bridgeton High School
- 284 James J. Ferris High School (Jersey City)
- 285 North Bergen High School
- 286 East Orange Campus High School
- 287 Elizabeth High School (New Jersey)
- 288 Lakewood High School (New Jersey)
- 289 Buena Regional High School
- 290 Long Branch High School
- 291 William L. Dickinson High School (Jersey City)
- 292 Pennsauken High School
- 293 Linden High School (New Jersey)
- 294 Garfield High School (New Jersey)
- 295 Millville Senior High School
- 296 Asbury Park High School
- 297 Winslow Township High School
- 298 Henry Snyder High School (Jersey City)
- 299 Wildwood High School
- 300 Willingboro High School
- 301 East Side High School (Newark, New Jersey) (Newark)
- 302 New Brunswick High School
- 303 Barringer High School (Newark)
- 304 Central High School (Newark, New Jersey) (Newark)
- 305 Abraham Clark High School (Roselle)
- 306 John F. Kennedy High School (Paterson, New Jersey) (Paterson)
- 307 Plainfield High School (New Jersey)
- 308 Weequahic High School (Newark)
- 309 Eastside High School (Paterson, New Jersey) (Paterson)
- 310 Passaic High School
- 311 Trenton Central High School
- 312 Malcolm X Shabazz High School (Newark)
- 313 West Side High School (New Jersey) (Newark)
- 314 Camden High School (New Jersey)
- 315 Woodrow Wilson High School (New Jersey) (Camden)
- 316 Irvington High School (New Jersey)