Biotechnology HS Ranks In Top 100 U.S. News High Schools List

Freehold NJ

27 April, 2021

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FREEHOLD, NJ — High school students in the Garden State have had an unprecedented form of education due to the new coronavirus pandemic. Despite the alternative learning methods being implemented, U.S. News & World Report has kept up its rankings, finding eight schools in New Jersey among the top 100 in the nation - with Freehold's Biotechnology High School making the cut. Here are the Garden State schools that made the national list: (#27) Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District, Edison (#53) High Technology High School, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Lincroft (#54) Bergen County Academies, Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, Hackensack (#61) Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health, Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District, Woodbridge (#73) Dr. Ronald E McNair High School, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City (#83) Union County Magnet High School, Union County Vocational-Technical School District, Scotch Plains (#91) Biotechnology High School, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Freehold (#92) Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro, Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, Teterboro In addition to the national rankings, U.S. News also published rankings at the state, metro area and school district levels. Only metro areas and school districts with three or more high schools were included in these sub-rankings. BASIS Chandler in Arizona is at the top of the list for charter schools, and High Technology High School in Lincroft, New Jersey, is the No. 1 STEM school. Biotechnology High School ranked at No. 7 in the Garden State. Nine total Monmouth County schools made the top 100 ranking (see the full list below). The purpose of the rankings is to provide insight into academic performance among underserved groups, showing how well schools are supporting these students, Anita Narayan, managing editor of education at U.S. News, said in a news release. Families can also use the rankings to see how schools compare at the national, state and local level on factors such as graduation rates and college readiness, Narayan said. The methodology used for this year's ranking focused on six factors: college readiness, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth and graduation rates. The data used in this edition is from the 2018-2019 academic school year and, therefore, was not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more about the Best High Schools methodology. Here are the top 50 high schools in New Jersey, according to U.S. News: Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District, Edison High Technology High School, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Lincroft Bergen County Academies, Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, Hackensack Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health, Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District, Woodbridge Dr. Ronald E McNair High School, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City Union County Magnet High School, Union County Vocational-Technical School District, Scotch Plains Biotechnology High School, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Freehold Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro, Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, Teterboro Academy for Information Technology, Union County Vocational-Technical School District, Scotch Plains Academy for Allied Health Sciences, Union County Vocational-Technical School District, Scotch Plains Infinity Institute, Jersey City Public Schools, Jersey City Marine Academy of Science and Technology, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Highlands Elizabeth High School, Elizabeth Public Schools, Elizabeth Glen Ridge High School, Glen Ridge Public School District, Glen Ridge Millburn High School, Millburn Township School District, Millburn Livingston High School, Livingston Board of Education School District, Livingston Summit Senior High School, Summit Public School District, Summit West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, Plainsboro Academy of Allied Health and Science, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Neptune Science Park High School, Newark Public School District, Newark Tenafly High School, Tenafly Public School District, Tenafly Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest, Northern Valley Regional High School District, Demarest Chatham High School, School District of The Chathams, Chatham West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, West Windsor Ridge High School, Bernards Township School District, Basking Ridge Norther Valley Reg Old Tappen High School, Northern Valley Regional High School District, Old Tappan Montgomery High School, Montgomery Township School District, Skillman Princeton High School, Princeton Public Schools, Princeton Northern Highlands Regional High School, Northern Highlands Regional High School District, Allendale New Providence High School, New Providence School District, New Providence Communications High School, Monmouth County Vocational School District, Wall Pascack Hills High School, Pascack Valley Regional High School District, Montvale Central Jersey College Prep Charter School, Central Jersey College Prep Charter School, Somerset Mountain Lakes High School, Mountain Lakes Public School District, Mountain Lakes Technology High School, Newark Public School District, Newark Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood Public School District, Ridgewood John P. 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