New Jersey school data rankings
Compare regular public school districts by one measure at a time, then inspect the underlying profile. Of 559 regular districts, 558 report 2024–25 enrollment and 548 match the FY 2023 finance file. Charter, service, specialized, and other agencies remain in the directory but are excluded from these unlike comparisons.
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Search by district or city, then switch between enrollment, spending, instructional investment, and student–teacher ratio. Missing records are excluded only from the selected measure.
Showing 1–25 of 558 regular districts reporting enrollment. NCES CCD 2024–25.
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Largest school districts in New Jersey
Ordered by 2024–25 reported membership. This is a scale comparison, not a quality ranking.
Source: NCES CCD LEA Membership, 2024–25.
Highest spending per pupil in New Jersey
Ordered by FY 2023 current expenditure per pupil among districts with at least 200 students. District responsibilities and local costs differ.
Source: NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33), FY 2023. Resource measure only.
New Jersey high schools with broad reported program access
Counts AP student enrollment, gifted programming, and computer-science classes reported in CRDC. This does not measure course quality, participation rates, or current availability.
| Rank | Name | Location | Positive fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haddonfield Memorial High School 09–12 · 48 AP courses | Haddonfield School District | 3 of 3 |
| 2 | Vineland Senior High School 09–12 · 37 AP courses | Vineland Public School District | 3 of 3 |
| 3 | Livingston High School 09–12 · 37 AP courses | Livingston Board of Education School District | 3 of 3 |
| 4 | Cherry Hill High School West 09–12 · 35 AP courses | Cherry Hill School District | 3 of 3 |
| 5 | Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan 09–12 · 34 AP courses | Northern Valley Regional High School District | 3 of 3 |
| 6 | Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest 09–12 · 34 AP courses | Northern Valley Regional High School District | 3 of 3 |
| 7 | Hunterdon Central Regional High School District 09–12 · 33 AP courses | Hunterdon Central Regional High School District | 3 of 3 |
| 8 | Cherry Hill High School East 09–12 · 33 AP courses | Cherry Hill School District | 3 of 3 |
| 9 | Hillsborough High School 09–12 · 31 AP courses | Hillsborough Township Public School District | 3 of 3 |
| 10 | Millburn High School 09–12 · 31 AP courses | Millburn Township School District | 3 of 3 |
| 11 | Chatham High School 09–12 · 31 AP courses | School District of the Chathams | 3 of 3 |
| 12 | Clifton High School 09–12 · 30 AP courses | Clifton Public School District | 3 of 3 |
| 13 | Freehold Township High School 09–12 · 30 AP courses | Freehold Regional High School District | 3 of 3 |
| 14 | Ridgewood High School 09–12 · 30 AP courses | Ridgewood Public School District | 3 of 3 |
| 15 | Manalapan High School 09–12 · 29 AP courses | Freehold Regional High School District | 3 of 3 |
| 16 | Cranford High School 09–12 · 29 AP courses | Cranford Public School District | 3 of 3 |
| 17 | Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering 09–12 · 29 AP courses | Morris County Vocational School District | 3 of 3 |
| 18 | Howell High School 09–12 · 28 AP courses | Freehold Regional High School District | 3 of 3 |
| 19 | Bergenfield High School 09–12 · 28 AP courses | Bergenfield Borough School District | 3 of 3 |
| 20 | Point Pleasant Beach High School 09–12 · 28 AP courses | Point Pleasant Beach School District | 3 of 3 |
| 21 | Marlboro High School 09–12 · 27 AP courses | Freehold Regional High School District | 3 of 3 |
| 22 | Ridge High School 09–12 · 27 AP courses | Bernards Township School District | 3 of 3 |
| 23 | Moorestown High School 09–12 · 27 AP courses | Moorestown Township Public School District | 3 of 3 |
| 24 | Weehawken High School 07–12 · 27 AP courses | Weehawken Public School District | 3 of 3 |
| 25 | South Brunswick High School 09–12 · 26 AP courses | South Brunswick School District | 3 of 3 |
Source: CRDC 2021–22. At least two program fields must be known for inclusion.