Best High Schools in New Jersey for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in New Jersey!

Every year, the New Jersey Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish New Jersey test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

Alert! We are expecting the release of this year's test scores by the New Jersey Department of Education any day now! We will update our rankings as soon as they are released!

Alert! New test scores and rankings are expected from the New Jersey Department of Education any day now!

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 336)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
340594002092	1	Glen Ridge High School	Public	7-12	200 Ridgewood Ave	Glen Ridge	07028	Essex County	Glen Ridge Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 429-8303	822	73	11.2	0.4%	611 (74.3%)	33 (4.0%)	60 (7.3%)	66 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (6.2%)	$10,966			$21			$10,945	99.7%	93.4%	6.34%
341020002148	2	Millburn High School	Public	9-12	462 Millburn Ave	Millburn	07041	Essex County	Millburn Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 564-7130	1,378	130	10.6	1.2%	690 (50.1%)	35 (2.5%)	65 (4.7%)	515 (37.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (5.2%)	$16,959			$34			$16,925	99.4%	97.2%	2.25%
341176000650	3	Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest	Public	9-12	150 Knickerbocker Road	Demarest	07627	Bergen County	Northern Valley Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 768-3200	978	93	10.4	0.6%	566 (57.9%)	10 (1.0%)	75 (7.7%)	289 (29.6%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	31 (3.2%)	$15,340			$80			$15,260	99.1%	95.7%	3.38%
341131005592	4	New Providence High School	Public	9-12	35 Pioneer Dr	New Providence	07974	Union County	New Providence School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 464-4700	666	61	11	2.7%	492 (73.9%)	10 (1.5%)	90 (13.5%)	68 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	$12,987			$411			$12,576	98.8%	90.0%	8.77%
341440004094	5	Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School	Public	9-12	74 Ridge Road	Rumson	07760	Monmouth County	Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 842-1597	876	84	10.4	0.3%	789 (90.1%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (5.4%)	8 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (3.5%)	$14,186			$74			$14,112	98.5%	93.6%	4.92%
341059005250	6	Montgomery High School	Public	9-12	1016 Route 601	Skillman	08558	Somerset County	Montgomery Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 466-7602	1,603	120	13.4	4.2%	537 (33.5%)	54 (3.4%)	109 (6.8%)	859 (53.6%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (0.7%)	29 (1.8%)	$13,405			$45			$13,360	98.2%	92.7%	5.58%
341611000864	7	Tenafly High School	Public	9-12	19 Columbus Drive	Tenafly	07670	Bergen County	Tenafly Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 816-6614	1,200	103	11.6	2.7%	612 (51.0%)	15 (1.3%)	119 (9.9%)	401 (33.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (4.3%)	$11,703			$01			$11,702	97.9%	91.0%	6.94%
341755004552	8	West Morris Mendham High School	Public	9-12	65 East Main Street	Mendham	07945	Morris County	West Morris Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 543-2501	1,077	88	12.2	1.0%	791 (73.4%)	22 (2.0%)	151 (14.0%)	58 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (4.9%)	$12,763			$38			$12,725	97.6%	91.2%	6.41%
340009000829	9	Central Jersey College Prep Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	101 Mettlers Road	Somerset	08873	Somerset County	Central Jersey College Prep Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 649-3954	1,288	98	13.1	27.4%	134 (10.4%)	299 (23.2%)	184 (14.3%)	629 (48.8%)	10 (0.8%)	3 (0.2%)	29 (2.3%)	$8,883			$325			$8,558	97.3%	85.5%	11.80%
340639001554	10	Haddonfield Memorial High School	Public	9-12	401 Kings Highway East	Haddonfield	08033	Camden County	Haddonfield School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 429-3960	866	91	9.5	2.4%	754 (87.1%)	15 (1.7%)	27 (3.1%)	35 (4.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (3.5%)	$8,175						$8,175	97.1%	86.0%	11.03%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NJSLA Algebra I, NJSLA Geometry, NJSLA Algebra II, NJSLA-S Science, NJSLA English Language Arts test scores released by the New Jersey Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on December 6, 2023, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the New Jersey Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Jersey Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.