Millburn High Moves Up in Newsweek Rankings

In the most recent Newsweek America's Best High School rankings, Millburn High School was rated 69th, the highest ranking the district achieved in the last few years and also the highest among open enrollment schools in New Jersey. 

In the last few years the school has moved up more than 150 spots, having come from 227th nationally in 2010. In 2009, the school ranked 170th and 151th in 2008, respectively. In 2011, Millburn did not participate in Newsweek's survey and therefore did not make the rankings.

The publication gave the high school an overall score of 3.64. The top school in the country, Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky, was given 4.84.

Newsweek ranked the high schools based on six components: 25 percent on graduation rate, 25 percent on college acceptance rate and another 25 percent for AP/IB/AICE tests taken per student; 10 percent on average SAT/ACT and 10 percent for AP/IB/AICE average scores and 5 percent for percent of students enrolled in at least one AP/IB/AICE course.

The rankings listed the high school having a 99 percent graduation rate and percent of students heading to college with an average SAT score of 1873. The high school averaged 4.4 in AP scores with .8 AP/IB tests given per student. Additionally, one percent of the students received subsidized lunch.

Nearby, Livingston High School moved up more than 100 spots to 142, Chatham High School ranked 173, up 10 spots, and Summit High School was No. 461 down more than 200 from last year.

Also in Essex County: Verona High School was No. 718th; Glen Ridge High School was ranked 836; West Essex Regional School District ranked 944th; Nutley High School ranked 1207; Columbia High School (South Orange-Maplewood School district) ranked 1,286th and West Orange High School was 1,706.

Montclair, Cedar Grove and Caldwell did not participate in the rankings.

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Check out the full ranking list here.

In other rankings, the high school didn't rank high among peer schools despite being first in average SAT scores, in the recent school performance reports issued by the Christie administration.

In U.S. News and World Report’s Best High Schools ranking, Millburn High School dropped three spots to 15th throughout New Jersey.

The Millburn School district couldn't be reached at the time of publication for comment.