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.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the NJSLA-S and NJSLA test scores by the New Jersey Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, December 4, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 346)	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)	ID
1	Northern Highlands Regional High School	Public	9-12	298 Hillside Ave	Allendale	07401	Bergen County	Northern Highlands Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 327-8700	1,261	113	11.1	0.7%	873 (69.2%)	14 (1.1%)	122 (9.7%)	202 (16.0%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (3.3%)	$15,404			$224			$15,180	99.7%	95.5%	4.17%			341173000646
2	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	849	82	10.4	0.4%	755 (88.9%)	3 (0.4%)	55 (6.5%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.3%)	$14,186			$74			$14,112	99.4%	93.0%	6.47%			341440004094
3	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	1,393	132	10.5	1.4%	649 (46.6%)	41 (2.9%)	63 (4.5%)	571 (41.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	67 (4.8%)	$16,959			$34			$16,925	99.1%	97.7%	1.49%			341020002148
4	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	1,166	107	10.8	3.7%	596 (51.1%)	16 (1.4%)	110 (9.4%)	396 (34.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (3.9%)	$11,703			$01			$11,702	98.9%	93.9%	4.96%			341611000864
5	Glen Rock High School	Public	9-12	400 Hamilton Avenue	Glen Rock	07452	Bergen County	Glen Rock Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 445-7700	742	70	10.5	0.4%	532 (71.7%)	6 (0.8%)	49 (6.6%)	127 (17.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.8%)	$15,807			$28			$15,779	98.6%	92.5%	6.08%			340597000484
6	Livingston High School	Public	9-12	30 Robert Harp Drive	Livingston	07039	Essex County	Livingston Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 535-8000	2,081	189	11	2.0%	1,090 (52.4%)	90 (4.3%)	103 (4.9%)	731 (35.1%)	3 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	60 (2.9%)	$12,895			$72			$12,823	98.3%	91.5%	6.73%			340882002126
7	West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South	Public	9-12	346 Clarksville Road	West Windsor	08550	Mercer County	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 716-5050	1,626	122	13.3	6.0%	213 (13.1%)	97 (6.0%)	87 (5.4%)	1,195 (73.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	31 (1.9%)	$12,191			$163			$12,028	98.0%	81.0%	17.01%			341770003258
8	Ridge High School	Public	9-12	268 South Finley Avenue	Basking Ridge	07920	Somerset County	Bernards Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 204-2585	1,644	143	11.5	1.8%	915 (55.7%)	9 (0.5%)	124 (7.5%)	543 (33.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (3.2%)	$10,069						$10,069	97.7%	85.7%	12.03%			340165005124
9	Emerson Junior Senior High	Public	7-12	131 Main Street	Emerson	07630	Bergen County	Emerson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 262-4447	446	46	9.6	9.0%	286 (64.1%)	8 (1.8%)	97 (21.7%)	37 (8.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	15 (3.4%)	$15,333			$60			$15,273	97.4%	82.4%	15.03%			340471000380
10	Pascack Hills High School	Public	9-12	225 West Grand Avenue	Montvale	07645	Bergen County	Pascack Valley Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 358-7020	767	77	9.9	1.3%	529 (69.0%)	15 (2.0%)	84 (11.0%)	112 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (3.3%)	$16,816						$16,816	97.1%	89.2%	7.93%			341251000718

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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 4, 2024, 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.