Best Schools for Hispanic Students in New Jersey (2026)

These are the New Jersey public schools where hispanic students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested hispanic students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.

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Elementary schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Milford Brook School Manalapan	90%	90%	25	A
2	Clark Mills School Manalapan	90%	90%	30	A+
3	Somerville Elementary School Ridgewood	90%	90%	21	A+
4	William Woodruff School Berkeley Hts	90%	90%	21	A+
5	Lyncrest Elementary School Fair Lawn	90%	90%	28	A+
6	Henry B. Milnes Elementary School Fair Lawn	70%	90%	30	A+
7	Hillside Elementary School Closter	70%	90%	27	A+
8	Mountain Park School Berkeley Hts	90%	70%	21	B+
9	Thomas P. Hughes School Berkeley Hts	70%	90%	21	A+
10	Radburn Elementary School Fair Lawn	70%	90%	22	A+
11	Stonybrook Elementary School Kinnelon	70%	90%	22	A+
12	Catherine E. Doyle Elementary School Wood Ridge	70%	90%	25	A+
13	Frank J. Dugan Elementary School Marlboro	90%	70%	23	C+
14	Ridge Ranch Elementary School Paramus	90%	70%	25	B
15	Orchard Elementary School Ridgewood	90%	70%	26	A+
16	Westmoreland Elementary School Fair Lawn	75%	75%	46	A+
17	Little Falls Township Public School # 3 Little Falls	75%	75%	42	A+
18	Edith A. Bogert Elementary School Upper Saddle River	75%	75%	34	A+
19	Lincoln Elementary School Bergenfield	72%	72%	70	B
20	Memorial School Maywood	70%	70%	25	A+
21	Washington School Millburn	—	70%	19	A+
22	Robertsville Elementary School Morganville	70%	70%	25	A
23	Watchung Elementary School Montclair	70%	70%	26	C
24	Euclid Elementary School Hasbrouck Heights	75%	65%	48	A
25	Mountview Road School Morris Plains	70%	70%	20	A

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	School 28 Paterson	98%	98%	109	B+
2	Sara M. Gilmore Academy Union City	98%	87%	252	A+
3	Johnstone Elementary School Vineland	95%	85%	40	D
4	Terence C. Reilly School No 7 Elizabeth	96%	79%	573	A+
5	William F. Halloran School No.22 Elizabeth	93%	71%	517	B
6	Briarcliff Middle School Mountain Lakes	90%	70%	28	B
7	Emil A. Cavallini Middle School Upper Saddle River	95%	65%	36	A
8	Indian Hill School Holmdel	90%	70%	30	A+
9	The Gray Charter School Newark	82%	77%	88	A
10	Robert Treat Academy Charter School Newark	87%	72%	272	A
11	Ridgewood Avenue School Glen Ridge	85%	75%	44	A+
12	Ho-Ho-Kus Public School Ho Ho Kus	85%	75%	35	A+
13	Pine Brook School Manalapan	85%	75%	55	A+
14	Jersey City Global Charter School Jersey City	82%	72%	96	C+
15	Roosevelt Intermediate School Westfield	75%	75%	38	A
16	Academy I Jersey City	82%	62%	70	C+
17	Edgar Middle School Metuchen	82%	62%	105	B
18	Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School Scotch Plains	82%	62%	140	A
19	Maria Varisco Rogers Charter School Newark	88%	55%	332	C
20	Little Falls Township Public School # 1 Little Falls	85%	57%	60	A
21	Lester C Noecker Roseland	90%	50%	28	A+
22	Cherry Hill School River Edge	90%	50%	30	A
23	Winston S. Churchill School Fairfield	90%	50%	29	B+
24	Cresskill Middle School Cresskill	90%	50%	20	C
25	Heritage Middle School Livingston	85%	55%	40	A+

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Bergen County Academies Hackensack	95%	90%	46	A+
2	Dr Ronald McNair High School Jersey City	95%	87%	56	A+
3	Academy For Information Technology Scotch Plains	90%	90%	22	A+
4	Union County Magnet High School Scotch Plains	90%	90%	28	A+
5	Morris County School of Technology Denville	95%	85%	49	A+
6	Union County Tech Scotch Plains	92%	87%	77	A+
7	Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro Teterboro	98%	75%	65	A+
8	Infinity Institute Jersey City	95%	75%	50	A+
9	Academy For Allied Health Sciences Scotch Plains	85%	85%	36	A+
10	Technology High School Newark	92%	72%	194	A+
11	Academy For Performing Arts Scotch Plains	90%	70%	30	A+
12	Cumberland County Technical Education Center Millville	87%	67%	150	A+
13	Science Park High School Newark	92%	62%	238	A+
14	Pascack Hills High School Montvale	85%	65%	37	A+
15	Millburn High School Millburn	75%	—	39	A+
16	Chatham High School Chatham	85%	65%	35	A+
17	Applied Technology High School Paramus	90%	50%	29	A
18	East Orange STEM Academy High School East Orange	90%	50%	28	A
19	Liberty High School Jersey City	95%	45%	46	A
20	West Morris Mendham High School Mendham	75%	65%	42	A+
21	Ridge High School Basking Ridge	85%	55%	55	A+
22	Gloucester County Institute of Technology Sewell	75%	65%	50	A
23	Livingston High School Livingston	75%	65%	41	A+
24	Northern Highlands Regional High School Allendale	75%	65%	56	A+
25	Woodstown High School Woodstown	70%	—	21	A

Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology

Best Schools for Hispanic Students in New Jersey (2026)

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