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Bernards High Ranks on Newsweek Best Schools

The school ranks No. 235 this year.

Bernards High School has made Newsweek’s list of the 2,000 best public high schools in the country, ranking at number 235.

The ranking is based on a plethora of data, including college acceptance rate, graduation rate, average SAT scores, and more.

According to the findings, Bernards High School has a 99 percent graduation rate, with 98 percent of students being college bound.

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Average SAT scores in Bernards High, according to Newsweek’s findings, are 1763, and average AP scores are a 3.7.

These ratings come about two weeks after Bernards High School ranked No. 33 on the list of top high schools in New Jersey from U.S. News & World Report.

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Somerset County high schools and their rankings

Ranking

School

Graduation rate

AP/IB test

College bound

Avg. SAT

Avg. ACT

Avg. AP score

Newsweek score

215

Ridge High School

97

0.8

96

1750

25.6

3.9

3.4

235

Bernards High School

99

0.6

98

1763

25.3

3.7

3.39

442

Bridgewater-Raritan High School

96

0.4

95

1701

24.7

4

3.26

514 

Watchung Hills Regional

97

0.5

93

1660

25.6

3.6

3.22

740

Hillsborough High School

95

0.3

93

1646

24

3.8

3.12

911

Somerville High School

92

0.3

96

1576

23.6

3.6

3.05

* Montgomery High School was not listed in the publication's online ranking.

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