Hillsborough High School Teachers Ranked 64th Best in New Jersey

As we enter the middle of the week, we are in the thick of “Teacher Appreciation Week” in the United States and Hillsborough High School’s teachers have been ranked as the 64th best in the state of New Jersey, according to Niche.com.

Niche.com is dedicated to evaluating U.S. and Puerto Rican schools based on parent and student reviews. The site reported that parent/student surveys gave Hillsborough High School an A teacher Niche grade.

According to the study’s methodology, Niche.com ranked 5,886 public high schools in the United States based on key teaching statistics and nearly 920,000 teacher ratings from students and parents.

“A high ranking indicates that teachers are intelligent and engaging, the school is invested in its teachers, and students and parents rate their teachers favorably,” Niche.com states on their website.

>> See the full methodology here.

Here is a sample of what some of the students said:

• “Teachers at Hillsborough High School care about their students. They do their best to educate every one of their students. They offer extra help to those who are struggling whether it be before or after school.”
• ”The varied programs the teachers teach is great. They really like what they do. They have a real interest. ”
• “I always felt the teachers were great but are often forced to teach with boring methods. Like powerpoint after powerpoint, in high school.”
• “Most of the teachers were great at High School. There were some teachers who played favorites and other teachers were just bad, but there were very few bad teachers. There was usually one really hard, great teacher for each subject that gave lots of home work and work. They were usually the best teacher though.”

What do you think? Do you agree with the website’s assessment of Hillsborough High School? Let us know in the comments.