Millburn Public Schools Rank Near Top In NJ In New 2024 Rankings

MILLBURN, NJ — Several Essex County school districts are among the best public districts in New Jersey — including Millburn — according to new 2023-2024 rankings released this week by the education platform Niche.

Niche, which uses reviews to help people determine where to live and send their kids to school, crunched data on 94,058 public schools and 12,192 school districts, they said.

They ranked 390 districts in New Jersey.

Three of the 20 highest ranked districts in the state are in Essex County.

“Deciding where to send their children to school is one of the most important decisions parents will have to make,” said Luke Skurman, CEO of Niche. “Primary and secondary education can set a trajectory for a person’s life ... our 2024 K-12 rankings are one tool we hope will help make families feel confident in their choices."

Best In The State

Millburn ranked third in the state on the new list.

The schools received grades in categories like academics, diversity, teachers, and clubs. (See Millburn's grades here.)

The top 25 school districts in New Jersey and the letter grades assigned by Niche include:

1. Northern Valley school District: A+
2. Princeton Public Schools, Princeton: A+
3. Millburn Township School District, Millburn: A+
4. West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, West Windsor: A+
5. Ridgewood Public School District, Ridgewood: A+
6. Summit Public School District, Summit: A+
7. Tenafly Public School District, Tenafly: A+
8. Haddonfield Public Schools, Haddonfield : A+
9. Mountain Lakes School District, Mountain Lakes: A+
10. Moorestown Township Public School District, Moorestown: A+
11. South Brunswick School District, North Brunswick: A+
12. Livingston Board of Education, Livingston : A+
13. The School District of the Chathams, Chatham: A+
14. Westfield Public School District, Westfield: A+
15. New Providence School District, New Providence : A+
16. Bernards Township School District, Basking Ridge: A+
17. Pascack Valley Regional High School District, Montvale: A+
18. West Essex Regional School District, North Caldwell: A+
19. West Morris Regional High School, Chester: A+
20. Holmdel Township School District, Holmdel: A
21. River Dell Regional School District, River Edge: A
22. Hopewell Valley Regional School District, Pennington: A
23. Somerset Hills Regional School District, Bernardsville: A
24. Fair Lawn School District, Fair Lawn: A
25. Weehawken Public School District, Weehawken: A

The Niche rankings differ from others that rely on test scores in that these also include input from students, alumni, and parents, as well as quantitative data from sources such as the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources and facilities.

A major change this year is that SAT and ACT-related factors have been removed from the K-12 rankings, said Niche.

The Niche.com rankings, which have come out for the past nine years, compare K-12 schools and districts across the United States. The website combines input from current students, alumni and parents with hard data from sources including the U.S. Department of Education.

Niche also ranked 94,058 public schools and 30,809 private schools. The platform said its rankings were created to provide families with valuable information — both quantitative and qualitative — on schools in their area or in a neighborhood they’re not familiar with yet.

Search the database by school or district here.