Union County Vocational-Technical School District

Newsweek has compiled and released the 2012 list of the top high schools in America. Over 2,300 high schools across the country were assessed to produce the final list of the top 1,000 high schools.  Respondents were ranked from statistics from the 2010-2011 school year.  The final reviews included the following criteria: four-year, on-time graduation rate (25%), percent of 2011 graduates accepted to college (25%), AP/IB tests per student (25%), average SAT and/or ACT (10%), average AP/IB exam score (10%) and AP/IB courses offered per student (5%). Forty-four of the top 500 U.S. high schools recognized are from New Jersey with three of the Union County Vocational-Technical School District high schools being recognized in that grouping. The Union County Magnet High School was ranked #102 nationally and #5 in New Jersey. The Academy for Information Technology was ranked #143 nationally and #9 in New Jersey and the Academy for Allied Health Sciences was ranked #167 nationally and #11 in New Jersey. The listing can be found at thedailybeast.com/newsweek/features/2012/americas-best-high-schools.