Here's How Ocean City Schools Rank: U.S. News

Veronica Flesher
Updated ·2 min read

OCEAN CITY, NJ — Ocean City High School ranked 122 out of 406 evaluated New Jersey schools, according to a new survey by U.S. News & World Report.

This year's U.S. News list of best high schools evaluated nearly 24,000 schools nationwide. Nationally, Ocean City High School ranked 2,966.

The 2022 ranking of best high schools is intended to show how well the nation's public schools serve all students, regardless of achievement level, by teaching them basic skills and preparing them for college-level work, according to a news release from U.S. News.

Read more: These NJ High Schools Are Among 2022's Best: U.S. News

Families can also use the rankings to see how schools compare at the national, state and local levels on factors such as graduation rates and college readiness.

While thousands of schools were evaluated, these New Jersey schools were ranked among the top 100, according to U.S. News:

  • Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, Edison. Ranked 23.

  • Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains: Ranked 49.

  • Bergen County Academies, Hackensack: Ranked 61.

  • High Technology High School, Lincroft: Ranked 65.

  • Dr. Ronald E McNair High School, Jersey City: Ranked 68.

  • Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health, Woodbridge: Ranked 69.

  • Biotechnology High School, Freehold: Ranked 80.

  • Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro, Teterboro: Ranked 93.

This year's schools were ranked on six measures: college readiness, college curriculum breadth, state assessment performance, state assessment proficiency, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance and graduation rates.
The data used in this year's ranking is from the 2019-20 academic school year. U.S. News adjusted its calculation of these measures to account for the impact COVID-19 had on schools in the 2019-20 school year.

Since most states closed schools for in-person instruction starting in March 2020 — typically just before most states conduct assessments — the U.S. Department of Education granted waivers allowing all states to forgo state testing for the 2019-20 school year.

To account for this, U.S. News relied on past assessment data from thethree prior ranking years. Researchers also incorporated state science assessment data from the 2018-19 school year.
Read more about the Best High Schools methodology.

In addition to the national rankings, U.S. News also published rankings at the state, metro area and school district levels. Only metro areas and school districts with three or more high schools were included in these subrankings.

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This article originally appeared on the Ocean City Patch