Chatham High Named Best School in County

Chatham High School was named the best public high school in Morris County in Newsweek and Daily Beast’s annual ‘America’s Best High Schools’ list, released Monday.

The list ranked what it called the 2,000 best high schools across the country.

Chatham High School was ranked No. 173. Millburn High School, West Windsor- Plainsboro High School South, Livingston High School and New Providence High School were the only traditional public high schools in New Jersey ranked higher on the list.

According to an explanation in Newsweek, schools across the nation were ranked based on six criteria – graduation rate, college acceptance rate, advanced exams (AP, IB and AICE tests) taken per student, average SAT or ACT score, average advanced placement score, and percentage of students enrolled in at least one advanced placement class.

Newsweek asked more than 5,000 high schools across the country to report their data from the 2010-11 school year. About 2,500 schools responded, and were ranked based on weighted calculations of the criteria listed above.

Check the table below to see how Morristown was ranked compared to other districts in Morris County.

 Graduation   Rate (%)

Overall, the Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Bowling Green, Kentucky was rated No. 1. Check out the whole list here.