New List Reveals NJ School Districts With Best Teachers In 2018

Now's a good time to find out how your local teachers stack up against others — especially if you're sending your children to school for the first time.

Niche.com has recently released its annual rankings of the 100 New Jersey school districts with the best teachers. According to Niche, the best teachers in New Jersey are at West Essex Regional School District in North Caldwell, which also finished in 22nd place nationwide.

The ranking was based on student and parent ratings of teachers, teacher salaries, teacher absenteeism, teacher tenure, student-teacher ratio and the Niche Academics Grade for the district. Read more on how this ranking was calculated.

According to Niche, these are the 100 school districts with the best teachers in New Jersey (nationally ranked in top 100 is in parenthesis):

1. West Essex Regional School District, North Caldwell (#22 nationally)
2. Millburn Township Schools, Millburn (#23 nationally)
3. Glen Ridge Public Schools, Glen Ridge (#59 nationally)
4. Princeton Public Schools, Princeton (#62 nationally)
5. Mountain Lakes School District, Mountain Lakes (#72 nationally)
6. Berkeley Heights Public Schools, Berkeley Heights (#91 nationally)
7. The School District of the Chathams, Chatham (#93 nationally)
8. West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, West Windsor
9. Montclair Public Schools, Montclair
10. Pompton Lakes School District, Pompton Lakes
11. Northern Valley Regional High School District, Demarest
12. Somerset Hills Regional School District, Bernardsville
13. Ridgewood Public Schools, Ridgewood
14. Haddonfield Public Schools, Haddonfield
15. Verona Public Schools, Verona
16. West Morris Regional High School District, Chester
17. Livingston Public Schools, Livingston
18. Pascack Valley Regional High School District, Montvale
19. Summit Public Schools, Summit
20. Bernards Township School District, Basking Ridge
21. Fair Lawn School District, Fair Lawn
22. North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, Annandale
23. Glen Rock Board of Education, Glen Rock
24. Morris School District, Morristown
25. Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District, Scotch Plains
26. Freehold Regional High School District, Englishtown
27. East Brunswick Public Schools, East Brunswick
28. Cranford Public School District, Cranford
29. Upper Freehold Regional School District, Allentown
30. Moorestown Township Public School District, Moorestown
31. Point Pleasant Beach Board of Education, Point Pleasant Beach
32. Westfield Public Schools, Westfield
33. Kinnelon Board of Education, Kinnelon
34. River Dell Regional School District, River Edge
35. Edison Township Public Schools, Edison
36. Holmdel Township School District, Holmdel
37. Piscataway Township Schools, Piscataway
38. Tenafly Public Schools, Tenafly
39. South Brunswick Public Schools,South Brunswick
40. Monroe Township School District, Monroe Township
41. Hopewell Valley Regional School District, Pennington
42. Morris Hills Regional School District, Denville
43. Weehawken Board of Education, Weehawken
44. Park Ridge Public Schools, Park Ridge
45. Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools, West Caldwell
46. Ramsey Public Schools, Ramsey
47. Middletown Township Public Schools, Leonardo
48. Hillsborough Township Public School District, Hillsborough
49. Audubon Public Schools, Audubon
50. Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District, Aberdeen
51. Lenape Regional High School District, Shamong
52. Leonia Public Schools, Leonia
53. Bergenfield Borough School District, Bergenfield
54. Westwood Regional School District, Washington Township
55. South Orange-Maplewood School District, Maplewood
56. Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District, Woodstown
57. New Providence School District, New Providence
58. Delsea Regional High School District, Franklinville
59. Randolph Township Schools, Randolph
60. Cedar Grove Township School District, Cedar Grove
61. Washington Township Public Schools, Sewell
62. Cinnaminson Township Public Schools, Cinnaminson
63. Central Regional School District, Bayville
64. Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Schools, Parsippany
65. Rancocas Valley Regional High School District, Mount Holly
66. Hanover Park Regional High School District, East Hanover
67. Haddon Heights Public Schools, Haddon Heights
68. Rutherford Public Schools, Rutherford
69. Northern Burlington County Regional School District, Columbus
70. Dumont Board of Education, Dumont
71. Mahwah Township Public Schools, Mahwah,
72. Montville Township School District, Montville
73. Jackson Township School District, Jackson
74. Old Bridge Township School District, Old Bridge
75. Madison Public Schools, Madison
76. Bloomfield Board of Education, Bloomfield
77. Wayne Township Public Schools, Wayne
78. New Milford School District, New Milford
79. Cherry Hill Public Schools, Cherry Hill
80. Sparta Township Public Schools, Sparta
81. Hackettstown Public Schools, Hackettstown
82. Springfield Public Schools, Springfield,
83. Lawrence Township Public Schools, Lawrenceville
84. Hackensack School District, Hackensack
85. West Orange Public Schools, West Orange
86. Ocean City School District, Ocean City
87. Egg Harbor Township School District, Egg Harbor Township
88. Emerson Public Schools, Emerson
89. Highland Park Board of Education, Highland Park
90. Hasbrouck Heights Board of Education, Hasbrouck Heights
91. Robbinsville Public Schools, Robbinsville
92. Metuchen Public Schools, Metuchen
93. North Brunswick Township Public Schools, North Brunswick
94. Montgomery Township School District, Skillman
95. Woodbridge Township School District, Woodbridge
96. Newton Public Schools, Newton
97. Midland Park Public Schools, Midland Park
98. Point Pleasant Boro Board of Education, Point Pleasant Boro
99. Ridgefield Public Schools, Ridgefield
100. Lower Cape May Regional School District, Cape May

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Article Excerpt From: https://patch.com/new-jersey/millburn/s/gdbpv/new-list-reveals-nj-school-districts-with-best-teachers-in-2018