Kinnelon, Butler Not Ranked Among 'Top' High Schools

Kinnelon High School and Butler High School were both unranked in the U.S. News & World Report's ratings of 2013 high schools, released Tuesday.

Kinnelon High came out near the top of the list in 2012, ranked No. 39 of New Jersey's 389 public high schools.

In August 2012 Kinnelon High was ranked as the No. 5 high school in the state by New Jersey Monthly magazine, a jump of 16 spots from the 2010 list.

U.S. News & World Report's rankings are based on student-to-teacher ratios, college readiness and High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) scores.

Kinnelon High School received a 34.6 college readiness index in 2012 and 41.3 in 2013, out of a possible 100. There were 15 schools nationally and two schools in New Jersey to receive a 100. The publication states that a score of 100 "means that every 12th-grade student during the 2009-2010 academic year in a particular school took and passed at least one AP or IB test before or during their senior year."

Butler High School received a college readiness score of 26.6.

According to U.S. News, there are 295 districts with 395 high schools in New Jersey, employing 29,424 full-time teachers educating 411,562 students.

Below are Kinnelon High's rankings from U.S. News & World Report's 2012 rankings.

Math (average proficiency)

English (average proficiency)

14:1 (near state average)

52 Teachers

40% Tested (AP®)

33% Passed (AP®)

93% Proficient

7% Not Proficient

98% Proficient

2% Not Proficient

530 Students

52 Teachers

49% Tested (AP®)

39% Passed (AP®)

88% Proficient

12% Not Proficient

96% Proficient

4% Not Proficient

516 Students

41 Teachers

30% Tested (AP®)

26% Passed (AP®)

75% Proficient

25% Not Proficient

91% Proficient

9% Not Proficient