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Safest school districts in New Jersey

Ranked on reported serious-incident rates from the 2021-22 federal collection · higher percentile = safer

Only school districts with at least 5 schools whose reporting we can verify appear here — see how we score and what this data can't tell you.

76 ranked school districts in New Jersey

#DISTRICTSAFETY PCTLSCHOOLS SCORED
1Freehold Regional High School District1006 of 6
2Mount Olive Township School District1006 of 6
3Hillsborough Township Public School District995 of 9
4Montgomery Township School District995 of 5
5Trenton Public School District9819 of 20
6Cherry Hill School District989 of 19
7Hopewell Valley Regional School District985 of 6
8Freehold Township School District975 of 8
9Howell Township Public School District976 of 12
10Pleasantville Public School District976 of 6
11Vineland Public School District978 of 14
12Hamilton Township Public School District9618 of 23
13Ridgewood Public School District966 of 10
14Teaneck School District945 of 8
15Monroe Township School District945 of 8
16Westfield Public School District947 of 10
17Atlantic City School District926 of 11
18Wayne Township Public School District915 of 15
19Paterson Public School District8620 of 44
20Old Bridge Township School District856 of 14
21Summit Public School District845 of 9
22Neptune Township School District837 of 8
23Fair Lawn Public School District835 of 9
24Randolph Township School District806 of 6
25South Plainfield School District797 of 7
26South Orange-Maplewood School District777 of 10
27Paramus Public School District775 of 8
28Deptford Township Public School District766 of 8
29Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District757 of 8
30Sayreville School District747 of 9
31Bayonne School District748 of 13
32Kearny736 of 7
33North Bergen School District715 of 8
34Nutley Public School District717 of 7
35Clifton Public School District6912 of 18
36East Orange School District696 of 20
37Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District699 of 11
38Township of Union School District686 of 10
39Jersey City Public Schools6826 of 39
40Middletown Township Public School District6812 of 16
41North Brunswick Township School District665 of 8
42West Deptford Township School District655 of 5
43West New York School District657 of 9
44Woodbridge Township School District6413 of 25
45Union City School District625 of 14
46Washington Township School District629 of 11
47Newark Public School District5939 of 64
48Bergenfield Borough School District595 of 7
49Brick Township Public School District588 of 12
50South Brunswick School District559 of 10
51Lyndhurst Public School District525 of 9
52Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District495 of 6
53Belleville Public School District495 of 10
54Jackson Township School District445 of 10
55North Plainfield School District446 of 6
56Roxbury Township School District435 of 7
57Gloucester Township Public Schools4010 of 11
58Rockaway Township School District405 of 6
59LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District385 of 8
60Winslow Township School District376 of 8
61New Brunswick School District3610 of 11
62Pemberton Township School District347 of 9
63Edison Township School District3212 of 19
64Manchester Township School District315 of 6
65West Milford Township Public School District317 of 8
66Toms River Regional School District2516 of 18
67Hackensack School District235 of 6
68Perth Amboy Public School District229 of 12
69West Orange Public Schools225 of 12
70Franklin Township Public School District215 of 10
71Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District158 of 14
72Millville School District148 of 9
73Ewing Township School District145 of 5
74Passaic City School District1114 of 17
75Elizabeth Public Schools934 of 37
76Bridgeton City School District97 of 8

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