WalletHub: New Jersey has the 3rd best school system in America

NEW JERSEY – New Jersey has the 3rd best school system in America, according to a study done by WalletHub.

With reading scores falling nationwide and math gains uneven last year amid significant inflation and economic uncertainty, the personal-finance website WalletHub Monday released its report on 2025’s States with the Best & Worst School Systems.

In order to determine the best school systems in America, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 32 key measures of quality and safety. The data set ranges from pupil-teacher ratio and dropout rate to median standardized-test scores.

Quality & Safety of Schools in New Jersey (1=Best; 25=Avg.):

• Overall Rank: 3^rd
• 5^th – Math Test Scores
• 2^nd – Reading Test Scores
• 7^th – Pupil-Teacher Ratio
• 14^th – Median ACT Score
• 25^th – % of Licensed/Certified Public K–12 Teachers
• 21^st – Bullying Incidence Rate
• 16^th – % of Threatened/Injured High School Students
• 1^st – Existence of Digital Learning Plan