4 3 rd - rank ed ▁public ▁high ▁school ▁in ▁New ▁Jersey ▁out ▁of ▁ 3 3 9 ▁schools ▁state wide ▁in ▁New ▁Jersey ▁Month ly ▁magazine ' s ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁cover ▁story ▁on ▁the ▁state ' s ▁" Top ▁Public ▁High ▁School s ", ▁using ▁a ▁new ▁ranking ▁method ology . ▁The ▁school ▁had ▁been ▁ranked ▁ 4 8 th ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁ 3 2 8 ▁schools ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁after ▁being ▁ranked ▁ 5 9 th ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁out ▁of ▁ 3 2 2 ▁schools ▁listed . ▁The ▁magazine ▁ranked ▁the ▁school ▁ 4 1 st ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁out ▁of ▁ 3 1 6 ▁schools . ▁The ▁school ▁was ▁ranked ▁ 3 0 th ▁in ▁the ▁magazine ' s ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁issue , ▁which ▁included ▁ 3 1 6 ▁schools ▁across ▁the ▁state . ▁ ▁Sch o old igger . com ▁ranked ▁the ▁school ▁tied ▁for ▁ 8 3 rd ▁out ▁of ▁ 3 8 1 ▁public ▁high ▁schools ▁state wide ▁in ▁its ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁rank ings ▁( a ▁decrease ▁of ▁ 4 0 ▁positions ▁from ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁ranking ) ▁which ▁were ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁combined ▁percentage ▁of ▁students ▁class ified ▁as ▁prof ic ient ▁or ▁above ▁prof ic ient ▁on ▁the ▁mathematics ▁( 8 8 . 1 %) ▁and ▁language ▁arts ▁liter acy ▁( 9 7 . 0 %) ▁components ▁of