UPDATE: THE BEST HIGH SCHOOLS IN NEW JERSEY SPRING 2024. It’s Spring of 2024 and we are down to the last few weeks of the school year and soon the Class of 24′ will be graduating and heading on to exciting things as they begin their adult lives. Congratulations to all the students this year who have excelled and look forward to receiving their degrees. The latest list of the BEST High Schools in New Jersey was released Tuesday from U.S. News and World Report.