 In "Newsweek's" May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Mountain Lakes High School was listed in 3rd place, the 2nd-highest ranked school in New Jersey.In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", "The Daily Beast" ranked the school 538th in the nation among participating public high schools and 44th among schools in New Jersey.The school was ranked 207th in the nation and 17th in New Jersey on the list of "America's Best High Schools 2012" prepared by "The Daily Beast" / "Newsweek", with rankings based primarily on graduation rate, matriculation rate for college and number of Advanced Placement / International Baccalaureate courses taken per student, with lesser factors based on average scores on the SAT / ACT, average AP/IB scores and the number of AP/IB courses available to students.