 For the 2004-05 school year, the high school was recognized with a Blue Ribbon School Award by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.The school was the 20th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide in "New Jersey Monthly" magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 8th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.It was the 12th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in "New Jersey Monthly" magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools".