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McNair Academic High School building on Coles Street in Jersey City, Monday, December 8, 2008. -- REENA ROSE SIBAYAN / THE JERSEY JOURNAL

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Jersey City's McNair Academic High School topped Inside Jersey's list as Hudson County's top Performing Public High School for Academics and the Arts.

The magazine's ranking relies on a combined SAT score, a composite High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) score and a combined arts participation score.

McNair received a score of 375, earning it a spot in the top third statewide rankings with an SAT total of 1,776, a HSPA composite of 273 and total arts participation of 42 percent.

The score of 375 tied Essex County's North Star Academy Charter School of Newark at No. 16 in the state rankings.

High Tech High School in North Bergen was the only other Hudson County school to place in the top third of the rankings, following McNair with a score of 345. High Tech, part of the Hudson County Schools of Technology, had a SAT total of 1,638, a HSPA composite of 240 and a total arts participation of 58 percent.

The following schools were ranked among the state's middle third:

Weehawken High School, 319,

County Prep High School, 309

Secaucus High School, 302.

These schools were ranked among the state's lower third:

Bayonne High School, 288

Kearny High School, 283

North Bergen High School, 274

Memorial High School, 274

Harrison High School, 268

Union City High School, 260

Dickinson High School, 253

Hoboken High School, 249

University Academy Charter High School, 238

Ferris High School, 237

Snyder High School, 215

Lincoln High School, 215