In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by "The Washington Post", the school was ranked 34th in New Jersey and 1,160th nationwide. In 2008, "Newsweek" ranked the school as 919th in the nation. In "Newsweek's" May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Watchung Hills High School was listed in 999th place, the 31st-highest ranked school in New Jersey. In the magazine's 2006 survey, the school was ranked as 745th nationwide. In their 2004 survey, "Newsweek" ranked WHRHS as the 583rd best high school in the nation.