Some may recall U.S. News & World Report recently published its annual high school rankings report and Southern Regional High School ranked last in Ocean County. Don’t believe it.

“A large percentage of our data is missing from the formula used to calculate their ranking for us,” said Southern Regional Superintendent Craig Henry. “So, if they didn’t do an accurate job of collecting the data, to me it means their entire report is invalid, flawed and statistically insignificant.”