Montgomery was recognized in 2006 as excellent in Advanced Placement Art History; all 203 students who took the AP exam that year scored 3 (out of 5) or above. The magazine ranked the school 16th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was the 33rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine’s September 2014 cover story on the state’s «Top Public High Schools», using a new ranking methodology. In Newsweek’s May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country’s top high schools, Montgomery High School was listed in 656th place, the 13th-highest ranked school in New Jersey.