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The highest-performing public high schools in math in Essex County, New Jersey

This ranking covers the highest-performing public high schools in math in Essex County, New Jersey, drawn from 39 qualifying public high schools. Science Park High School leads the list at 80.6%, against a median of 26.0% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Essex County, New Jersey

Top % Proficient (Math)

80.6%

Median % Proficient (Math)

26.0%

BEST IN MATH · ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Math)
1	Science Park High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	964	80.6%
2	Millburn High School	MILLBURN, NJ	Millburn Township School District	High	1,380	79.6%
3	Glen Ridge High School	GLEN RIDGE, NJ	Glen Ridge Public School District	High	799	79.0%
4	Livingston High School	LIVINGSTON, NJ	Livingston Board of Education School District	High	2,081	69.7%
5	STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges	South Orange, NJ	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	High	180	62.9%
6	Technology High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	662	60.6%
7	West Essex High School	NORTH CALDWELL, NJ	West Essex Regional School District	High	1,061	57.7%
8	James Caldwell High School	WEST CALDWELL, NJ	Caldwell-West School District	High	749	54.9%
9	Cedar Grove High School	Cedar Grove, NJ	Cedar Grove Township School District	High	421	47.4%
10	Verona High School	VERONA, NJ	Verona Public School District	High	593	44.2%
11	Montclair High School	MONTCLAIR, NJ	Montclair Public School District	High	1,925	39.4%
12	Nutley High School	NUTLEY, NJ	Nutley Public School District	High	1,222	39.0%
13	Columbia High School	MAPLEWOOD, NJ	South Orange-Maplewood School District	High	1,985	38.8%
14	Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology	NEWARK, NJ	Essex County Schools of Technology	High	1,230	37.2%
15	Bard Early College High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	395	35.9%
16	Bloomfield High School	Bloomfield, NJ	Bloomfield Township School District	High	2,055	34.2%
17	West Orange High School	WEST ORANGE, NJ	West Orange Public Schools	High	2,106	33.4%
18	Essex County West Caldwell Tech	West Caldwell, NJ	Essex County Schools of Technology	High	353	29.4%
19	East Orange STEM Academy High School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	East Orange School District	High	646	26.9%
20	Essex County Newark Tech	Newark, NJ	Essex County Schools of Technology	High	606	26.0%
21	University High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	426	23.4%
22	Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	414	20.8%
23	Arts High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	611	15.0%
24	Orange High School	ORANGE, NJ	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	High	1,368	15.0%
25	Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	East Orange School District	High	701	10.0%
26	East Side High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	2,046	9.6%
27	Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	155	8.7%
28	Belleville High School	BELLEVILLE, NJ	Belleville Public School District	High	1,590	8.0%
29	Newark School of Fashion & Design	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	275	5.9%
30	Newark Vocational High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	591	5.6%
31	Irvington High School	IRVINGTON, NJ	Irvington Public School District	High	1,913	5.3%
32	American History High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	386	4.7%
33	Newark School of Global Studies	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	377	4.2%
34	Malcolm X Shabazz High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	531	3.4%
35	East Orange Campus High School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	East Orange School District	High	1,798	3.3%
36	Central High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	1,051	3.3%
37	West Side High School	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	541	2.9%
38	Barringer High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	1,894	2.1%
39	Weequahic High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	592	0.9%

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