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The highest-poverty public high schools in Newark, New Jersey

20 public high schools in Newark, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Newark School of Fashion & Design leads the list at 88.0%, against a median of 78.8% 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
20
Newark, New Jersey
Top % FRL
88.0%
Median % FRL
78.8%
HIGHEST POVERTY · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
1Newark School of Fashion & DesignNewark, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh27588.0%
2Newark Vocational High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh59186.6%
3Essex County Newark TechNewark, NJEssex County Schools of TechnologyHigh60686.1%
4Newark School of Global StudiesNewark, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh37783.6%
5Eagle Academy for Young Men of NewarkNewark, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh15582.6%
6University High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh42682.2%
7West Side High SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh54181.1%
8Technology High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh66280.4%
9Newark Sch of Data Science and Information TechnologyNewark, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh41479.5%
10John F. Kennedy SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh14379.0%
11American History High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh38678.5%
12East Side High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh2,04677.2%
13Central High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh1,05174.5%
14Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of TechnologyNEWARK, NJEssex County Schools of TechnologyHigh1,23073.4%
15Weequahic High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh59270.4%
16Malcolm X Shabazz High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh53170.4%
17Arts High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh61168.2%
18Science Park High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh96468.0%
19Bard Early College High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh39562.5%
20Barringer High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh1,89459.7%
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