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The highest-poverty public high schools in Union County, New Jersey

Across Union County, New Jersey, 31 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy leads the list at 86.9%, against a median of 56.2% 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

Union County, New Jersey

Top % FRL

86.9%

Median % FRL

56.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · UNION COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	842	86.9%
2	John E. Dwyer Technology Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,348	82.0%
3	Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,272	81.4%
4	Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,015	81.3%
5	J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	415	81.0%
6	Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,144	80.5%
7	The Barack Obama Green Charter School	Plainfield, NJ	The Barack Obama Green Charter High School District	High	358	78.2%
8	K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	740	77.8%
9	Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	High	357	77.3%
10	Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,268	76.8%
11	Plainfield High School	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	High	2,077	75.4%
12	Abraham Clark High School	ROSELLE, NJ	Roselle Public School District	High	926	75.4%
13	Linden High School	Linden, NJ	Linden Public School District	High	1,934	67.5%
14	Hillside High School	HILLSIDE, NJ	Hillside Public School District	High	911	66.5%
15	Rahway High School	RAHWAY, NJ	Rahway Public School District	High	1,286	63.2%
16	Roselle Park High School	ROSELLE PARK, NJ	Roselle Park Public School District	High	593	56.2%
17	Union High School	UNION, NJ	Township of Union School District	High	2,410	51.2%
18	David Brearley Middle/High School	Kenilworth, NJ	Kenilworth School District	High	774	33.2%
19	Jonathan Dayton High School	Springfield, NJ	Springfield Public School District	High	654	19.7%
20	Summit High School	SUMMIT, NJ	Summit Public School District	High	1,198	19.6%
21	Union County Magnet High School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	297	10.4%
22	Academy For Allied Health Sciences	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	308	10.4%
23	Union County Tech	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	502	10.2%
24	Arthur L. Johnson High School	CLARK, NJ	Clark Township Public School District	High	785	10.1%
25	Academy For Information Technology	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	307	8.8%
26	Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District	High	1,562	5.6%
27	Academy For Performing Arts	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	High	242	5.0%
28	New Providence High School	NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ	New Providence School District	High	644	3.1%
29	Governor Livingston High School	BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ	Berkeley Heights School District	High	849	3.1%
30	Westfield Senior High School	Westfield, NJ	Westfield Public School District	High	1,776	2.5%
31	Cranford High School	CRANFORD, NJ	Cranford Public School District	High	1,116	1.9%

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