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The highest-poverty public K-12 schools in New Jersey

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public K-12 schools in New Jersey, drawn from 15 qualifying public K-12 schools. KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation leads the list at 97.2%, against a median of 21.4% 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.

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New Jersey

Top % FRL

97.2%

Median % FRL

21.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation	Camden, NJ	KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation	Combined	2,280	97.2%
2	Mastery Schools of Camden Inc.	Camden, NJ	Mastery Schools of Camden Inc.	Combined	2,873	95.2%
3	Ocean Academy Charter School	Lakewood, NJ	Ocean Academy Charter School	Combined	551	92.9%
4	NJ Regional Day School - Newark	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	Combined	123	83.7%
5	Empowerment Academy Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Empowerment Academy Charter School	Combined	1,272	53.9%
6	Behavioral Continuum	Paramus, NJ	Bergen County Special Services School District	Combined	124	25.8%
7	Future Foundations Academy (FFA)	Piscataway, NJ	Educational Services Commission of New Jersey	Combined	130	23.1%
8	Westampton Campus	WESTAMPTON, NJ	Burlington County Special Services School District	Combined	440	21.4%
9	Center for Lifelong Learning	PARLIN, NJ	Educational Services Commission of New Jersey	Combined	183	21.3%
10	Piscataway Regional Day School	PISCATAWAY, NJ	Educational Services Commission of New Jersey	Combined	119	20.2%
11	Autistic Continuum	Paramus, NJ	Bergen County Special Services School District	Combined	199	18.1%
12	Bankbridge Regional School	Sewell, NJ	Gloucester County Special Services School District	Combined	479	16.5%
13	Academy Learning Center	MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ	Educational Services Commission of New Jersey	Combined	113	15.9%
14	Deaf and Hard of Hearing Continuum	Paramus, NJ	Bergen County Special Services School District	Combined	134	14.9%
15	Northern Valley Central	Norwood, NJ	Northern Valley Regional High School District	Combined	178	2.8%

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