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The highest-poverty public high schools in New Jersey

405 public high schools in 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. Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering leads the list at 100%, against a median of 36.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

405

New Jersey

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

36.5%

HIGHEST POVERTY · NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering	Passaic, NJ	Passaic City School District	High	650	100%
2	Passaic Preparatory Academy	Passaic, NJ	Passaic City School District	High	710	100%
3	Passaic High School No. 12	Passaic, NJ	Passaic City School District	High	2,484	98.4%
4	Lakewood High School	LAKEWOOD, NJ	Lakewood Township School District	High	1,295	92.0%
5	Bridgeton High School	BRIDGETON, NJ	Bridgeton City School District	High	1,641	91.6%
6	Harrison High School	HARRISON, NJ	Harrison Public Schools	High	795	90.1%
7	Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School	Perth Amboy, NJ	Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School	High	259	89.2%
8	New Brunswick High School	NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ	New Brunswick School District	High	2,443	88.1%
9	Newark School of Fashion & Design	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	275	88.0%
10	Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	842	86.9%
11	Newark Vocational High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	591	86.6%
12	Academy Charter High School	LAKE COMO, NJ	Academy Charter High School	High	166	86.1%
13	Essex County Newark Tech	Newark, NJ	Essex County Schools of Technology	High	606	86.1%
14	Memorial High School	WEST NEW YORK, NJ	West New York School District	High	2,345	84.4%
15	Bound Brook High School	Bound Brook, NJ	Bound Brook School District	High	579	83.6%
16	Newark School of Global Studies	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	377	83.6%
17	Atlantic City High School	Atlantic City, NJ	Atlantic City School District	High	1,731	83.0%
18	Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	155	82.6%
19	Lindenwold High School	Lindenwold, NJ	Lindenwold Public School District	High	802	82.3%
20	University High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	426	82.2%
21	John E. Dwyer Technology Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,348	82.0%
22	Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,272	81.4%
23	Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,015	81.3%
24	West Side High School	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	541	81.1%
25	J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	415	81.0%
26	Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,144	80.5%
27	Technology High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	662	80.4%
28	University Academy Charter High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	University Academy Charter High School	High	429	80.2%
29	Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	414	79.5%
30	John F. Kennedy School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	143	79.0%
31	American History High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	386	78.5%
32	Achievers Early College Prep Charter School	Trenton, NJ	Achievers Early College Prep Charter School	High	543	78.3%
33	The Barack Obama Green Charter School	Plainfield, NJ	The Barack Obama Green Charter High School District	High	358	78.2%
34	Henry Snyder High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	729	78.1%
35	Camden County Technical School-Pennsauken	Pennsauken, NJ	Camden County Technical School District	High	786	77.9%
36	K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	740	77.8%
37	Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	High	357	77.3%
38	East Side High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	2,046	77.2%
39	Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	High	1,268	76.8%
40	International High School	PATERSON, NJ	Paterson Public School District	High	650	76.6%
41	William L Dickinson High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	1,786	76.6%
42	North Plainfield High School	North Plainfield, NJ	North Plainfield School District	High	1,141	75.7%
43	Lincoln High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	767	75.6%
44	Plainfield High School	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	High	2,077	75.4%
45	Abraham Clark High School	ROSELLE, NJ	Roselle Public School District	High	926	75.4%
46	Long Branch High School	LONG BRANCH, NJ	LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL District	High	1,500	75.3%
47	Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts	SOMERS POINT, NJ	Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts	High	253	74.7%
48	Central High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	1,051	74.5%
49	Jose Marti STEM Academy	UNION CITY, NJ	Union City School District	High	625	74.4%
50	Perth Amboy Magnet School	PERTH AMBOY, NJ	Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District	High	269	74.3%

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