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The highest-poverty public high schools in New Jersey · page 2

Ranks 51–100 of the highest-poverty public schools in New Jersey. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
51	Pennsauken High School	PENNSAUKEN, NJ	Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District	High	1,588	74.2%
52	Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School	PALISADES PARK, NJ	Palisades Park School District	High	747	73.9%
53	Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology	NEWARK, NJ	Essex County Schools of Technology	High	1,230	73.4%
54	Union City High School	Union City, NJ	Union City School District	High	3,147	73.2%
55	Carteret High School	CARTERET, NJ	Carteret Public School District	High	1,188	72.6%
56	Pleasantville High School	PLEASANTVILLE, NJ	Pleasantville Public School District	High	997	72.6%
57	James J Ferris High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	1,364	72.1%
58	Millville High School	MILLVILLE, NJ	Millville School District	High	1,687	72.0%
59	Woodbury Jr-Sr High School	Woodbury, NJ	Woodbury City Public School District	High	818	71.5%
60	Wildwood High School	WILDWOOD, NJ	Wildwood City School District	High	261	71.3%
61	STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges	South Orange, NJ	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	High	180	71.1%
62	Trenton Central High School - Main Campus	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	High	2,097	70.9%
63	Weequahic High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	592	70.4%
64	Malcolm X Shabazz High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	531	70.4%
65	Kearny High School	KEARNY, NJ	Kearny	High	1,825	70.4%
66	Cliffside Park High School	CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ	Cliffside Park School District	High	1,314	70.2%
67	Belleville High School	BELLEVILLE, NJ	Belleville Public School District	High	1,590	69.9%
68	Perth Amboy High School	PERTH AMBOY, NJ	Perth Amboy Public School District	High	2,769	69.8%
69	Innovation High School	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	301	69.8%
70	Penns Grove High School	CARNEYS POINT, NJ	Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District	High	632	69.5%
71	Overbrook Senior High School	PINE HILL, NJ	Pine Hill School District	High	860	69.1%
72	Willingboro High School	WILLINGBORO, NJ	Willingboro Public School District	High	845	69.0%
73	Liberty High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	193	68.9%
74	Arts High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	611	68.2%
75	Science Park High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	964	68.0%
76	Bayonne High School	BAYONNE, NJ	Bayonne School District	High	2,830	67.8%
77	Asbury Park High School	ASBURY PARK, NJ	Asbury Park School District	High	379	67.5%
78	Linden High School	Linden, NJ	Linden Public School District	High	1,934	67.5%
79	Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood	ENGLEWOOD, NJ	Englewood Public School District	High	1,083	66.9%
80	Clifton High School	CLIFTON, NJ	Clifton Public School District	High	3,150	66.9%
81	Hillside High School	HILLSIDE, NJ	Hillside Public School District	High	911	66.5%
82	Oakcrest High School	MAYS LANDING, NJ	Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District	High	949	66.3%
83	Neptune High School	NEPTUNE, NJ	Neptune Township School District	High	1,129	66.2%
84	North Bergen High School	N BERGEN, NJ	North Bergen School District	High	2,328	66.1%
85	Essex County West Caldwell Tech	West Caldwell, NJ	Essex County Schools of Technology	High	353	66.0%
86	Paulsboro High School	PAULSBORO, NJ	Paulsboro School District	High	390	65.6%
87	Piscataway Magnet School	PISCATAWAY, NJ	Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District	High	640	65.3%
88	Burlington City High School	BURLINGTON, NJ	Burlington City Public School District	High	757	65.3%
89	Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy	Pennington, NJ	Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County	High	111	64.9%
90	Orange High School	ORANGE, NJ	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	High	1,368	64.8%
91	Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	High	890	64.7%
92	Paterson STEAM High School	PATERSON, NJ	Paterson Public School District	High	379	64.6%
93	South River High School	SOUTH RIVER, NJ	South River Public School District	High	716	64.2%
94	Manville High School	Manville, NJ	Manville School District	High	528	64.2%
95	Hackensack High School	HACKENSACK, NJ	Hackensack School District	High	1,813	63.7%
96	Rahway High School	RAHWAY, NJ	Rahway Public School District	High	1,286	63.2%
97	Salem High School	SALEM, NJ	Salem City School District	High	393	63.1%
98	Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School	HALEDON, NJ	Passaic County Manchester Regional High School District	High	803	62.8%
99	Atlantic County Institute of Technology	MAYS LANDING, NJ	Atlantic County Vocational School District	High	1,852	62.6%
100	Bard Early College High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	395	62.5%

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