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The highest-poverty public schools in New Jersey · page 17

Ranks 801850 of the highest-poverty public schools in New Jersey. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · NEW JERSEY
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
801Empowerment Academy Charter SchoolJersey City, NJEmpowerment Academy Charter SchoolCombined1,27253.9%
802Ridgefield Park Jr Sr High SchoolRIDGEFIELD PARK, NJRidgefield Park Public School DistrictHigh1,15953.9%
803Arthur Rann Elementary SchoolGALLOWAY, NJGalloway Township Public School DistrictElementary63553.9%
804MeadowbrookEATONTOWN, NJEatontown Public School DistrictElementary21253.8%
805Academy IJERSEY CITY, NJJersey City Public SchoolsMiddle41553.7%
806South River Early Learning CenterSOUTH RIVER, NJSouth River Public School DistrictElementary15153.6%
807Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary SchoolTEANECK, NJTeaneck School DistrictElementary33453.6%
808Winslow Township Elementary School FourSICKLERVILLE, NJWinslow Township School DistrictElementary51753.6%
809Halsted Middle SchoolNEWTON, NJNewton Public School DistrictMiddle28053.6%
810Denbo Crichton SchoolBrowns Mills, NJPemberton Township School DistrictElementary85553.6%
811Reeds Road Elementary SchoolGALLOWAY, NJGalloway Township Public School DistrictElementary49353.5%
812Quibbletown Middle SchoolPISCATAWAY, NJPiscataway Township School DistrictMiddle46753.5%
813Edward Johnstone Middle SchoolVINELAND, NJVineland Public School DistrictMiddle35553.5%
814School #5CLIFTON, NJClifton Public School DistrictElementary39853.5%
815Margaret L VetterEATONTOWN, NJEatontown Public School DistrictElementary23253.4%
816Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary SchoolPISCATAWAY, NJPiscataway Township School DistrictElementary51353.4%
817Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle SchoolVineland, NJVineland Public School DistrictMiddle62053.4%
818Menlo Park Terrace Elementary SchoolMETUCHEN, NJWoodbridge Township School DistrictElementary33053.3%
819Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene SchoolROSELLE PARK, NJRoselle Park Public School DistrictElementary28753.3%
820Memorial Middle SchoolELMWOOD PARK, NJElmwood Park School DistrictMiddle56953.3%
821Infinity InstituteJersey City, NJJersey City Public SchoolsHigh26553.2%
822Maple Shade High SchoolMAPLE SHADE, NJMaple Shade School DistrictHigh94453.2%
823Sixteenth Avenue SchoolELMWOOD PARK, NJElmwood Park School DistrictElementary41053.2%
824H Ashton MarshABSECON, NJAbsecon Public Schools DistrictElementary51653.1%
825Jackson Liberty High SchoolJackson, NJJackson Township School DistrictHigh1,01253.1%
826Watsessing Elementary SchoolBloomfield, NJBloomfield Township School DistrictElementary33352.9%
827Ventnor Middle SchoolVENTNOR, NJVentnor City School DistrictMiddle17652.8%
828Weehawken High SchoolWEEHAWKEN, NJWeehawken Public School DistrictHigh60452.8%
829Fernwood Avenue Middle SchoolEGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJEgg Harbor Township School DistrictMiddle81152.8%
830Elizabeth Avenue SchoolSomerset, NJFranklin Township Public School DistrictElementary54152.7%
831Jefferson ElementaryUNION, NJTownship of Union School DistrictMiddle56452.7%
832Helen A. Fort Middle SchoolPEMBERTON, NJPemberton Township School DistrictMiddle58452.6%
833Manchester Township Middle SchoolMANCHESTER, NJManchester Township School DistrictMiddle58652.6%
834Charles Olbon SchoolWoodland Park, NJWoodland Park School DistrictElementary40452.5%
835Burlington County Institute of Technology - WestamptonWestampton, NJBurlington County Institute of Technology School DistrictHigh1,30052.5%
836New Hanover Township SchoolWRIGHTSTOWN, NJNew Hanover TownshipElementary18552.4%
837Deerfield Township Elementary SchoolROSENHAYN, NJDeerfield Township School DistrictElementary32552.3%
838Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolTEANECK, NJTeaneck School DistrictMiddle46352.3%
839Quinton Township SchoolQUINTON, NJQuinton Township School DistrictElementary29152.2%
840Roebling Elementary SchoolROEBLING, NJFlorence Township School DistrictElementary41052.2%
841Summerfield Elementary SchoolNEPTUNE, NJNeptune Township School DistrictElementary38952.2%
842Hoboken High SchoolHOBOKEN, NJHoboken Public School DistrictHigh65252.1%
843John H. Winslow Elementary SchoolVINELAND, NJVineland Public School DistrictElementary47252.1%
844Perry L. Drew Elementary SchoolEAST WINDSOR, NJEast Windsor Regional School DistrictElementary59951.9%
845Bartle Elementary SchoolHIGHLAND PARK, NJHighland Park Boro School DistrictElementary40551.9%
846Prospect Park Middle SchoolProspect Park, NJProspect Park Public School DistrictMiddle14351.7%
847Alfred S. Faust Middle SchoolEast Rutherford, NJEast Rutherford School DistrictMiddle24051.7%
848James W. Lilley Elementary SchoolERIAL, NJGloucester Township Public SchoolsElementary51951.6%
849Egg Harbor Township High SchoolEGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJEgg Harbor Township School DistrictHigh2,27951.6%
850Emma Havens Young Elementary SchoolBRICK, NJBrick Township Public School DistrictElementary84351.5%
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