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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Essex County, New Jersey

This ranking covers the highest-performing public high schools in reading in Essex County, New Jersey, drawn from 39 qualifying public high schools. Science Park High School leads the list at 95.5%, against a median of 55.9% 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

Essex County, New Jersey

Top % Proficient (Reading)

95.5%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

55.9%

BEST IN READING · ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Science Park High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	964	95.5%
2	STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges	South Orange, NJ	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	High	180	90.7%
3	Technology High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	662	89.7%
4	Millburn High School	MILLBURN, NJ	Millburn Township School District	High	1,380	82.9%
5	Glen Ridge High School	GLEN RIDGE, NJ	Glen Ridge Public School District	High	799	80.8%
6	Livingston High School	LIVINGSTON, NJ	Livingston Board of Education School District	High	2,081	79.8%
7	University High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	426	73.5%
8	Columbia High School	MAPLEWOOD, NJ	South Orange-Maplewood School District	High	1,985	68.8%
9	West Essex High School	NORTH CALDWELL, NJ	West Essex Regional School District	High	1,061	66.4%
10	Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology	NEWARK, NJ	Essex County Schools of Technology	High	1,230	66.0%
11	East Orange STEM Academy High School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	East Orange School District	High	646	64.9%
12	James Caldwell High School	WEST CALDWELL, NJ	Caldwell-West School District	High	749	64.4%
13	Montclair High School	MONTCLAIR, NJ	Montclair Public School District	High	1,925	62.9%
14	Verona High School	VERONA, NJ	Verona Public School District	High	593	62.0%
15	Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	East Orange School District	High	701	59.1%
16	Arts High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	611	59.0%
17	Bard Early College High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	395	58.9%
18	Cedar Grove High School	Cedar Grove, NJ	Cedar Grove Township School District	High	421	57.7%
19	Bloomfield High School	Bloomfield, NJ	Bloomfield Township School District	High	2,055	56.6%
20	Essex County Newark Tech	Newark, NJ	Essex County Schools of Technology	High	606	55.9%
21	Nutley High School	NUTLEY, NJ	Nutley Public School District	High	1,222	55.3%
22	West Orange High School	WEST ORANGE, NJ	West Orange Public Schools	High	2,106	54.6%
23	Essex County West Caldwell Tech	West Caldwell, NJ	Essex County Schools of Technology	High	353	54.2%
24	Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	414	46.4%
25	Newark Vocational High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	591	41.3%
26	Belleville High School	BELLEVILLE, NJ	Belleville Public School District	High	1,590	31.9%
27	Newark School of Global Studies	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	377	25.5%
28	Orange High School	ORANGE, NJ	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	High	1,368	23.6%
29	East Side High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	2,046	21.8%
30	Newark School of Fashion & Design	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	275	18.8%
31	Malcolm X Shabazz High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	531	18.6%
32	American History High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	386	16.3%
33	Irvington High School	IRVINGTON, NJ	Irvington Public School District	High	1,913	15.7%
34	East Orange Campus High School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	East Orange School District	High	1,798	14.1%
35	Central High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	1,051	11.6%
36	Weequahic High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	592	7.3%
37	West Side High School	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	541	6.7%
38	Barringer High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	1,894	5.4%
39	Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	High	155	0.0%

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