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The public elementary schools with the highest share of Black students in Union County, New Jersey

Across Union County, New Jersey, 106 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Franklin Elementary leads the list at 64.2%, against a median of 10.8% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

106

Union County, New Jersey

Top % Black

64.2%

Median % Black

10.8%

MOST BLACK · UNION COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black
1	Franklin Elementary	UNION, NJ	Township of Union School District	453	64.2%(291)
2	Deanna G. Taylor Academy	HILLSIDE, NJ	Hillside Public School District	202	55.0%(111)
3	Frederic W. Cook Elementary School	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	198	54.0%(107)
4	Number 5	Linden, NJ	Linden Public School District	319	48.6%(155)
5	Ola Edwards Community School	HILLSIDE, NJ	Hillside Public School District	391	48.1%(188)
6	Grover Cleveland Elementary School	RAHWAY, NJ	Rahway Public School District	453	47.0%(213)
7	Washington Elementary School	ROSELLE, NJ	Roselle Public School District	397	46.1%(183)
8	Abram P. Morris Early Childhood Center	HILLSIDE, NJ	Hillside Public School District	625	45.9%(287)
9	Dr. Charles C. Polk School	ROSELLE, NJ	Roselle Public School District	315	45.1%(142)
10	Kindergarten Success Academy	ROSELLE, NJ	Roselle Public School District	217	43.3%(94)
11	Hannah Caldwell Elementary	UNION, NJ	Township of Union School District	812	40.5%(329)
12	Number 4	Linden, NJ	Linden Public School District	447	40.5%(181)
13	Hurden Looker Elementary School	HILLSIDE, NJ	Hillside Public School District	408	40.2%(164)
14	Winfield Scott School No. 2	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	630	36.0%(227)
15	Connecticut Farms Elementary	UNION, NJ	Township of Union School District	430	33.0%(142)
16	Battle Hill Elementary	UNION, NJ	Township of Union School District	414	31.6%(131)
17	Livingston Elementary	UNION, NJ	Township of Union School District	485	31.3%(152)
18	George Washington Academy School No. 1	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	595	31.3%(186)
19	Cedarbrook Elementary School	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	671	28.0%(188)
20	Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	667	27.9%(186)
21	Number 1	Linden, NJ	Linden Public School District	454	27.8%(126)
22	Roosevelt Elementary School	RAHWAY, NJ	Rahway Public School District	608	27.6%(168)
23	Number 9	Linden, NJ	Linden Public School District	311	26.7%(83)
24	Franklin Elementary School	RAHWAY, NJ	Rahway Public School District	658	26.3%(173)
25	iPrep Academy School No 8	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	397	25.4%(101)
26	Emerson Community School	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	414	25.4%(105)
27	Harrison Elementary School	ROSELLE, NJ	Roselle Public School District	325	24.6%(80)
28	Washington Elementary	UNION, NJ	Township of Union School District	578	24.4%(141)
29	Madison Elementary School	RAHWAY, NJ	Rahway Public School District	384	24.2%(93)
30	John Marshal School No. 20	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	452	24.1%(109)
31	Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	767	23.3%(179)
32	Number 2	LINDEN, NJ	Linden Public School District	602	21.3%(128)
33	Benjamin Franklin School No. 13	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	392	19.9%(78)
34	Toussaint L'Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	1,001	19.4%(194)
35	Number 6	Linden, NJ	Linden Public School District	320	19.1%(61)
36	Number 10	Linden, NJ	Linden Public School District	299	19.1%(57)
37	Number 8	Linden, NJ	Linden Public School District	334	18.3%(61)
38	Donald Stewart Early Childhood Center No 51	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	310	17.7%(55)
39	Thelma L. Sandmeier Elementary School	Springfield, NJ	Springfield Public School District	276	16.3%(45)
40	Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	934	16.3%(152)
41	Cresthaven Academy Charter School	Plainfield, NJ	Cresthaven Academy Charter School	621	16.1%(100)
42	Clinton Elementary School	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	386	15.8%(61)
43	Robert Morris School No. 18	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	471	14.0%(66)
44	Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Childhood Center No 52	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	301	13.3%(40)
45	Dr. Albert Einstein Academy School No. 29	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	785	12.7%(100)
46	Jerome Dunn Academy No 9	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	856	12.3%(105)
47	Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School	ROSELLE PARK, NJ	Roselle Park Public School District	287	12.2%(35)
48	Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	729	12.1%(88)
49	Madison Monroe School No. 16	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	644	11.7%(75)
50	Edward V. Walton Primary School	Springfield, NJ	Springfield Public School District	511	11.6%(59)

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