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The public high schools with the highest share of female students in Union County, New Jersey

This ranking covers the public high schools with the highest share of female students in Union County, New Jersey, drawn from 31 qualifying public high schools. Academy For Performing Arts leads the list at 83.5%, against a median of 48.1% 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

Union County, New Jersey

Top % Female

83.5%

Median % Female

48.1%

MOST FEMALE · UNION COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Students	Female students	% Female
1	Academy For Performing Arts	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	242	202	83.5%
2	Academy For Allied Health Sciences	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	308	228	74.0%
3	Union County Tech	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	502	349	69.5%
4	Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	1,144	760	66.4%
5	Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	357	207	58.0%
6	Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	1,268	708	55.8%
7	Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	1,015	539	53.1%
8	Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	1,272	672	52.8%
9	Summit High School	SUMMIT, NJ	Summit Public School District	1,198	609	50.8%
10	Abraham Clark High School	ROSELLE, NJ	Roselle Public School District	926	460	49.7%
11	Westfield Senior High School	Westfield, NJ	Westfield Public School District	1,776	882	49.7%
12	Cranford High School	CRANFORD, NJ	Cranford Public School District	1,116	551	49.4%
13	David Brearley Middle/High School	Kenilworth, NJ	Kenilworth School District	774	380	49.1%
14	Jonathan Dayton High School	Springfield, NJ	Springfield Public School District	654	320	48.9%
15	Linden High School	Linden, NJ	Linden Public School District	1,934	942	48.7%
16	Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District	1,562	752	48.1%
17	The Barack Obama Green Charter School	Plainfield, NJ	The Barack Obama Green Charter High School District	358	172	48.0%
18	Roselle Park High School	ROSELLE PARK, NJ	Roselle Park Public School District	593	284	47.9%
19	Union High School	UNION, NJ	Township of Union School District	2,410	1,150	47.7%
20	Governor Livingston High School	BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ	Berkeley Heights School District	849	402	47.4%
21	New Providence High School	NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ	New Providence School District	644	304	47.2%
22	Arthur L. Johnson High School	CLARK, NJ	Clark Township Public School District	785	369	47.0%
23	Hillside High School	HILLSIDE, NJ	Hillside Public School District	911	421	46.2%
24	Plainfield High School	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	2,077	942	45.4%
25	Rahway High School	RAHWAY, NJ	Rahway Public School District	1,286	581	45.2%
26	K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	740	296	40.0%
27	John E. Dwyer Technology Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	1,348	523	38.8%
28	J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	415	161	38.8%
29	Union County Magnet High School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	297	111	37.4%
30	Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	842	300	35.6%
31	Academy For Information Technology	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	307	100	32.6%

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