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

This ranking covers the public high schools with the highest share of female students in New Jersey, drawn from 407 qualifying public high schools. Academy for Performing Arts leads the list at 88.2%, against a median of 48.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

407

New Jersey

Top % Female

88.2%

Median % Female

48.2%

MOST FEMALE · NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Students	Female students	% Female
1	Academy for Performing Arts	Rockaway, NJ	Morris County Vocational School District	144	127	88.2%
2	Academy For Performing Arts	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	242	202	83.5%
3	Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy	Trenton, NJ	Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County	137	113	82.5%
4	Newark School of Fashion & Design	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	275	217	78.9%
5	Hunterdon Polytech Bartles Corner Campus	Flemington, NJ	Hunterdon County Vocational School District	108	85	78.7%
6	Academy For Allied Health Sciences	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	308	228	74.0%
7	Arts High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	611	448	73.3%
8	OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy	Toms River, NJ	Ocean County Vocational Technical School District	259	189	73.0%
9	Union County Tech	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	502	349	69.5%
10	Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts	PATERSON, NJ	Paterson Public School District	258	176	68.2%
11	Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and Science	NEPTUNE, NJ	Monmouth County Vocational School District	300	203	67.7%
12	Woodbridge Academy Magnet School	WOODBRIDGE, NJ	Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District	288	194	67.4%
13	Communications High School	WALL, NJ	Monmouth County Vocational School District	295	196	66.4%
14	Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	1,144	760	66.4%
15	Passaic Preparatory Academy	Passaic, NJ	Passaic City School District	710	461	64.9%
16	Bard Early College High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	395	251	63.5%
17	Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School	CAMDEN, NJ	Camden City School District	179	113	63.1%
18	Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy	Pennington, NJ	Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County	111	70	63.1%
19	Creative Arts High School	CAMDEN, NJ	Camden City School District	209	129	61.7%
20	University High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	426	258	60.6%
21	Paterson STEAM High School	PATERSON, NJ	Paterson Public School District	379	227	59.9%
22	Jose Marti STEM Academy	UNION CITY, NJ	Union City School District	625	371	59.4%
23	Newark Vocational High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	591	350	59.2%
24	Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts	SOMERS POINT, NJ	Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts	253	149	58.9%
25	County Prep High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	892	522	58.5%
26	Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	East Orange School District	701	407	58.1%
27	Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	357	207	58.0%
28	Academy Charter High School	LAKE COMO, NJ	Academy Charter High School	166	96	57.8%
29	Passaic County Technical Institute	WAYNE, NJ	Passaic County Technical-Vocational School District	3,565	2,050	57.5%
30	Morris County School of Technology	DENVILLE, NJ	Morris County Vocational School District	885	507	57.3%
31	Biotechnology High School	FREEHOLD, NJ	Monmouth County Vocational School District	315	177	56.2%
32	Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	1,268	708	55.8%
33	Science Park High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	964	538	55.8%
34	Applied Technology High School	Paramus, NJ	Bergen County Vocational Technical School District	348	193	55.5%
35	High Tech High School	Secaucus, NJ	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	790	436	55.2%
36	Atlantic County Institute of Technology	MAYS LANDING, NJ	Atlantic County Vocational School District	1,852	1,017	54.9%
37	Piscataway Magnet School	PISCATAWAY, NJ	Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District	640	350	54.7%
38	Bergen County Academies	Hackensack, NJ	Bergen County Vocational Technical School District	1,130	615	54.4%
39	Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology	NEWARK, NJ	Essex County Schools of Technology	1,230	665	54.1%
40	Gloucester County Institute of Technology	Sewell, NJ	Gloucester County Vocational-Technical School District	1,657	893	53.9%
41	Dr Ronald McNair High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	716	385	53.8%
42	Keyport High School	KEYPORT, NJ	Keyport School District	372	200	53.8%
43	Achievers Early College Prep Charter School	Trenton, NJ	Achievers Early College Prep Charter School	543	291	53.6%
44	STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges	South Orange, NJ	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	180	96	53.3%
45	Howell High School	FARMINGDALE, NJ	Freehold Regional High School District	1,775	944	53.2%
46	University Academy Charter High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	University Academy Charter High School	429	228	53.1%
47	Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	1,015	539	53.1%
48	Glen Rock High School	GLEN ROCK, NJ	Glen Rock Public School District	722	383	53.0%
49	Kittatinny Regional High School	NEWTON, NJ	Kittatinny Regional School District	733	388	52.9%
50	Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School	Perth Amboy, NJ	Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School	259	137	52.9%

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