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The public high schools with the highest share of male students in Essex County, New Jersey

40 public high schools in Essex County, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the highest share of male students, ranked by the share of enrolled students who are male, from federal NCES data. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark leads the list at 100%, against a median of 51.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
40
Essex County, New Jersey
Top % Male
100%
Median % Male
51.5%
MOST MALE · ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
#SchoolCityDistrictStudentsMale students% Male
1Eagle Academy for Young Men of NewarkNewark, NJNewark Public School District155155100%
2Newark Sch of Data Science and Information TechnologyNewark, NJNewark Public School District41429571.3%
3John F. Kennedy SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1438962.2%
4Technology High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District66241061.9%
5Barringer High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,8941,08257.1%
6East Side High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District2,0461,14856.1%
7Cedar Grove High SchoolCedar Grove, NJCedar Grove Township School District42123154.9%
8James Caldwell High SchoolWEST CALDWELL, NJCaldwell-West School District74940053.4%
9Central High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,05156153.4%
10Orange High SchoolORANGE, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District1,36872953.3%
11Livingston High SchoolLIVINGSTON, NJLivingston Board of Education School District2,0811,10653.1%
12Belleville High SchoolBELLEVILLE, NJBelleville Public School District1,59083852.7%
13East Orange Campus High SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District1,79894752.7%
14Malcolm X Shabazz High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District53127952.5%
15Millburn High SchoolMILLBURN, NJMillburn Township School District1,38072452.5%
16Montclair High SchoolMONTCLAIR, NJMontclair Public School District1,9251,00852.4%
17East Orange STEM Academy High SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District64633652.0%
18West Side High SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School District54128151.9%
19West Essex High SchoolNORTH CALDWELL, NJWest Essex Regional School District1,06155051.8%
20American History High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District38620051.8%
21West Orange High SchoolWEST ORANGE, NJWest Orange Public Schools2,1061,07751.1%
22Irvington High SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District1,91397050.7%
23Bloomfield High SchoolBloomfield, NJBloomfield Township School District2,0551,03750.5%
24Essex County Newark TechNewark, NJEssex County Schools of Technology60630450.2%
25Weequahic High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District59229750.2%
26Essex County West Caldwell TechWest Caldwell, NJEssex County Schools of Technology35317750.1%
27Columbia High SchoolMAPLEWOOD, NJSouth Orange-Maplewood School District1,98598949.8%
28Nutley High SchoolNUTLEY, NJNutley Public School District1,22260049.1%
29Newark School of Global StudiesNewark, NJNewark Public School District37718549.1%
30Glen Ridge High SchoolGLEN RIDGE, NJGlen Ridge Public School District79938347.9%
31Verona High SchoolVERONA, NJVerona Public School District59328347.7%
32STEM Innovation Academy of the OrangesSouth Orange, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District1808446.7%
33Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of TechnologyNEWARK, NJEssex County Schools of Technology1,23056145.6%
34Science Park High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District96442644.2%
35Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District70129341.8%
36Newark Vocational High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District59124140.8%
37University High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District42616839.4%
38Bard Early College High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District39514436.5%
39Arts High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District61116326.7%
40Newark School of Fashion & DesignNewark, NJNewark Public School District2755821.1%
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