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

This ranking covers the public high schools with the highest share of White students in Essex County, New Jersey, drawn from 40 qualifying public high schools. West Essex High School leads the list at 79.5%, against a median of 2.3% 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
40
Essex County, New Jersey
Top % White
79.5%
Median % White
2.3%
MOST WHITE · ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% White
1West Essex High SchoolNORTH CALDWELL, NJWest Essex Regional School District1,06179.5%(844)
2Verona High SchoolVERONA, NJVerona Public School District59379.3%(470)
3Cedar Grove High SchoolCedar Grove, NJCedar Grove Township School District42176.7%(323)
4James Caldwell High SchoolWEST CALDWELL, NJCaldwell-West School District74976.6%(574)
5Glen Ridge High SchoolGLEN RIDGE, NJGlen Ridge Public School District79972.6%(580)
6Columbia High SchoolMAPLEWOOD, NJSouth Orange-Maplewood School District1,98551.5%(1,022)
7Nutley High SchoolNUTLEY, NJNutley Public School District1,22251.0%(623)
8Livingston High SchoolLIVINGSTON, NJLivingston Board of Education School District2,08149.5%(1,030)
9Montclair High SchoolMONTCLAIR, NJMontclair Public School District1,92548.6%(935)
10Millburn High SchoolMILLBURN, NJMillburn Township School District1,38043.5%(601)
11Bloomfield High SchoolBloomfield, NJBloomfield Township School District2,05521.8%(448)
12East Side High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District2,04616.0%(327)
13West Orange High SchoolWEST ORANGE, NJWest Orange Public Schools2,10614.9%(314)
14Belleville High SchoolBELLEVILLE, NJBelleville Public School District1,5909.2%(146)
15Technology High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District6629.1%(60)
16Science Park High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District9648.6%(83)
17Arts High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District6114.8%(29)
18Essex County West Caldwell TechWest Caldwell, NJEssex County Schools of Technology3534.0%(14)
19Newark Sch of Data Science and Information TechnologyNewark, NJNewark Public School District4143.6%(15)
20East Orange Campus High SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District1,7982.8%(50)
21Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of TechnologyNEWARK, NJEssex County Schools of Technology1,2301.9%(23)
22Newark Vocational High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District5911.9%(11)
23Essex County Newark TechNewark, NJEssex County Schools of Technology6061.5%(9)
24American History High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District3861.3%(5)
25Newark School of Global StudiesNewark, NJNewark Public School District3771.1%(4)
26Weequahic High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District5920.8%(5)
27Central High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,0510.8%(8)
28Malcolm X Shabazz High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District5310.8%(4)
29Newark School of Fashion & DesignNewark, NJNewark Public School District2750.7%(2)
30University High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District4260.7%(3)
31John F. Kennedy SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1430.7%(1)
32Eagle Academy for Young Men of NewarkNewark, NJNewark Public School District1550.7%(1)
33Barringer High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,8940.6%(12)
34Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District7010.6%(4)
35Bard Early College High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District3950.5%(2)
36East Orange STEM Academy High SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District6460.5%(3)
37West Side High SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School District5410.4%(2)
38Irvington High SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District1,9130.2%(4)
39Orange High SchoolORANGE, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District1,3680.1%(2)
40STEM Innovation Academy of the OrangesSouth Orange, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District1800.0%(0)
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Racial and ethnic enrollment shares are factual figures reported by each school to the federal government (NCES). This list describes the composition of student bodies and is not an evaluation or endorsement of any school.

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