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The lowest-poverty (most affluent) public high schools in Essex County, New Jersey

This ranking covers the lowest-poverty (most affluent) public high schools in Essex County, New Jersey, drawn from 40 qualifying public high schools. Glen Ridge High School leads the list at 0.4%, against a median of 67.0% 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
Best % FRL
0.4%
Median % FRL
67.0%
LOWEST POVERTY · ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
1Glen Ridge High SchoolGLEN RIDGE, NJGlen Ridge Public School DistrictHigh7990.4%
2Verona High SchoolVERONA, NJVerona Public School DistrictHigh5930.5%
3Millburn High SchoolMILLBURN, NJMillburn Township School DistrictHigh1,3801.9%
4Livingston High SchoolLIVINGSTON, NJLivingston Board of Education School DistrictHigh2,0812.2%
5West Essex High SchoolNORTH CALDWELL, NJWest Essex Regional School DistrictHigh1,0613.3%
6Cedar Grove High SchoolCedar Grove, NJCedar Grove Township School DistrictHigh4216.4%
7East Orange Campus High SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School DistrictHigh1,7988.5%
8James Caldwell High SchoolWEST CALDWELL, NJCaldwell-West School DistrictHigh74911.5%
9Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School DistrictHigh70112.6%
10Nutley High SchoolNUTLEY, NJNutley Public School DistrictHigh1,22215.4%
11Montclair High SchoolMONTCLAIR, NJMontclair Public School DistrictHigh1,92517.9%
12Columbia High SchoolMAPLEWOOD, NJSouth Orange-Maplewood School DistrictHigh1,98518.2%
13East Orange STEM Academy High SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School DistrictHigh64619.0%
14West Orange High SchoolWEST ORANGE, NJWest Orange Public SchoolsHigh2,10644.0%
15Bloomfield High SchoolBloomfield, NJBloomfield Township School DistrictHigh2,05550.3%
16Barringer High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh1,89459.7%
17Irvington High SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School DistrictHigh1,91362.5%
18Bard Early College High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh39562.5%
19Orange High SchoolORANGE, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School DistrictHigh1,36864.8%
20Essex County West Caldwell TechWest Caldwell, NJEssex County Schools of TechnologyHigh35366.0%
21Science Park High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh96468.0%
22Arts High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh61168.2%
23Belleville High SchoolBELLEVILLE, NJBelleville Public School DistrictHigh1,59069.9%
24Malcolm X Shabazz High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh53170.4%
25Weequahic High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh59270.4%
26STEM Innovation Academy of the OrangesSouth Orange, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School DistrictHigh18071.1%
27Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of TechnologyNEWARK, NJEssex County Schools of TechnologyHigh1,23073.4%
28Central High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh1,05174.5%
29East Side High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh2,04677.2%
30American History High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh38678.5%
31John F. Kennedy SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh14379.0%
32Newark Sch of Data Science and Information TechnologyNewark, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh41479.5%
33Technology High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh66280.4%
34West Side High SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh54181.1%
35University High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh42682.2%
36Eagle Academy for Young Men of NewarkNewark, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh15582.6%
37Newark School of Global StudiesNewark, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh37783.6%
38Essex County Newark TechNewark, NJEssex County Schools of TechnologyHigh60686.1%
39Newark Vocational High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh59186.6%
40Newark School of Fashion & DesignNewark, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh27588.0%
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