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The public schools with the most Black students in Newark, New Jersey

75 public schools in Newark, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the public schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology leads the list at 635, against a median of 154 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
75
Newark, New Jersey
Top Black students
635
Median Black students
154
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% BlackBlack students
1Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of TechnologyNEWARK, NJEssex County Schools of Technology1,23051.6%635
2Philip's Academy Charter SchoolNewark, NJPhillip's Academy Charter School73084.1%614
3Central High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,05152.7%554
4Chancellor Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District60785.2%517
5Weequahic High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District59285.0%503
6West Side High SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School District54180.6%436
7George Washington Carver Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District73656.8%418
8Speedway Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District52578.5%412
9Ivy Hill Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District48882.8%404
10Belmont Runyon Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District50876.6%389
11Quitman Street SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District70654.3%383
12Thirteenth Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District83344.4%370
13Avon Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District48576.1%369
14Camden Street Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District68552.5%360
15Peshine Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District63555.8%354
16Hawthorne Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District44479.0%351
17Science Park High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District96434.4%332
18University High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District42677.0%328
19Malcolm X Shabazz High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District53159.1%314
20Lincoln Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District42073.3%308
21Mt Vernon Place SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District90533.9%307
22Link Community Charter SchoolNewark, NJLink Community Charter School34384.3%289
23Arts High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District61144.8%274
24New Horizons Community Charter SchoolNEWARK, NJNew Horizons Community Charter School37071.6%265
25Newark Vocational High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District59143.5%257
26Bard Early College High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District39565.1%257
27Harriet Tubman Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District29885.6%255
28Newark Sch of Data Science and Information TechnologyNewark, NJNewark Public School District41461.4%254
29Louise A. Spencer Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District77432.4%251
30Barringer High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,89412.8%243
31McKinley Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District91726.5%243
32Essex County Newark TechNewark, NJEssex County Schools of Technology60639.3%238
33Grover Cleveland Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District32172.3%232
34South 17th Street SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District36861.1%225
35Robert Treat Academy Charter SchoolNEWARK, NJRobert Treat Academy Charter School70231.6%222
36American History High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District38651.0%197
37Michelle Obama Elementary SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School District19881.8%162
38LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNewark, NJNewark Public School District81818.8%154
39Sir Isaac Newton Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District22567.1%151
40Roseville Community Charter SchoolNEWARK, NJRoseville Community Charter School28551.2%146
41Dr. William H. Horton Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District69019.9%137
42Eagle Academy for Young Men of NewarkNewark, NJNewark Public School District15576.1%118
43Sussex Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District54521.1%115
44The Gray Charter SchoolNEWARK, NJGray Charter School31735.3%112
45Rafael Hernandez SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District71315.0%107
46Dr. E. Alma Flagg SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District57018.6%106
47Newark Educators Community Charter SchoolNewark, NJNewark Educators Community Charter School14271.1%101
48Park Elementary SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School District74713.1%98
49East Side High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District2,0464.5%93
50Newark School of Fashion & DesignNewark, NJNewark Public School District27532.4%89
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