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

This ranking covers the public elementary schools with the most Black students in Newark, New Jersey, drawn from 53 qualifying public elementary schools. Philip's Academy Charter School leads the list at 614, against a median of 137 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
53
Newark, New Jersey
Top Black students
614
Median Black students
137
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% BlackBlack students
1Philip's Academy Charter SchoolNewark, NJPhillip's Academy Charter School73084.1%614
2Chancellor Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District60785.2%517
3George Washington Carver Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District73656.8%418
4Speedway Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District52578.5%412
5Ivy Hill Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District48882.8%404
6Belmont Runyon Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District50876.6%389
7Quitman Street SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District70654.3%383
8Thirteenth Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District83344.4%370
9Avon Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District48576.1%369
10Camden Street Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District68552.5%360
11Peshine Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District63555.8%354
12Hawthorne Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District44479.0%351
13Lincoln Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District42073.3%308
14Mt Vernon Place SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District90533.9%307
15Link Community Charter SchoolNewark, NJLink Community Charter School34384.3%289
16New Horizons Community Charter SchoolNEWARK, NJNew Horizons Community Charter School37071.6%265
17Harriet Tubman Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District29885.6%255
18Louise A. Spencer Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District77432.4%251
19McKinley Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District91726.5%243
20Grover Cleveland Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District32172.3%232
21South 17th Street SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District36861.1%225
22Robert Treat Academy Charter SchoolNEWARK, NJRobert Treat Academy Charter School70231.6%222
23Michelle Obama Elementary SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School District19881.8%162
24LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNewark, NJNewark Public School District81818.8%154
25Sir Isaac Newton Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District22567.1%151
26Roseville Community Charter SchoolNEWARK, NJRoseville Community Charter School28551.2%146
27Dr. William H. Horton Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District69019.9%137
28Sussex Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District54521.1%115
29The Gray Charter SchoolNEWARK, NJGray Charter School31735.3%112
30Rafael Hernandez SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District71315.0%107
31Dr. E. Alma Flagg SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District57018.6%106
32Newark Educators Community Charter SchoolNewark, NJNewark Educators Community Charter School14271.1%101
33Park Elementary SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School District74713.1%98
34Franklin Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District72511.3%82
35Roberto Clemente Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District74210.8%80
36Nelson Mandela Elementary SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School District25627.7%71
37Elliott Street Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District8808.0%70
38Fourteenth Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District10465.4%68
39First Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,0845.3%58
40Hawkins Street SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District6608.0%53
41South Street Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District8666.0%52
42Ridge Street SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District5938.6%51
43East Ward Elementary SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School District8544.7%40
44SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNewark, NJNewark Public School District5167.4%38
45Abington Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District8424.3%36
46Oliver Street SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,0343.1%32
47Maria Varisco Rogers Charter SchoolNEWARK, NJMaria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School5723.7%21
48Wilson Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,0061.8%18
49Ann Street SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,2941.0%13
50Lafayette Street SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,2131.1%13
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