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

20 public high schools in Newark, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the public high 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 256 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
20
Newark, New Jersey
Top Black students
635
Median Black students
256
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
2Central High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,05152.7%554
3Weequahic High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District59285.0%503
4West Side High SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School District54180.6%436
5Science Park High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District96434.4%332
6University High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District42677.0%328
7Malcolm X Shabazz High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District53159.1%314
8Arts High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District61144.8%274
9Newark Vocational High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District59143.5%257
10Bard Early College High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District39565.1%257
11Newark Sch of Data Science and Information TechnologyNewark, NJNewark Public School District41461.4%254
12Barringer High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,89412.8%243
13Essex County Newark TechNewark, NJEssex County Schools of Technology60639.3%238
14American History High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District38651.0%197
15Eagle Academy for Young Men of NewarkNewark, NJNewark Public School District15576.1%118
16East Side High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District2,0464.5%93
17Newark School of Fashion & DesignNewark, NJNewark Public School District27532.4%89
18Technology High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District66213.3%88
19John F. Kennedy SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District14356.6%81
20Newark School of Global StudiesNewark, NJNewark Public School District37715.1%57
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