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

Across Essex County, New Jersey, 230 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. East Orange Campus High School leads the list at 1,427, against a median of 95 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
230
Essex County, New Jersey
Top Black students
1,427
Median Black students
95
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% BlackBlack students
1East Orange Campus High SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District1,79879.4%1,427
2Irvington High SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District1,91369.6%1,332
3West Orange High SchoolWEST ORANGE, NJWest Orange Public Schools2,10637.8%795
4Orange High SchoolORANGE, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District1,36848.3%661
5Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of TechnologyNEWARK, NJEssex County Schools of Technology1,23051.6%635
6Philip's Academy Charter SchoolNewark, NJPhillip's Academy Charter School73084.1%614
7Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District70185.5%599
8East Orange STEM Academy High SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District64687.6%566
9Columbia High SchoolMAPLEWOOD, NJSouth Orange-Maplewood School District1,98528.5%566
10Central High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,05152.7%554
11Chancellor Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District60785.2%517
12Weequahic High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District59285.0%503
13Union Avenue Middle SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District73567.3%495
14Langston Hughes Elementary SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District55485.6%474
15Bloomfield High SchoolBloomfield, NJBloomfield Township School District2,05522.9%470
16Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District60575.0%454
17University Middle SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District71961.6%443
18West Side High SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School District54180.6%436
19Montclair High SchoolMONTCLAIR, NJMontclair Public School District1,92522.6%434
20George Washington Carver Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District73656.8%418
21Speedway Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District52578.5%412
22Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District48184.4%406
23Ivy Hill Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District48882.8%404
24Belmont Runyon Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District50876.6%389
25East Orange Community Charter SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange Community Charter School41493.0%385
26Quitman Street SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District70654.3%383
27Thirteenth Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District83344.4%370
28Avon Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District48576.1%369
29Camden Street Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District68552.5%360
30Peshine Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District63555.8%354
31Grove Street Elementary SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District44379.2%351
32Hawthorne Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District44479.0%351
33Chancellor Avenue Elementary SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District45573.0%332
34Science Park High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District96434.4%332
35University High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District42677.0%328
36Shelia Y. Oliver AcademyEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District41378.2%323
37Lincoln Avenue Elementary SchoolORANGE, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District72844.4%323
38Burch Charter School of ExcellenceIRVINGTON, NJBurch Charter School of Excellence33595.5%320
39Madison AvenueIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District52460.3%316
40Whitney E. Houston AcademyEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District38581.6%314
41Dionne Warwick InstituteEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District37982.8%314
42Malcolm X Shabazz High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District53159.1%314
43Lincoln Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District42073.3%308
44Mt Vernon Place SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District90533.9%307
45Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District39374.8%294
46Link Community Charter SchoolNewark, NJLink Community Charter School34384.3%289
47Pride Academy Charter SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJPride Academy Charter School District30093.7%281
48Heywood Avenue Elementary SchoolORANGE, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District36376.9%279
49University Elementary SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District38472.1%277
50Arts High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District61144.8%274
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