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

This ranking covers the public elementary schools with the most Black students in Essex County, New Jersey, drawn from 158 qualifying public elementary schools. Philip's Academy Charter School leads the list at 614, against a median of 81 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
158
Essex County, New Jersey
Top Black students
614
Median Black students
81
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · ESSEX COUNTY, 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
3Langston Hughes Elementary SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District55485.6%474
4Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District60575.0%454
5George Washington Carver Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District73656.8%418
6Speedway Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District52578.5%412
7Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District48184.4%406
8Ivy Hill Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District48882.8%404
9Belmont Runyon Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District50876.6%389
10East Orange Community Charter SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange Community Charter School41493.0%385
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
16Grove Street Elementary SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District44379.2%351
17Hawthorne Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District44479.0%351
18Chancellor Avenue Elementary SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District45573.0%332
19Shelia Y. Oliver AcademyEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District41378.2%323
20Lincoln Avenue Elementary SchoolORANGE, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District72844.4%323
21Burch Charter School of ExcellenceIRVINGTON, NJBurch Charter School of Excellence33595.5%320
22Madison AvenueIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District52460.3%316
23Whitney E. Houston AcademyEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District38581.6%314
24Dionne Warwick InstituteEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District37982.8%314
25Lincoln Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District42073.3%308
26Mt Vernon Place SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District90533.9%307
27Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District39374.8%294
28Link Community Charter SchoolNewark, NJLink Community Charter School34384.3%289
29Heywood Avenue Elementary SchoolORANGE, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District36376.9%279
30University Elementary SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District38472.1%277
31New Horizons Community Charter SchoolNEWARK, NJNew Horizons Community Charter School37071.6%265
32Berkeley Terrace Elementary SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District46456.9%264
33Harriet Tubman Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District29885.6%255
34Louise A. Spencer Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District77432.4%251
35Edward T. Bowser Sr. School of ExcellenceEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District61240.7%249
36Florence Avenue Elementary SchoolIRVINGTON, NJIrvington Public School District69435.5%246
37McKinley Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District91726.5%243
38Grover Cleveland Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District32172.3%232
39South 17th Street SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District36861.1%225
40Park Avenue Elementary SchoolORANGE, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District42352.7%223
41Robert Treat Academy Charter SchoolNEWARK, NJRobert Treat Academy Charter School70231.6%222
42Gordon Parks AcademyEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District26879.5%213
43Ecole Toussaint LouvertureEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District26977.7%209
44J. Garfield Jackson Sr. AcademyEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District24780.6%199
45Mildred Barry Garvin ElementaryEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District24572.7%178
46Forest Street Community Elementary SchoolORANGE, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District38445.6%175
47Oakwood Avenue Community SchoolORANGE, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District27264.3%175
48Michelle Obama Elementary SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School District19881.8%162
49Kelly Elementary SchoolW ORANGE, NJWest Orange Public Schools45134.4%155
50LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNewark, NJNewark Public School District81818.8%154
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