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

42 public high schools in Essex County, 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. East Orange Campus High School leads the list at 1,427, against a median of 241 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
42
Essex County, New Jersey
Top Black students
1,427
Median Black students
241
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
6Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District70185.5%599
7East Orange STEM Academy High SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School District64687.6%566
8Columbia High SchoolMAPLEWOOD, NJSouth Orange-Maplewood School District1,98528.5%566
9Central High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,05152.7%554
10Weequahic High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District59285.0%503
11Bloomfield High SchoolBloomfield, NJBloomfield Township School District2,05522.9%470
12West Side High SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School District54180.6%436
13Montclair High SchoolMONTCLAIR, NJMontclair Public School District1,92522.6%434
14Science Park High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District96434.4%332
15University High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District42677.0%328
16Malcolm X Shabazz High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District53159.1%314
17Arts High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District61144.8%274
18Newark Vocational High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District59143.5%257
19Bard Early College High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District39565.1%257
20Newark Sch of Data Science and Information TechnologyNewark, NJNewark Public School District41461.4%254
21Barringer High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District1,89412.8%243
22Essex County Newark TechNewark, NJEssex County Schools of Technology60639.3%238
23American History High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District38651.0%197
24Belleville High SchoolBELLEVILLE, NJBelleville Public School District1,5908.4%133
25Essex County West Caldwell TechWest Caldwell, NJEssex County Schools of Technology35337.7%133
26Eagle Academy for Young Men of NewarkNewark, NJNewark Public School District15576.1%118
27Livingston High SchoolLIVINGSTON, NJLivingston Board of Education School District2,0814.8%101
28STEM Innovation Academy of the OrangesSouth Orange, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District18053.3%96
29East Side High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District2,0464.5%93
30Newark School of Fashion & DesignNewark, NJNewark Public School District27532.4%89
31Technology High SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District66213.3%88
32John F. Kennedy SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School District14356.6%81
33Newark School of Global StudiesNewark, NJNewark Public School District37715.1%57
34Nutley High SchoolNUTLEY, NJNutley Public School District1,2223.4%42
35Millburn High SchoolMILLBURN, NJMillburn Township School District1,3803.0%41
36Essex High SchoolFairfield, NJEssex Regional Educational Services Commission3494.1%32
37Glen Ridge High SchoolGLEN RIDGE, NJGlen Ridge Public School District7993.5%28
38West Essex High SchoolNORTH CALDWELL, NJWest Essex Regional School District1,0612.4%25
39Essex Campus AcademyFAIRFIELD, NJEssex Regional Educational Services Commission3762.2%23
40James Caldwell High SchoolWEST CALDWELL, NJCaldwell-West School District7492.4%18
41Cedar Grove High SchoolCedar Grove, NJCedar Grove Township School District4213.6%15
42Verona High SchoolVERONA, NJVerona Public School District5932.0%12
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