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

This ranking covers the public high schools with the most Black students in Union County, New Jersey, drawn from 38 qualifying public high schools. Union High School leads the list at 1,078, against a median of 62 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

Union County, New Jersey

Top Black students

1,078

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · UNION COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Union High School	UNION, NJ	Township of Union School District	2,410	44.7%	1,078
2	Linden High School	Linden, NJ	Linden Public School District	1,934	32.3%	624
3	Hillside High School	HILLSIDE, NJ	Hillside Public School District	911	54.8%	499
4	Rahway High School	RAHWAY, NJ	Rahway Public School District	1,286	35.2%	453
5	Abraham Clark High School	ROSELLE, NJ	Roselle Public School District	926	46.1%	427
6	Plainfield High School	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	2,077	15.7%	326
7	John E. Dwyer Technology Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	1,348	17.4%	235
8	Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	1,272	15.9%	202
9	Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	1,144	16.6%	190
10	Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	842	18.4%	155
11	Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District	1,562	8.1%	127
12	K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	740	16.8%	124
13	Jonathan Dayton High School	Springfield, NJ	Springfield Public School District	654	17.3%	113
14	Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	357	31.4%	112
15	Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy	ELIZABETH, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	1,268	8.4%	106
16	The Barack Obama Green Charter School	Plainfield, NJ	The Barack Obama Green Charter High School District	358	25.7%	92
17	Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	1,015	9.0%	91
18	Union County Tech	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	502	15.1%	76
19	J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Elizabeth Public Schools	415	16.6%	69
20	Summit High School	SUMMIT, NJ	Summit Public School District	1,198	4.5%	54
21	David Brearley Middle/High School	Kenilworth, NJ	Kenilworth School District	774	6.7%	52
22	Roselle Park High School	ROSELLE PARK, NJ	Roselle Park Public School District	593	8.4%	50
23	Westfield Senior High School	Westfield, NJ	Westfield Public School District	1,776	2.4%	43
24	Academy For Allied Health Sciences	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	308	13.0%	40
25	Academy For Performing Arts	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	242	15.3%	37
26	Academy For Information Technology	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	307	10.8%	33
27	Cranford High School	CRANFORD, NJ	Cranford Public School District	1,116	2.9%	32
28	Union County Magnet High School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	297	7.4%	22
29	Arthur L. Johnson High School	CLARK, NJ	Clark Township Public School District	785	2.7%	21
30	Hillcrest Academy-South	WESTFIELD, NJ	Union County Educational Services Commission	87	24.1%	21
31	Governor Livingston High School	BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ	Berkeley Heights School District	849	1.8%	15
32	New Providence High School	NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ	New Providence School District	644	2.3%	15
33	Hillcrest Academy-North	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	Union County Educational Services Commission	74	20.3%	15
34	Pinnacle Academy High School	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	67	17.9%	12
35	Union County Career & Technical Institute	Scotch Plains, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	67	17.9%	12
36	Lamberts Mill Academy	WESTFIELD, NJ	Union County Educational Services Commission	42	26.2%	11
37	Work Readiness Academy	Union, NJ	Union County Educational Services Commission	23	30.4%	7
38	Simon Youth Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	4	50.0%	2

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