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

This ranking covers the public high schools with the most Black students in New Jersey, drawn from 431 qualifying public high schools. East Orange Campus High School leads the list at 1,427, against a median of 56 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

431

New Jersey

Top Black students

1,427

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	East Orange Campus High School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	East Orange School District	1,798	79.4%	1,427
2	Irvington High School	IRVINGTON, NJ	Irvington Public School District	1,913	69.6%	1,332
3	Union High School	UNION, NJ	Township of Union School District	2,410	44.7%	1,078
4	West Orange High School	WEST ORANGE, NJ	West Orange Public Schools	2,106	37.8%	795
5	Winslow Township High School	ATCO, NJ	Winslow Township School District	1,299	60.4%	785
6	Franklin High School	Somerset, NJ	Franklin Township Public School District	2,134	31.8%	678
7	Orange High School	ORANGE, NJ	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	1,368	48.3%	661
8	Trenton Central High School - Main Campus	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	2,097	31.1%	652
9	Willingboro High School	WILLINGBORO, NJ	Willingboro Public School District	845	75.6%	639
10	Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology	NEWARK, NJ	Essex County Schools of Technology	1,230	51.6%	635
11	Linden High School	Linden, NJ	Linden Public School District	1,934	32.3%	624
12	Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	East Orange School District	701	85.5%	599
13	Burlington County Institute of Technology - Westampton	Westampton, NJ	Burlington County Institute of Technology School District	1,300	45.3%	589
14	Piscataway Township High School	PISCATAWAY, NJ	Piscataway Township School District	2,144	27.2%	583
15	East Orange STEM Academy High School	EAST ORANGE, NJ	East Orange School District	646	87.6%	566
16	Columbia High School	MAPLEWOOD, NJ	South Orange-Maplewood School District	1,985	28.5%	566
17	Atlantic City High School	Atlantic City, NJ	Atlantic City School District	1,731	32.0%	554
18	Central High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	1,051	52.7%	554
19	Rancocas Valley Regional High School	MOUNT HOLLY, NJ	Rancocas Valley Regional High School District	1,928	28.4%	547
20	Ewing High School	EWING, NJ	Ewing Township School District	1,118	47.3%	529
21	Millville High School	MILLVILLE, NJ	Millville School District	1,687	31.0%	523
22	Weequahic High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	592	85.0%	503
23	Hillside High School	HILLSIDE, NJ	Hillside Public School District	911	54.8%	499
24	Bloomfield High School	Bloomfield, NJ	Bloomfield Township School District	2,055	22.9%	470
25	Vineland Senior High School	VINELAND, NJ	Vineland Public School District	2,736	16.9%	461
26	Bayonne High School	BAYONNE, NJ	Bayonne School District	2,830	16.3%	460
27	Rahway High School	RAHWAY, NJ	Rahway Public School District	1,286	35.2%	453
28	Henry Snyder High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	729	60.9%	444
29	Timber Creek Regional High School	ERIAL, NJ	Black Horse Pike Regional School District	1,109	39.8%	441
30	West Side High School	Newark, NJ	Newark Public School District	541	80.6%	436
31	Montclair High School	MONTCLAIR, NJ	Montclair Public School District	1,925	22.6%	434
32	Lincoln High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	767	55.8%	428
33	Abraham Clark High School	ROSELLE, NJ	Roselle Public School District	926	46.1%	427
34	Neptune High School	NEPTUNE, NJ	Neptune Township School District	1,129	37.3%	421
35	North Brunswick Township High School	NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ	North Brunswick Township School District	1,876	21.9%	411
36	Teaneck High School	TEANECK, NJ	Teaneck School District	1,244	31.5%	392
37	Burlington Township High School	BURLINGTON, NJ	Burlington Township School District	1,118	34.9%	390
38	Edison High School	EDISON, NJ	Edison Township School District	2,393	15.8%	378
39	Trenton STEM-to-Civics Charter School	Ewing, NJ	Trenton STEM-to-Civics Charter School	562	65.7%	369
40	Phillipsburg High School	PHILLIPSBURG, NJ	Phillipsburg School District	1,750	21.0%	368
41	Highland Regional High School	BLACKWOOD, NJ	Black Horse Pike Regional School District	1,150	31.6%	363
42	Pennsauken High School	PENNSAUKEN, NJ	Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District	1,588	22.9%	363
43	Burlington City High School	BURLINGTON, NJ	Burlington City Public School District	757	46.4%	351
44	Williamstown High School	WILLIAMSTOWN, NJ	Monroe Township Public School District	1,769	19.7%	348
45	Hackensack High School	HACKENSACK, NJ	Hackensack School District	1,813	19.1%	347
46	Passaic County Technical Institute	WAYNE, NJ	Passaic County Technical-Vocational School District	3,565	9.5%	339
47	Science Park High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	964	34.4%	332
48	University High School	NEWARK, NJ	Newark Public School District	426	77.0%	328
49	Eastside High School	PATERSON, NJ	Paterson Public School District	2,073	15.8%	327
50	Plainfield High School	PLAINFIELD, NJ	Plainfield Public School District	2,077	15.7%	326

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