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The most racially diverse public high schools in Newark, New Jersey

This ranking covers the most racially diverse public high schools in Newark, New Jersey, drawn from 18 qualifying public high schools. Science Park High School leads the list at 60.2%, against a median of 49.1% 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

Newark, New Jersey

Top Diversity index

60.2%

Median Diversity index

49.1%

MOST DIVERSE · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Science Park High School	NEWARK, NJ	964	60.2%	8.6%(83)	34.4%(332)	52.1%(502)	2.8%(27)
2	Arts High School	NEWARK, NJ	611	56.8%	4.8%(29)	44.8%(274)	47.8%(292)	0.2%(1)
3	Newark Vocational High School	NEWARK, NJ	591	53.9%	1.9%(11)	43.5%(257)	52.1%(308)	0.5%(3)
4	Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology	Newark, NJ	414	53.8%	3.6%(15)	61.4%(254)	28.7%(119)	2.4%(10)
5	American History High School	NEWARK, NJ	386	53.6%	1.3%(5)	51.0%(197)	45.1%(174)	1.0%(4)
6	Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology	NEWARK, NJ	1,230	53.2%	1.9%(23)	51.6%(635)	44.5%(547)	1.1%(14)
7	Central High School	NEWARK, NJ	1,051	52.6%	0.8%(8)	52.7%(554)	44.2%(465)	0.8%(8)
8	Essex County Newark Tech	Newark, NJ	606	51.3%	1.5%(9)	39.3%(238)	57.3%(347)	0.7%(4)
9	Malcolm X Shabazz High School	NEWARK, NJ	531	49.7%	0.8%(4)	59.1%(314)	39.2%(208)	0.0%(0)
10	Newark School of Fashion & Design	Newark, NJ	275	48.5%	0.7%(2)	32.4%(89)	64.0%(176)	0.0%(0)
11	Bard Early College High School	NEWARK, NJ	395	47.8%	0.5%(2)	65.1%(257)	31.4%(124)	1.0%(4)
12	Technology High School	NEWARK, NJ	662	40.8%	9.1%(60)	13.3%(88)	75.2%(498)	2.0%(13)
13	University High School	NEWARK, NJ	426	36.3%	0.7%(3)	77.0%(328)	20.9%(89)	0.9%(4)
14	East Side High School	NEWARK, NJ	2,046	34.9%	16.0%(327)	4.5%(93)	79.0%(1,616)	0.3%(6)
15	West Side High School	Newark, NJ	541	31.9%	0.4%(2)	80.6%(436)	17.7%(96)	0.4%(2)
16	Newark School of Global Studies	Newark, NJ	377	29.7%	1.1%(4)	15.1%(57)	82.5%(311)	0.5%(2)
17	Weequahic High School	NEWARK, NJ	592	26.3%	0.8%(5)	85.0%(503)	12.2%(72)	0.0%(0)
18	Barringer High School	NEWARK, NJ	1,894	25.3%	0.6%(12)	12.8%(243)	85.5%(1,619)	0.3%(6)

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