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The most racially diverse public schools in Union County, New Jersey

Across Union County, New Jersey, 159 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Academy For Allied Health Sciences leads the list at 75.2%, against a median of 53.2% 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

159

Union County, New Jersey

Top Diversity index

75.2%

Median Diversity index

53.2%

MOST DIVERSE · UNION COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Academy For Allied Health Sciences	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	308	75.2%	29.6%(91)	13.0%(40)	25.0%(77)	27.9%(86)
2	Academy For Information Technology	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	307	75.0%	30.6%(94)	10.8%(33)	21.8%(67)	30.0%(92)
3	Livingston Elementary	UNION, NJ	485	73.4%	23.7%(115)	31.3%(152)	32.4%(157)	5.8%(28)
4	Washington Elementary	UNION, NJ	578	72.9%	22.7%(131)	24.4%(141)	38.8%(224)	9.2%(53)
5	Connecticut Farms Elementary	UNION, NJ	430	72.6%	20.5%(88)	33.0%(142)	34.0%(146)	8.4%(36)
6	Union County Tech	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	502	72.2%	37.0%(186)	15.1%(76)	31.9%(160)	11.0%(55)
7	Battle Hill Elementary	UNION, NJ	414	71.9%	20.3%(84)	31.6%(131)	36.5%(151)	7.3%(30)
8	Kawameeh Middle School	UNION, NJ	729	71.4%	18.9%(138)	34.4%(251)	35.3%(257)	7.8%(57)
9	Hannah Caldwell Elementary	UNION, NJ	812	70.9%	14.0%(114)	40.5%(329)	31.2%(253)	8.9%(72)
10	Union County Magnet High School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	297	70.8%	30.6%(91)	7.4%(22)	20.5%(61)	38.4%(114)
11	Jefferson Elementary School	SUMMIT, NJ	221	70.5%	40.7%(90)	5.4%(12)	29.9%(66)	18.6%(41)
12	Number 9	Linden, NJ	311	70.4%	17.7%(55)	26.7%(83)	43.4%(135)	5.5%(17)
13	Jefferson Elementary	UNION, NJ	564	69.6%	16.5%(93)	43.1%(243)	29.1%(164)	7.5%(42)
14	Madison Elementary School	RAHWAY, NJ	384	68.4%	22.1%(85)	24.2%(93)	45.3%(174)	3.6%(14)
15	Union High School	UNION, NJ	2,410	68.2%	13.4%(324)	44.7%(1,078)	30.3%(729)	8.5%(205)
16	Academy For Performing Arts	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	242	67.7%	43.0%(104)	15.3%(37)	30.2%(73)	4.1%(10)
17	Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood Center	BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ	256	67.2%	49.2%(126)	2.3%(6)	13.7%(35)	23.1%(59)
18	Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	913	65.8%	52.3%(477)	8.7%(79)	20.6%(188)	12.7%(116)
19	Myles J. McManus MIddle School	Linden, NJ	711	65.7%	14.9%(106)	27.7%(197)	49.1%(349)	2.5%(18)
20	Jonathan Dayton High School	Springfield, NJ	654	65.7%	51.2%(335)	17.3%(113)	21.6%(141)	5.7%(37)
21	Burnet Middle School	UNION, NJ	970	65.6%	10.9%(106)	49.9%(484)	27.4%(266)	8.0%(78)
22	Mountain Park School	BERKELEY HTS, NJ	224	65.5%	50.0%(112)	1.3%(3)	15.6%(35)	25.4%(57)
23	Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School	Springfield, NJ	474	64.9%	53.6%(254)	15.0%(71)	18.4%(87)	7.2%(34)
24	James Caldwell Elementary School	Springfield, NJ	276	64.9%	52.2%(144)	10.5%(29)	23.9%(66)	8.0%(22)
25	Number 6	Linden, NJ	320	64.8%	25.3%(81)	19.1%(61)	50.0%(160)	3.4%(11)
26	Roosevelt Elementary School	RAHWAY, NJ	608	64.8%	15.5%(94)	27.6%(168)	50.0%(304)	2.3%(14)
27	Thelma L. Sandmeier Elementary School	Springfield, NJ	276	64.7%	54.0%(149)	16.3%(45)	17.0%(47)	5.8%(16)
28	School One Elementary	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	424	64.4%	54.0%(229)	8.7%(37)	20.1%(85)	11.6%(49)
29	Allen W. Roberts School	NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ	641	63.9%	50.4%(323)	0.9%(6)	13.4%(86)	29.3%(188)
30	Joseph E. Soehl Middle School	Linden, NJ	710	63.2%	10.6%(75)	33.9%(241)	48.9%(347)	1.4%(10)
31	Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy	RAHWAY, NJ	701	63.1%	12.3%(86)	32.2%(226)	49.8%(349)	1.4%(10)
32	William Woodruff School	BERKELEY HTS, NJ	238	63.0%	55.0%(131)	2.9%(7)	14.7%(35)	19.8%(47)
33	Rahway High School	RAHWAY, NJ	1,286	62.9%	10.7%(137)	35.2%(453)	48.3%(621)	1.9%(25)
34	Edward V. Walton Primary School	Springfield, NJ	511	62.7%	57.0%(291)	11.6%(59)	14.5%(74)	10.0%(51)
35	Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School	ROSELLE PARK, NJ	287	62.5%	25.1%(72)	12.2%(35)	54.0%(155)	7.0%(20)
36	Number 1	Linden, NJ	454	62.4%	13.2%(60)	27.8%(126)	52.9%(240)	1.8%(8)
37	Linden High School	Linden, NJ	1,934	62.3%	12.2%(235)	32.3%(624)	50.7%(980)	1.7%(33)
38	Abram P. Morris Early Childhood Center	HILLSIDE, NJ	625	62.2%	12.3%(77)	45.9%(287)	38.9%(243)	1.4%(9)
39	Columbia Middle School	BERKELEY HTS, NJ	523	62.0%	56.0%(293)	2.5%(13)	13.8%(72)	20.1%(105)
40	David Brearley Middle/High School	Kenilworth, NJ	774	62.0%	45.7%(354)	6.7%(52)	40.4%(313)	4.3%(33)
41	Grover Cleveland Elementary School	RAHWAY, NJ	453	61.7%	5.1%(23)	47.0%(213)	39.5%(179)	3.8%(17)
42	Sherman Elementary School	ROSELLE PARK, NJ	364	61.7%	29.1%(106)	11.0%(40)	53.3%(194)	3.6%(13)
43	Hurden Looker Elementary School	HILLSIDE, NJ	408	61.5%	11.3%(46)	40.2%(164)	45.8%(187)	1.0%(4)
44	Washington Elementary School	SUMMIT, NJ	323	61.5%	57.6%(186)	4.0%(13)	15.8%(51)	14.6%(47)
45	Howard B. Brunner Elementary School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	434	61.4%	58.1%(252)	8.5%(37)	14.3%(62)	13.6%(59)
46	Roselle Park Middle School	ROSELLE PARK, NJ	438	61.4%	24.9%(109)	13.0%(57)	55.3%(242)	4.6%(20)
47	Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School	SUMMIT, NJ	871	61.2%	57.1%(497)	4.1%(36)	20.4%(178)	12.2%(106)
48	Evergreen Elementary School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	449	61.1%	58.4%(262)	7.8%(35)	15.1%(68)	12.7%(57)
49	New Providence Middle School	NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ	396	60.5%	55.3%(219)	1.0%(4)	13.9%(55)	26.3%(104)
50	Ola Edwards Community School	HILLSIDE, NJ	391	60.4%	9.7%(38)	48.1%(188)	39.4%(154)	1.3%(5)

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