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

31 public high schools in Union County, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public high schools, 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 50.6% 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 Diversity index

75.2%

Median Diversity index

50.6%

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	Union County Tech	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	502	72.2%	37.0%(186)	15.1%(76)	31.9%(160)	11.0%(55)
4	Union County Magnet High School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	297	70.8%	30.6%(91)	7.4%(22)	20.5%(61)	38.4%(114)
5	Union High School	UNION, NJ	2,410	68.2%	13.4%(324)	44.7%(1,078)	30.3%(729)	8.5%(205)
6	Academy For Performing Arts	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	242	67.7%	43.0%(104)	15.3%(37)	30.2%(73)	4.1%(10)
7	Jonathan Dayton High School	Springfield, NJ	654	65.7%	51.2%(335)	17.3%(113)	21.6%(141)	5.7%(37)
8	Rahway High School	RAHWAY, NJ	1,286	62.9%	10.7%(137)	35.2%(453)	48.3%(621)	1.9%(25)
9	Linden High School	Linden, NJ	1,934	62.3%	12.2%(235)	32.3%(624)	50.7%(980)	1.7%(33)
10	David Brearley Middle/High School	Kenilworth, NJ	774	62.0%	45.7%(354)	6.7%(52)	40.4%(313)	4.3%(33)
11	Summit High School	SUMMIT, NJ	1,198	59.6%	57.8%(692)	4.5%(54)	24.4%(292)	7.6%(91)
12	Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School	SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ	1,562	56.8%	62.4%(974)	8.1%(127)	15.8%(247)	8.6%(134)
13	Hillside High School	HILLSIDE, NJ	911	56.4%	7.3%(67)	54.8%(499)	36.1%(329)	0.7%(6)
14	Roselle Park High School	ROSELLE PARK, NJ	593	55.5%	25.5%(151)	8.4%(50)	60.9%(361)	4.4%(26)
15	Abraham Clark High School	ROSELLE, NJ	926	53.5%	2.3%(21)	46.1%(427)	50.2%(465)	0.5%(5)
16	New Providence High School	NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ	644	50.6%	67.4%(434)	2.3%(15)	15.2%(98)	12.6%(81)
17	Governor Livingston High School	BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ	849	50.5%	67.5%(573)	1.8%(15)	15.2%(129)	10.8%(92)
18	Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies	PLAINFIELD, NJ	357	45.3%	0.6%(2)	31.4%(112)	67.0%(239)	0.0%(0)
19	The Barack Obama Green Charter School	Plainfield, NJ	358	39.8%	0.3%(1)	25.7%(92)	73.2%(262)	0.3%(1)
20	Arthur L. Johnson High School	CLARK, NJ	785	39.5%	75.3%(591)	2.7%(21)	18.7%(147)	2.2%(17)
21	Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	1,144	39.5%	7.0%(80)	16.6%(190)	75.6%(865)	0.5%(6)
22	Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy	ELIZABETH, NJ	1,268	39.4%	10.6%(134)	8.4%(106)	76.6%(971)	4.2%(53)
23	J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	415	37.5%	5.1%(21)	16.6%(69)	77.1%(320)	1.0%(4)
24	Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	1,272	37.5%	5.6%(71)	15.9%(202)	77.1%(981)	1.0%(13)
25	Westfield Senior High School	Westfield, NJ	1,776	37.1%	78.2%(1,389)	2.4%(43)	7.5%(134)	8.4%(150)
26	K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	740	37.0%	4.9%(36)	16.8%(124)	77.4%(573)	0.8%(6)
27	Cranford High School	CRANFORD, NJ	1,116	36.6%	78.6%(877)	2.9%(32)	11.7%(130)	4.1%(46)
28	Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	842	35.9%	3.4%(29)	18.4%(155)	77.7%(654)	0.2%(2)
29	John E. Dwyer Technology Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	1,348	35.7%	3.7%(50)	17.4%(235)	78.1%(1,053)	0.6%(8)
30	Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy	Elizabeth, NJ	1,015	32.3%	6.7%(68)	9.0%(91)	81.4%(826)	2.8%(28)
31	Plainfield High School	PLAINFIELD, NJ	2,077	29.9%	0.8%(17)	15.7%(326)	82.2%(1,708)	0.4%(8)

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