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The smallest public schools in Essex County, New Jersey

234 public schools in Essex County, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the smallest public schools, ranked by the smallest total enrollment (schools with at least 10 students). Essex Junior Academy leads the list at 15, against a median of 445 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
234
Essex County, New Jersey
Best Students
15
Median Students
445
SMALLEST · ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents
1Essex Junior AcademyFairfield, NJEssex Regional Educational Services CommissionElementary15
2Bruce Street SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictElementary34
3Essex High SchoolFairfield, NJEssex Regional Educational Services CommissionHigh34
4Essex Campus AcademyFAIRFIELD, NJEssex Regional Educational Services CommissionHigh37
5Harrison SchoolWest Caldwell, NJCaldwell-West School DistrictElementary39
6Betty Maddalena Early Learning CenterWest Orange, NJWest Orange Public SchoolsElementary49
7West Orange Early Childhood Learning CenterWest Orange, NJWest Orange Public SchoolsElementary54
8Branch Brook SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictElementary60
9Montrose Early Childhood CenterSouth Orange, NJSouth Orange-Maplewood School DistrictElementary98
10Discovery Charter SchoolNEWARK, NJDiscovery Charter SchoolMiddle99
11Fourteenth Avenue SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictElementary104
12NJ Regional Day School - NewarkNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictCombined123
13Forest Avenue SchoolGLEN RIDGE, NJGlen Ridge Public School DistrictElementary127
14Central SchoolGlen Ridge, NJGlen Ridge Public School DistrictElementary127
15Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. AcademyEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School DistrictElementary129
16Brookdale Avenue SchoolVERONA, NJVerona Public School DistrictElementary134
17Belleville PS9BELLEVILLE, NJBelleville Public School DistrictElementary138
18Newark Educators Community Charter SchoolNewark, NJNewark Educators Community Charter SchoolElementary142
19John F. Kennedy SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh143
20Althea Gibson AcademyEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School DistrictElementary144
21Linden Avenue SchoolGLEN RIDGE, NJGlen Ridge Public School DistrictElementary153
22Eagle Academy for Young Men of NewarkNewark, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh155
23Wahlstrom Early Childhood AcademyEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School DistrictElementary157
24The Early Childhood Center @ Forest GlenBloomfield, NJBloomfield Township School DistrictElementary158
25Belleville PS10BELLEVILLE, NJBelleville Public School DistrictElementary164
26STEM Innovation Academy of the OrangesSouth Orange, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School DistrictHigh180
27Orange Early Childhood CenterOrange, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School DistrictElementary195
28Michelle Obama Elementary SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School DistrictElementary198
29Renaissance Middle School at the Rand BuildingMONTCLAIR, NJMontclair Public School DistrictMiddle203
30Wilson Elementary SchoolWEST CALDWELL, NJCaldwell-West School DistrictElementary214
31Sir Isaac Newton Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJNewark Public School DistrictElementary225
32Forest Avenue SchoolVERONA, NJVerona Public School DistrictElementary230
33Hornblower Early Childhood CenterBelleville, NJBelleville Public School DistrictElementary245
34Mildred Barry Garvin ElementaryEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School DistrictElementary245
35Jefferson Elementary SchoolWEST CALDWELL, NJCaldwell-West School DistrictElementary246
36J. Garfield Jackson Sr. AcademyEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School DistrictElementary247
37Frederic N. Brown Elementary SchoolVERONA, NJVerona Public School DistrictElementary247
38Essex Fells Elementary SchoolESSEX FELLS, NJEssex Fells School DistrictElementary251
39Edgemont Elementary SchoolMONTCLAIR, NJMontclair Public School DistrictElementary251
40Lincoln Elementary SchoolCALDWELL, NJCaldwell-West School DistrictElementary253
41Cleveland Street Elementary SchoolORANGE, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School DistrictElementary255
42Nelson Mandela Elementary SchoolNewark, NJNewark Public School DistrictElementary256
43Laning Avenue SchoolVERONA, NJVerona Public School DistrictElementary261
44Sojourner Truth Middle SchoolEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School DistrictMiddle264
45Gordon Parks AcademyEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School DistrictElementary268
46Ecole Toussaint LouvertureEAST ORANGE, NJEast Orange School DistrictElementary269
47Oakwood Avenue Community SchoolORANGE, NJORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School DistrictElementary272
48Newark School of Fashion & DesignNewark, NJNewark Public School DistrictHigh275
49South Mountain SchoolMILLBURN, NJMillburn Township School DistrictElementary278
50Gould/Mountain Elementary SchoolN CALDWELL, NJNorth Caldwell School DistrictMiddle279
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