Newark High School

As a mid-sized high school, Newark High School serves students in Newark, Delaware. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,039 students.

Christina School District is responsible for 28 schools, Newark High School included, with 12,954 students in all.

The largest group at Newark High School is Black students, at 38%. The remaining students are 28% White, 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show New Castle County is about 26% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Newark High School scores 71%.

Staffing at Newark High School comes to 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.3:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Delaware is 16.6:1.

In New Castle County, home to about 577,961 people, median household income comes to about $91,166, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New Castle County's 129 public schools enroll about 78,534 students and include Newark High School.

The closest school to Newark High School is Brookside Elementary School, located about 1.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

NCES assigns Newark High School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment decreased 3% over 4 years, reaching 1,039 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.4:1 to 15.3:1.

The allk12 page for Newark High School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.