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Which teacher or staff member at Arts High School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
611
High
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134002188
Arts High School
550 M L KING BLVD, NEWARK, NJ 07102 · (973) 733-7391 · Essex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL611 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of New Jersey public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
417 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 177 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 150 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 151 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 133 | 22% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.3% | 16.2% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arts High School
Arts High School's state test result (30.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts High School this school | 611 | 68.2% | 30.2% |
| Penns Grove High School CARNEYS POINT | 632 | 69.5% | 11.9% |
| Abraham Clark High School ROSELLE | 926 | 75.4% | 14.1% |
| Asbury Park High School ASBURY PARK | 379 | 67.5% | 18.1% |
| Science Park High School NEWARK | 964 | 68.0% | 78.2% |
| Malcolm X Shabazz High School NEWARK | 531 | 70.4% | 9.3% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arts High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #252 of 397 | #23 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #288 of 400 ▲ 6 | #23 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #145 of 395 ▲ 26 | #16 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 611 | #289 of 442 | #23 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #175 of 388 | #15 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #174 of 389 | #9 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #74 of 405 | #19 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #81 of 200 | #7 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
611
-3 (0%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 557
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 611 | 51.5 | 11.9:1 | 68% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 598 | 53.5 | 11.2:1 | 63% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 593 | 53 | 11.2:1 | 70% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 614 | 54 | 11.4:1 | 70% (429) |
| 2017-18 | 685 | 54 | 12.7:1 | 79% (544) |
| 2015-16 | 709 | 58 | 12.2:1 | 67% (473) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 45 | 12.0:1 | 75% (407) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 46 | 11.5:1 | 66% (351) |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 46 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arts High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (685 to 611); teachers down 5% (54 to 51.5).
About Arts High School
Arts High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in NEWARK, New Jersey. Total enrollment is 611 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. That is 34% below the average of about 929 students for high schools in New Jersey.
Arts High School falls under Newark Public School District, which has 65 schools enrolling 41,502 students.
The student body at Arts High School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 48%. Other groups make up 45% Black and 5% White. Essex County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Arts High School comes to 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.9:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in New Jersey is 12.7:1. Arts High School counts 68% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Essex County average 54%.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Arts High School outscored 52%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Arts High School scores 30.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 28.8%.
In Essex County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $80,789, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 249 public schools in the county, enrolling about 145,473, Arts High School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Discovery Charter School is closest at about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 30.0% proficiency; Arts High School posts 30.2%.
NCES assigns Arts High School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 611, close to the 614 recorded in 2020-21.
Arts High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
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- Marion P. Thomas Charter SchoolCombined · 1,410 students
Nearby schools
- Discovery Charter School0.3 mi · 99
- Quitman Street School0.3 mi · 706
- Great Oaks Legacy Charter School0.3 mi · 2,169
- American History High School0.4 mi · 386
- Essex County Newark Tech0.4 mi · 606
- Science Park High School0.5 mi · 964
Frequently asked questions
About Arts High SchoolHow many students attend Arts High School?
Arts High School enrolls approximately 611 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Arts High School serve?
Arts High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arts High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arts High School is approximately 11.9:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Arts High School?
Student demographics at Arts High School are roughly 5% White, 48% Hispanic, 45% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Arts High School in?
Arts High School is part of Newark Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.