Enrollment
395
High
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134003158
Bard Early College High School
321 BERGEN STREET, NEWARK, NJ 07103 · (973) 733-8363 · Essex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of New Jersey public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
247 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 118 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 101 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 94 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 82 | 21% |
Student demographics
48%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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
58.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -10.0pp since 2023
Math
35.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +14.5pp 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 36 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.9% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 68.9% | 21.4% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Bard Early College High School
Bard Early College High School's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bard Early College High School this school | 395 | 62.5% | 36.5% |
| Malcolm X Shabazz High School NEWARK | 531 | 70.4% | 9.3% |
| Camden High School CAMDEN | 425 | 54.4% | 3.7% |
| Salem High School SALEM | 393 | 63.1% | 13.8% |
| Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School CAMDEN | 179 | 57.0% | 12.0% |
| Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology Newark | 414 | 79.5% | 33.3% |
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 Bard Early College High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #206 of 397 | #19 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #149 of 400 ▲ 103 | #15 of 39 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #146 of 395 ▼ 10 | #17 of 39 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #346 of 442 | #33 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #219 of 388 | #18 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #249 of 389 | #20 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.5% | #100 of 405 | #23 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.3% | #79 of 173 | #12 of 19 |
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
395
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 395 | 31.5 | 12.5:1 | 63% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 30 | 12.7:1 | 63% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 27 | 14.1:1 | 71% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 69% (279) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 67% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 25 | 12.1:1 | 69% (209) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bard Early College High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (355 to 395); teachers up 26% (25 to 31.5).
About Bard Early College High School
Bard Early College High School is a high school in NEWARK, New Jersey, and it is part of Newark Public School District. The school had 395 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in New Jersey) has about 929 students.
The district for Bard Early College High School is Newark Public School District, with 65 schools and 41,502 students.
Black students account for 65% of enrollment at Bard Early College High School. The remaining shares are 31% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Essex County's population at about 36%. By the diversity index, Bard Early College High School comes in at 48%.
The school reported 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.5:1. High schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 12.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 63%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Essex County is 54%.
Bard Early College High School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of New Jersey public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Bard Early College High School is 4.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 36.5%. Predicted: 31.9%.
Essex County census figures show that median household income is about $80,789, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 249 public schools operate in Essex County, serving about 145,473 students.
The next-closest public school is Camden Street Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bard Early College High School. Its average proficiency rate of 36.5% is above the 19.2% average for nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Bard Early College High School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 395, 3% below the 406 of 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Bard Early College High SchoolHow large is Bard Early College High School?
Bard Early College High School enrolls approximately 395 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Bard Early College High School serve?
Bard Early College High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Bard Early College High School have?
Bard Early College High School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bard Early College High School?
At Bard Early College High School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 31% Hispanic, 65% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Bard Early College High School?
Bard Early College High School is overseen by Newark Public School District in Essex County.
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