Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark

Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark is a 9-12 campus of micro-enrollment scale in Newark, New Jersey, overseen by Newark Public School District, caters to 155 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 83% below the state mean of about 929.

Within Newark Public School District, which oversees 65 schools and 41,502 students, Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark records that the largest single group is Black, at 76% of enrollment; the rest consists of 20% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark records 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Essex County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 21.0%; Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark posts 5.7%, -15.3 points below that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Essex County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark is one.

The closest other public school is Weequahic High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 16.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 24%: 204 students in 2018 compared to 155 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 90% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 8.9:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.