Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy

Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy is a reasonably sized high school in ELIZABETH, New Jersey, overseen by Elizabeth Public Schools. The school enrolls 1,268 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 36% larger than the state mean of about 929.

Elizabeth Public Schools comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 27,580 students; Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy is among them.

Demographically, Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy shows that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 11% White, 8% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy has 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Roughly 77% of students at Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 24.1%; this one delivers 62.6%, a residual of +38.5 points.

Around the school, Union County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

Nearest neighbor: Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 21.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 19%: 1,068 students in 2018 compared to 1,268 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 71% to 77%. Class-load math has rose: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.