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Enrollment
1,268
High
DISTRICT 1,006 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340459005478
Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy
40 Morrell Street, ELIZABETH, NJ 07202 · (908) 436-5870 · Union County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,268 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of New Jersey public high schools
- ATest 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
18.1:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
974 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 332 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 336 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 303 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 297 | 23% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
96.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +16.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 96.4% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 97.0% | 47.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+38.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 24% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 39 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy
Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy's state test result (62.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy this school | 1,268 | 76.8% | 62.6% |
| Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy Elizabeth | 1,015 | 81.3% | 40.0% |
| North Plainfield High School North Plainfield | 1,141 | 75.7% | 24.2% |
| Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety Academy Elizabeth | 1,272 | 81.4% | 12.2% |
| Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy Elizabeth | 1,144 | 80.5% | 25.9% |
| Belleville High School BELLEVILLE | 1,590 | 69.9% | 18.6% |
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 Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #59 of 397 | #9 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #50 of 400 ▲ 59 | #7 of 31 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 96.4% | #14 of 395 ▲ 3 | #5 of 31 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,268 | #112 of 442 | #9 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #380 of 388 | #27 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.4% | #303 of 389 | #22 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #39 of 405 | #10 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.7% | #45 of 173 | #4 of 24 |
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
1,268
+62 (+5%) vs 2020
-70% since 1990-91, when it was 4,161
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 1,268 | 70 | 18.1:1 | 77% (974) |
| 2023-24 | 1,291 | 68 | 19.0:1 | 73% (943) |
| 2022-23 | 1,281 | 68 | 18.8:1 | 75% (955) |
| 2020-21 | 1,206 | 75 | 16.1:1 | 65% (782) |
| 2017-18 | 1,068 | 65 | 16.4:1 | 73% (779) |
| 2015-16 | 844 | 52 | 16.2:1 | 73% (616) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | 60 | 11.4:1 | 82% (566) |
| 2000-01 | 4,882 | 333 | 14.7:1 | 64% (3,144) |
| 1990-91 | 4,161 | 295 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (1,068 to 1,268); teachers up 8% (65 to 70).
About Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy
Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy is a high school in ELIZABETH, New Jersey, and it is part of Elizabeth Public Schools. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 1,268 students. The school's enrollment is 36% larger than the 929 average for high schools in New Jersey.
Elizabeth Public Schools counts 37 schools and 27,580 students, including Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy.
At 77%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy combined. After that, the student body is 11% White, 8% Black, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Union County, the Hispanic share is about 35%. Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy has a diversity index of 39%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 70 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 18.1:1. For comparison, high schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 77%. It compares with 52% for public schools in Union County.
Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of New Jersey public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 62.6%. Predicted: 24.1%. Difference: 38.5 points.
Census estimates describe Union County this way: median household income is about $103,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 180 public schools in Union County, with a combined enrollment of about 99,046.
The school nearest to Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy is Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,268, 5% above the 1,206 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 18.1:1, from 16.1:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elizabeth Public Schools
- John E. Dwyer Technology AcademyHigh · 1,348 students
- Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety AcademyHigh · 1,272 students
- Thomas Jefferson Arts AcademyHigh · 1,144 students
- William F. Halloran School No.22Middle · 1,140 students
- Terence C. Reilly School No 7Middle · 1,130 students
- Alexander Hamilton Preparatory AcademyHigh · 1,015 students
Other schools in ELIZABETH
- John E. Dwyer Technology AcademyHigh · 1,348 students
- Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety AcademyHigh · 1,272 students
- Thomas Jefferson Arts AcademyHigh · 1,144 students
- William F. Halloran School No.22Middle · 1,140 students
- Terence C. Reilly School No 7Middle · 1,130 students
- Alexander Hamilton Preparatory AcademyHigh · 1,015 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy0.1 mi · 1,144
- Winfield Scott School No. 20.1 mi · 630
- Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety Academy0.3 mi · 1,272
- John E. Dwyer Technology Academy0.3 mi · 1,348
- K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy0.5 mi · 740
- Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 30.5 mi · 765
Frequently asked questions
About Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell AcademyHow large is Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy?
Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy enrolls approximately 1,268 students in grades 09-12.
Is Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy is approximately 18.1:1 (70 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy?
Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy reports a student body of 11% White, 77% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian.
Who oversees Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy?
Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy is overseen by Elizabeth Public Schools in Union County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.