Irvington High School

Irvington High School is one of the high-enrollment four-year high schools in IRVINGTON, New Jersey, run under Irvington Public School District, with 1,913 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 106% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Irvington High School is one of 12 schools operated by Irvington Public School District, a district that serves 7,659 students overall.

On demographics, Irvington High School logs that Black students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 30% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 127 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Irvington High School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Irvington High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 31.9%; actual is 11.2%, a gap of -20.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Essex County shows median household income runs about $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Irvington High School is one.

Madison Avenue is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Irvington High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Irvington High School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 20.9%.

Irvington High School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Irvington High School's enrollment has ticked up 40% since 2018, when it stood at 1,363 (now 1,913). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 83% to 70%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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