Enrollment
531
High
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134002198
Malcolm X Shabazz High School
80 JOHNSON AVE, NEWARK, NJ 07108 · (973) 733-6974 · Essex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of New Jersey public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
21.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
374 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 | 190 | 36% |
| Grade 10 | 137 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 112 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 92 | 17% |
Student demographics
50%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
18.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
3.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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 down about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.6% | 3.4% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 8.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Malcolm X Shabazz High School
Malcolm X Shabazz High School's state test result (9.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm X Shabazz High School this school | 531 | 70.4% | 9.3% |
| Lincoln High School JERSEY CITY | 767 | 75.6% | 11.4% |
| Henry Snyder High School JERSEY CITY | 729 | 78.1% | 11.0% |
| Bard Early College High School NEWARK | 395 | 62.5% | 36.5% |
| Hillside High School HILLSIDE | 911 | 66.5% | 16.7% |
| 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 Malcolm X Shabazz High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.3% | #376 of 397 | #33 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.4% | #383 of 400 ▼ 39 | #34 of 39 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #358 of 395 ▲ 18 | #31 of 39 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #315 of 442 | #29 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #386 of 388 | #37 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #238 of 389 | #18 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.4% | #64 of 405 | #17 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.0% | #68 of 173 | #11 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
531
+171 (+48%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 1,033
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 531 | 25 | 21.2:1 | 70% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 72% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 28 | 9.7:1 | 78% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 36 | 10.0:1 | 65% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 37 | 12.7:1 | 72% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 53 | 10.6:1 | 68% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 898 | 60 | 15.0:1 | 75% (672) |
| 2000-01 | 1,194 | 98 | 12.2:1 | 59% (701) |
| 1990-91 | 1,033 | 99 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Malcolm X Shabazz High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (470 to 531); teachers down 32% (37 to 25).
About Malcolm X Shabazz High School
Malcolm X Shabazz High School is a small high school in NEWARK, New Jersey. Enrollment totals 531 students across grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in New Jersey enroll around 929, and this school is 43% below that mark.
Malcolm X Shabazz High School is one of the 65 schools that make up Newark Public School District (41,502 students in total).
Of every 100 students at Malcolm X Shabazz High School, about 59 are Black. Other reported shares: 39% Hispanic. Essex County's residents are about 36% Black, 23 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.
Malcolm X Shabazz High School lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 21.2 students per teacher. Across high schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 12.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 70% of the student body. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in Essex County is 16 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Malcolm X Shabazz High School lands at D, ahead of 6% of New Jersey public high schools.
Malcolm X Shabazz High School is a bottom-10% school in New Jersey on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 9.3% against a predicted 27.6%.
In the wider Essex County area, the median household earns about $80,789 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Essex County, 249 public schools serve about 145,473 students.
Among nearby public schools, Belmont Runyon Elementary School is closest at about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Malcolm X Shabazz High School ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Reported enrollment: 360 (2020-21) and 531 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. The number of students per teacher increased from 10.0 to 21.2 over 4 years.
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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 Malcolm X Shabazz High SchoolHow large is Malcolm X Shabazz High School?
Malcolm X Shabazz High School enrolls approximately 531 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Malcolm X Shabazz High School serve?
Malcolm X Shabazz High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Malcolm X Shabazz High School have?
Malcolm X Shabazz High School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
How diverse is Malcolm X Shabazz High School?
Malcolm X Shabazz High School reports a student body of 1% White, 39% Hispanic, 59% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Malcolm X Shabazz High School?
Malcolm X Shabazz High School is overseen by Newark Public School District in Essex County.
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