Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology

Located at 746 Sanford Avenue, in Newark, New Jersey, Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology is a modestly sized senior high that works with 414 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Newark Public School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology sits 55% below that benchmark.

Across the 65 schools in Newark Public School District (41,502 students total), Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology records that Black students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Essex County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.7%, the actual is 33.3%, a residual of +10.7 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Essex County) records that median household earnings sit near $80,789, 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 Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology is one.

The closest other public school is Ivy Hill Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology. On composite proficiency, Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 18.6%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

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