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What's the biggest difference between Technology High School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
662
High
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134000139
Technology High School
223 BROADWAY, NEWARK, NJ 07102 · (973) 481-5962 · Essex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
532 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 170 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 172 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 161 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 159 | 24% |
Student demographics
41%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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
89.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
60.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.7% | 60.6% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
61.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+39.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 22% 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 40 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 Technology High School
Technology High School's state test result (61.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology High School this school | 662 | 80.4% | 61.9% |
| K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy Elizabeth | 740 | 77.8% | 28.2% |
| Bound Brook High School Bound Brook | 579 | 83.6% | 19.9% |
| International High School PATERSON | 650 | 76.6% | 21.1% |
| Camden County Technical School-Pennsauken Pennsauken | 786 | 77.9% | 37.2% |
| J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy Elizabeth | 415 | 81.0% | 24.5% |
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 Technology High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #60 of 397 | #6 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #60 of 400 ▲ 22 | #6 of 39 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.7% | #25 of 395 ▲ 5 | #3 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #274 of 442 | #21 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #356 of 388 | #31 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.8% | #295 of 389 | #24 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.4% | #27 of 405 | #8 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.9% | #80 of 173 | #13 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
662
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
+9% since 2000-01, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 662 | 43.5 | 15.2:1 | 80% (532) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 48.5 | 13.5:1 | 80% (521) |
| 2022-23 | 665 | 48.5 | 13.7:1 | 84% (558) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 51 | 13.4:1 | 69% (472) |
| 2017-18 | 597 | 49 | 12.2:1 | 87% (520) |
| 2015-16 | 609 | 57 | 10.7:1 | 87% (529) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 38 | 12.8:1 | 90% (437) |
| 2000-01 | 609 | 62 | 9.8:1 | 74% (449) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Technology High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (597 to 662); teachers down 11% (49 to 43.5).
About Technology High School
Technology High School is a public high school run by Newark Public School District in NEWARK, New Jersey. The school counted 662 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 29% below the average for high schools in New Jersey.
Enrollment across the 65 schools in Newark Public School District totals 41,502 students.
The student body at Technology High School is 75% Hispanic. The school is also 13% Black and 9% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 25%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
Technology High School has 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.2:1. The school's 15.2:1 compares with an average of 12.7:1 for high schools in New Jersey. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 80%. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in Essex County.
Technology High School scores 39.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 61.9% actual versus 22.2% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Essex County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $80,789 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Essex County number 249, with about 145,473 students.
Of the public schools around it, Technology High School is closest to Roberto Clemente Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Technology High School places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 23 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.4:1 in 2020-21, and 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Technology High School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newark Public School District
- East Side High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Barringer High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Ann Street SchoolElementary · 1,294 students
- Lafayette Street SchoolElementary · 1,213 students
- First Avenue SchoolElementary · 1,084 students
- Early Childhood School - NorthElementary · 1,076 students
Other schools in NEWARK
- North Star Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 6,714 students
- TEAM Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 6,406 students
- Great Oaks Legacy Charter SchoolCombined · 2,169 students
- East Side High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Barringer High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Marion P. Thomas Charter SchoolCombined · 1,410 students
Other Technology High schools
One other US public school is named Technology High. Technology High School is the largest of the 2.
- Technology HighRohnert Park, CA · 343 students
Nearby schools
- Roberto Clemente Elementary School0.2 mi · 742
- Rafael Hernandez School0.3 mi · 713
- Franklin Elementary School0.3 mi · 725
- Newark School of Global Studies0.4 mi · 377
- Early Childhood School - North0.4 mi · 1,076
- Branch Brook School0.4 mi · 60
Frequently asked questions
About Technology High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Technology High School?
Technology High School enrolls approximately 662 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Technology High School serve?
Technology High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Technology High School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Technology High School.
How diverse is Technology High School?
Technology High School reports a student body of 9% White, 75% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Technology High School in?
Technology High School is part of Newark Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.