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K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy, Elizabeth, NJ

K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy is a public high school in Elizabeth, part of Elizabeth Public Schools. It enrolled 740 students in 2024-25, with 17.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
740
Teachers (FTE)
43.0
Students per teacher
17.2
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 4.2 higher than the district figure of 13.0. The New Jersey average across schools is 11.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.2
District13.0
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
237 South Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07202
County
Union County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
340459003519
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
483
Reduced-price lunch
93
Free or reduced-price lunch
57677.8% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Elizabeth Public Schools

High schools elsewhere in Elizabeth

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.