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Newark Public School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending

Newark Public School District runs 64 public schools with 44,199 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.6 students per teacher is 3.9 higher than the New Jersey figure of 11.7.

At a glance

Schools: 64
Students: 44,199
Teachers (FTE): 2,840
Students per teacher: 15.6; NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3

Address: 765 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: (973)733-7333
County: Essex County
Locale: City: Large
Grades offered: PK to 12
Agency type: Regular local school district
NCES district ID: 3411340
State district ID: NJ-133570
Total staff (FTE): 6,799
School counselors (FTE): 98.0About 451 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE): 230.0

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Students per teacher compared

This district15.6

New Jersey11.7

United States15.3

2020 finance data

From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (40,423), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.

Total revenue: $1.32 billion
Federal revenue: $97.3 million
State revenue: $1.06 billion
Local revenue: $160.7 million
Total spending: $1.32 billion
Spending per pupil: $32,694
Salaries: $477.1 million36.1% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year): $28.7 million

Where revenue came from

Federal: 7.4%
State: 80.4%
Local: 12.2%

New Jersey overall

Federal: 5.1%
State: 41.6%
Local: 53.2%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$32,694

New Jersey$25,026

United States$16,826

Schools in Newark Public School District

By level: 18 high, 45 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.


Abington Avenue School	Elementary	PK to 8	842	15.6
American History High School	High	9 to 12	386	11.0
Ann Street School	Elementary	K to 8	1,294	16.2
Arts High School	High	9 to 12	611	12.0
Avon Avenue School	Elementary	PK to 8	485	13.1
Bard Early College High School	High	9 to 12	395	12.7
Barringer High School	High	9 to 12	1,894	17.2
Belmont Runyon Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 8	508	14.1
Branch Brook School	Elementary	PK to 4	60	6.7
Bruce Street School	Elementary	PK to 8	34	3.4
Camden Street Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 8	685	15.6
Central High School	High	9 to 12	1,051	13.6
Chancellor Avenue School	Elementary	PK to 8	607	13.5
Dr. E. Alma Flagg School	Elementary	PK to 8	570	13.9
Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 8	690	14.4
Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark	High	9 to 12	155	11.1
East Side High School	High	9 to 12	2,046	15.3
East Ward Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 7	854	17.4
Elliott Street Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 8	880	14.7
First Avenue School	Elementary	PK to 8	1,084	14.3
Fourteenth Avenue School	Elementary	PK to 8	104	6.9
Franklin Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 8	725	13.2
George Washington Carver Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 8	736	16.0
Grover Cleveland Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 8	321	14.6
Harriet Tubman Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 8	298	11.5
Hawkins Street School	Elementary	K to 8	660	14.0
Hawthorne Avenue School	Elementary	PK to 8	444	15.9
Ironbound Academy Elementary School	Elementary	K to 6	325	20.3
Ivy Hill Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 8	488	12.2
John F. Kennedy School	High	9 to 12	143	6.5
Lafayette Street School	Elementary	PK to 8	1,213	16.2
Lincoln Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 8	420	14.5
Louise A. Spencer Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 8	774	12.7
Luis Munoz Marin Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 8	818	13.9
Malcolm X Shabazz High School	High	9 to 12	531	21.2
McKinley Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 8	917	17.3
Michelle Obama Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	198	11.0
Mt Vernon Place School	Elementary	PK to 8	905	16.5
Nelson Mandela Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 4	256	21.3
Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology	High	9 to 12	414	13.8
Newark School of Fashion & Design	High	9 to 12	275	14.5
Newark School of Global Studies	High	9 to 12	377	12.6
Newark Vocational High School	High	9 to 12	591	10.0
NJ Regional Day School - Newark	Other	K to 12	123	7.7
Oliver Street School	Elementary	PK to 8	1,034	13.4
Park Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 8	747	12.9
Peshine Avenue School	Elementary	PK to 8	635	13.5
Quitman Street School	Elementary	PK to 8	706	16.4
Rafael Hernandez School	Elementary	PK to 8	713	16.2
Ridge Street School	Elementary	PK to 8	593	13.2

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