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Newark Early College High School

Newark City · Essex County · High school
Grades 8–12 · was 6–9 in 2012
Last reported enrollment in 2016-17 — no longer in the data since.
Updated June 2026

At a glance

What changed?

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Enrollment, by grade

In its last year on record, 2016-17, it enrolled 419 students across grades 8–12. That is 192 more than in 2012-13 (227) — the school had grown. It peaked at 469 in 2015-16. Its biggest cohort is grade 11.

students 0125250375500Other121110981998200320082013201820232025

Students enrolled in each grade each fall, stacked to the total — so the top edge is total enrollment. Bands run from the lowest grade (light) to the highest (dark); a band that appears or disappears is a grade the school added or dropped. “Other” is students with no grade level (mostly special education), so the bands always sum to total. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

What the school looks like

The largest group in both 2012-13 and 2016-17 was Black students — 71% then, 88% now.

% of students 050100race categories: 5 → 711%88%1998200320082013201820232025
WhiteBlackHispanicAsianNative Am.

Each group’s share of enrollment over time, or its head count — toggle above. New Jersey expanded race and ethnicity reporting from five to seven categories in 2006-07 (dashed line), so “two or more races” appears only after; Asian here includes Pacific Islander. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

How much the mix changed

Between 2012-13 and 2016-17 the makeup of this school changed substantially.

That’s the largest shift among the district’s 18 high schools — larger than 98% of Essex County high schools. The district as a whole shifted just 7.2 over the same years, making this school an outlier. The biggest moves, in percentage points:
Black +16.5·Hispanic −11.5·White −5.5

The index is half the sum of every group’s change in share, on a 0–100 scale (how it works). Compare any two years in the explorer →

Free or reduced-price lunch

In 2016-17, 64.2% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch.

% eligible 05010079.4%69.5%64.2%20122016
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Share of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The lighter lines show the district overall and the district high schools, for comparison. Since 2014, some districts provide free meals to all students regardless of household income, which can lift the eligible share. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

Profile built from New Jersey Department of Education Fall Enrollment data, 1998-99 through 2025-26. How this data works →