Best High Schools in New Jersey for African American Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in New Jersey!

Every year, the New Jersey Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish New Jersey test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the NJGPA and NJSLA-S and NJSLA test scores by the New Jersey Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, December 4, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 270)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Academy For Allied Health Sciences	Public	9-12	1776 Raritan Road	Scotch Plains	07076	Union County	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 889-8288	304	16	19.3	8.2%	99 (32.6%)	39 (12.8%)	67 (22.0%)	90 (29.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.3%)	$8,221			$35			$8,186	99.6%	98.1%	1.51%			341804000584
2	Academy For Performing Arts	Public	9-12	1776 Raritan Road	Scotch Plains	07076	Union County	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 889-8288	240	15	16.3	5.8%	100 (41.7%)	40 (16.7%)	75 (31.3%)	9 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	8 (3.3%)	$11,042			$46			$10,996	99.3%	87.2%	12.11%			341804003009
3	Technology High School	Public	9-12	223 Broadway	Newark	07102	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 481-5962	654	49	13.4	79.7%	71 (10.9%)	92 (14.1%)	462 (70.6%)	24 (3.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	$11,824			$446			$11,378	98.9%	79.0%	19.92%			341134000139
4	Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro	Public	9-12	504 Route 46 West	Teterboro	07608	Bergen County	Bergen County Vocational Technical School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 343-6000	676	66	10.2	8.9%	233 (34.5%)	59 (8.7%)	124 (18.3%)	252 (37.3%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,807						$17,807	98.6%	99.3%	0.72%			340147000262
5	Union County Technical	Public	9-12	1776 Raritan Rd	Scotch Plains	07076	Union County	Union County Vocational-Technical School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 889-8288	507	24	21.3	9.1%	187 (36.9%)	85 (16.8%)	159 (31.4%)	51 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	22 (4.3%)	$6,462			$23			$6,439	98.2%	89.7%	8.48%			341804005738
6	Dr Ronald McNair High School	Public	9-12	123 Coles Street	Jersey City	07302	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 418-7617	698	45	15.4	34.0%	135 (19.3%)	97 (13.9%)	111 (15.9%)	304 (43.6%)	3 (0.4%)	9 (1.3%)	38 (5.4%)	$11,528			$339			$11,189	97.9%	97.4%	0.44%			340783002778
7	High Technical High School	Public	9-12	One High Tech Way	Secaucus	07094	Hudson County	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 662-6801	842	95	8.8	34.0%	222 (26.4%)	55 (6.5%)	373 (44.3%)	141 (16.7%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.6%)	42 (5.0%)	$11,480			$1,673			$9,807	97.5%	88.6%	8.94%			340757002766
8	Science Park High School	Public	7-12	260 Norfolk Street	Newark	07102	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-8689	970	70	13.9	64.3%	92 (9.5%)	350 (36.1%)	488 (50.3%)	23 (2.4%)	2 (0.2%)	9 (0.9%)	6 (0.6%)	$11,449			$497			$10,952	97.2%	89.3%	7.89%			341134002200
9	STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges	Public	9-12	445 Scotland Road	South Orange	07079	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4190	168	16	10.8	78.6%	0 (0.0%)	90 (53.6%)	75 (44.6%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)								96.8%	96.5%	0.31%			341227003506
10	Liberty High School	Public	9-12	299 Sip Avenue	Jersey City	07306	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 714-4373	188	26	7.2	54.8%	54 (28.7%)	37 (19.7%)	50 (26.6%)	46 (24.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$14,454			$356			$14,098	96.5%	86.5%	9.97%			340783000391

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NJSLA Algebra I, NJSLA Geometry, NJSLA Algebra II, NJSLA-S Science, NJGPA English Language Arts, NJGPA Mathematics, NJSLA English Language Arts test scores released by the New Jersey Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on December 4, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the New Jersey Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Jersey Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.