Summary:
Zip code 07107 has one listed high school, Essex County Donald M. Payne Senior School of Technology, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 1,230 students, so there is no other listed high school for a local comparison. In 2024–2025, the school’s graduation rate was 98%, compared with 89% statewide. Its clearest academic strength in the latest results is grade 9 Algebra I: 50% were proficient, 27 percentage points above the state.
The school’s results are strong in some subjects but notably weaker in Geometry. Grade 9 English Language Arts reached 68%, 17 points above the state’s 51%, and grade 11 NJGPA Mathematics was 82%, compared with 61% statewide. By contrast, Geometry End of Course was 37% versus 52% statewide, a 15-point gap; grade 9 Geometry was 46% versus 50%, and grade 10 Geometry was 8% versus 13%. Grade 11 Science was about level with the state, at 28% versus 29%. With only one school listed, it is both the highest and lowest in this group by default.
Compared with the state, the school’s position improved in each of five test-and-grade results available for both years, though its own scores did not all rise: for example, grade 9 Geometry declined from 48% to 46%, while the state result fell more. The biggest relative improvement was grade 11 Science, where the gap narrowed from 10 points below the state to nearly matching it; Algebra I’s advantage grew from 14 to 27 points. SchoolDigger raised its rating from 3 stars to 4 and its ranking improved from 165th of 434 schools (62nd percentile) to 118th (73rd percentile). As context, 73% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 13.2:1.
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