Newark Public Schools

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Newark Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves the entire city of Newark, New Jersey.

Newark Public Schools, a state-operated Abbott District, enrolls approximately 45,000 students, making it the largest school system in New Jersey. The city's public schools are among the lowest-performing in the state, even after the state government took over management of the city's schools in 1995, which was done under the presumption that improvement would follow. The school district continues to struggle with low high school graduation rates and low standardized test scores.

The total school enrollment in Newark city was 75,000 in 2003. Preprimary school enrollment was 12,000 and elementary or high school enrollment was 46,000 children. College enrollment was 16,000.

As of 2003, 64 percent of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 11 percent had a bachelor's degree or higher. Among people 16 to 19 years old, 10 percent were dropouts; they were not enrolled in school and had not graduated from high school^[1].

Contents 1 Awards and recognition 2 Schools 2.1 Secondary schools 2.1.1 7-12 schools 2.1.2 6-12 schools 2.1.3 High schools 2.1.3.1 9 2.1.4 Middle schools 2.1.4.1 5-8 2.1.4.2 6-8 2.2 PK-8 schools 2.3 K-8 schools 2.4 3-8 schools 2.5 Primary schools 2.5.1 PreK-6 2.5.2 PreK-5 2.5.3 K-5 2.5.4 1-5 2.5.5 PreK-4 2.5.6 K-4 2.5.7 PreK Only 2.5.8 K-2 2.5.9 PreK-K 2.6 Ungraded 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Awards and recognition

Ann Street School of Mathematics and Science was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive, during the 1998-99 school year^[2].

Branch Brook Elementary School, a PreKindergarten through 4th grade school, was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence, during the 2004-05 school year^[3].

For the 2005-06 school year, the district was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "A Park Study: Learning About the World Around Us" Science program at Abington Avenue School.^[4]

[edit] Schools

All schools are located in the city of Newark.

[edit] Secondary schools

[edit] 7-12 schools

• University High School [1]

[edit] 6-12 schools

• Renaissance Academy

[edit] High schools

• History High School
• Academy of Vocational Careers [2]
• Arts High School [3]
• Barringer High School
• Central High School [4]
• East Side High School [5]
• Newark Technology High School [6]
• Newark Vocational High School [7]
• Science Park High School
• Malcolm X. Shabazz High School [8]
• University High School (Newark, NJ)
• Weequahic High School [9]
• West Side High School [10]

[edit] 9

• Barringer 9th Grade Academy
• West Side 9th Grade Academy

[edit] Middle schools

[edit] 5-8

• Camden Street Middle Technology School
• Luis Muñoz Marín Middle School

[edit] 6-8

• William H. Brown, Jr., Academy
• Morton Street Middle School
• Vailsburg Middle School of Visual and Performing Arts

[edit] PK-8 schools

• Abington Avenue School
• Burnet Street School
• George Washington Carver School
• Dayton Street School
• Fifteenth Avenue School
• Hawkins Street School
• Rafael Hernandez School
• Lafayette School
• Miller Street Academy
• Mount Vernon School
• Newton Street School of Science & Technology
• Oliver Street School
• Peshine Avenue University Preparatory School
• South 17th Street School
• Sussex Avenue School of Arts and Sciences
• Louise A. Spencer School
• Thirteenth Avenue School
• Warren Street School of Visual and Performing Arts
• Wilson Avenue School

[edit] K-8 schools

• Ann Street School
• Avon Avenue School
• Bragaw Avenue School
• First Avenue School
• Dr. E. Alma Flagg School
• Hawthorne Avenue School
• Dr. William H. Horton School
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School of Journalism and Publishing
• Maple Avenue School
• Ridge Street School

[edit] 3-8 schools

• Chancellor Avenue School

[edit] Primary schools

[edit] PreK-6

• Cleveland School of Publishing and Technology
• Eighteenth Avenue School
• McKinley Elementary School
• Harriet Tubman School

[edit] PreK-5

• Lincoln School
• Madison Elementary School
• Quitman Street Community School
• Belmont Runyon Elementary School

[edit] K-5

• South Street School for Writing and Publishing

[edit] 1-5

• Alexander Street School

[edit] PreK-4

• Branch Brook School
• Camden Street Elementary School
• Roberto Clemente School
• Elliott Street Elementary School
• Franklin School

[edit] K-4

• Broadway Elementary School
• Fourteenth Avenue School
• Roseville Avenue School
• Speedway Avenue School

[edit] PreK Only

• Clinton Avenue Early Childhood Center (Converted from Elementary School as a result of district flat funding by Governor Jon Corzine)

[edit] K-2

• Chancellor Avenue Annex
• Maple Avenue Annex

[edit] PreK-K

• Alexander Annex Early Childhood Center

[edit] Ungraded

• Bruce Street School for the Deaf
• Samuel L. Berliner School of Personal Growth and Academic Development
• John F. Kennedy School
• New Jersey Regional Day School

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Newark Public Schools
• Newark Public Schools's 2004-2005 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Newark Public Schools