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
. The district is one of 31 Abbott District
s statewide.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's 74 schools had an enrollment of 39,992 students and 2,776.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.4.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
Newark Public Schools is 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.
After efforts at his dismissal as New Jersey's poet laureate, Amiri Baraka
was named the school district's poet laureate in December 2002.
Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education
, the highest award an American school can receive, during the 1998-99 school year.
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.
During the 2007-08 school year, Harriet Tubman School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence
by the United States Department of Education
.
During the 2009-10 school year, Science Park High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence.
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. The curriculum was written, implemented, and submitted to the State of New Jersey by Abington Avenue School kindergarten teacher, Lenore Furman.
.
Advisory Board of Education Members April 2011 - April 2012 are:
s. Beginning in September 2010 high school students will be required to wear uniforms.
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
that serves the entire city of Newark
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. The district is one of 31 Abbott District
Abbott District
Abbott districts are school districts in New Jersey that are provided remedies to ensure that their students receive public education in accordance with New Jersey’s state constitution. They were created in 1985 as a result of the first ruling of Abbott v. Burke, a case filed by the Education Law...
s statewide.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's 74 schools had an enrollment of 39,992 students and 2,776.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.4.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
New Jersey Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered in Trenton.The Department is responsible for ensuring that...
as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
Newark Public Schools is 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.
After efforts at his dismissal as New Jersey's poet laureate, Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka , formerly known as LeRoi Jones, is an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism...
was named the school district's poet laureate in December 2002.
Awards and recognition
Ann Street School of Mathematics and Science was awarded the Blue Ribbon SchoolBlue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
, the highest award an American school can receive, during the 1998-99 school year.
Branch Brook Elementary School, a PreKindergarten through 4th grade school, was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence
Blue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
, during the 2004-05 school year.
During the 2007-08 school year, Harriet Tubman School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence
Blue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
by the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
.
During the 2009-10 school year, Science Park High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence.
For the 2005-06 school year, the district was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education
New Jersey Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered in Trenton.The Department is responsible for ensuring that...
for its "A Park Study: Learning About the World Around Us" Science program at Abington Avenue School. The curriculum was written, implemented, and submitted to the State of New Jersey by Abington Avenue School kindergarten teacher, Lenore Furman.
Schools
All schools are located in the city of Newark, and include 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
.
Pre-K only
- Clinton Avenue Early Childhood Center (104) (Converted from Elementary School as a result of district flat funding by Governor Jon Corzine)
Pre-K - 4th grade
- Branch Brook School (166)
- Camden Street Elementary School (403)
- Elliott Street Elementary School (506)
- Roberto Clemente School (600)
Pre-K - 5th grade
Pre-K - 8th grade
- Abington Avenue School (942)
- Ann Street School (1,301)
- Burnet Street School (348)
- Cleveland School of Publishing and Technology (382)
- Dayton Street School (333)
- Eighteenth Avenue School (294)
- First Avenue School (1195)
- George Washington Carver School (729)
- Hawkins Street School (495)
- Lafayette School (981)
- Louise A. Spencer School (655)
- McKinley Elementary School (884)
- Miller Street School (481)
- Mount Vernon School (722)
- Newton Street School (374)
- Oliver Street School (795)
- Peshine Avenue School (657)
- Quitman Street Community School (548)
- Rafael Hernandez School (697)
- Sussex Avenue School (492)
- Thirteenth Avenue School (637)
- Wilson Avenue School (865)
K - 2nd grade
- Chancellor Avenue Annex (223)
K - 4th grade
- Belmont Runyon Elementary School (466)
- Broadway Elementary School (349)
- Fourteenth Avenue School (210)
- Franklin School (561)
- Roseville Avenue School (175)
- Speedway Avenue School (213)
K - 5th grade
K - 8th grade
- Avon Avenue School (544)
- Bragaw Avenue School (316)
- Dr. E. Alma Flagg School (506)
- Dr. William H. Horton School (871)
- Fifteenth Avenue School (264)
- Hawthorne Avenue School (348)
- Maple Avenue School (442)
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School of Journalism and Publishing (425)
- Ridge Street School (962)
- South Seventeenth Street School (494)
1st - 7th grade
- Alexander Street School (546)
3rd - 8th grades
- Chancellor Avenue School (332)
5th - 8th grades
6th - 8th grades
8th grade
7th - 12th grades
- Science Park High School (887)
- University High SchoolUniversity High School (New Jersey)University High School of Humanities is a six-year public high school serving students in grades 7 to 12 in Newark, New Jersey, as part of the Newark Public Schools....
(533)
High schools (9th - 12th grades)
- Academy of Vocational Careers http://www.nps.k12.nj.us/avc/default.htm (280)
- Newark Arts High SchoolNewark Arts High SchoolNewark Arts High School is a four-year magnet public high school, serving students in grades 9 through 12 in Newark, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Newark Public Schools. In 2010, the 6th graders of William Brown Academy is housed there as its venue is currently being built...
(591) - American History High SchoolAmerican History High SchoolAmerican History High School is a magnet public high school in the University Heights neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey, operating since its establishment in 2007 as part of the Newark Public Schools...
(223) (grades 9-11 only) - Barringer High SchoolBarringer High SchoolBarringer High School, formerly Newark High School, is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Newark, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Newark Public Schools. Some consider it to be the third oldest public high school in the United States...
(1,783) - Central High School (808)
- Malcolm X Shabazz High SchoolMalcolm X Shabazz High SchoolMalcolm X Shabazz High School is a four-year public high school in Newark, New Jersey, as part of the Newark Public Schools. The school was formerly named South Side High School, but was renamed in 1972....
(1,081) - East Side High SchoolEast Side High School (Newark, New Jersey)East Side High School is a four-year public high school in Newark, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Newark Public Schools. The school serves the Ironbound community...
(1,452) - Newark Vocational High School http://www.nps.k12.nj.us/west_kinney/index.htm (278)
- Technology High SchoolTechnology High School (New Jersey)Technology High School is a magnet public high school located in the Forest Hill borough in Newark, New Jersey's north ward. The school was integrated into the Newark Public School system in 1996 after formerly serving as a Newark State Teachers College and the Center of Occupations and Education...
(459) - Weequahic High SchoolWeequahic High SchoolWeequahic High School is a public high school in Newark in Essex County, New Jersey. The school is operated by the Newark Public Schools and is located at 279 Chancellor Avenue....
(824) - West Side High SchoolWest Side High School (New Jersey)West Side High School is a four-year public high school in Newark, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Newark Public Schools....
http://www.nps.k12.nj.us/west_side/index.htm (1,487)
Ungraded
- Bruce Street School for the Deaf (53)
- Samuel L. Berliner School of Personal Growth and Academic Development (35)
- John F. Kennedy School (117)
- New Jersey Regional Day School (135)
Administration/Advisory Board of Education
Core members of the district's administration are:- Cami Anderson, Superintendent of Schools
- Valerie Wilson, School Business Administrator
Advisory Board of Education Members April 2011 - April 2012 are:
- Ms. Eliana Pintor , Advisory Board Chairperson
- Ms. Shanique L. Davis-Speight, Advisory Board Vice-Chairperson
- Mr. Ivan Lamourt
- Mr. Shavar Jeffries, Esq.
- Mr. Juan Rivera
- Ms. Antoinette Baskerville-Richardson
- Mr. Alturrick Kenney
- Ms. Nakia White
- Mr. Marques Aquil-Lewis
School uniforms
Beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, students in elementary and middle school are required to wear school uniformSchool uniform
A school uniform is an outfit—a set of standardized clothes—worn primarily for an educational institution. They are common in primary and secondary schools in various countries . When used, they form the basis of a school's dress code.Traditionally school uniforms have been largely subdued and...
s. Beginning in September 2010 high school students will be required to wear uniforms.
External links
- Newark Public Schools
- Data for the Newark Public Schools, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...