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].

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[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

[edit] 9

[edit] Middle schools

[edit] 5-8

[edit] 6-8

[edit] PK-8 schools

[edit] K-8 schools

[edit] 3-8 schools

[edit] Primary schools

[edit] PreK-6

[edit] PreK-5

[edit] K-5

[edit] 1-5

[edit] PreK-4

[edit] K-4

[edit] PreK Only

[edit] K-2

[edit] PreK-K

[edit] Ungraded

[edit] References

  1. ^ US Census
  2. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
  3. ^ U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2005 (PDF), accessed June 5, 2006
  4. ^ New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06, accessed October 23, 2006

[edit] External links

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