Rankings · New Jersey
Largest schools in Essex County, New Jersey
Ranked by enrollment — academic rankings appear once test-score data is loaded.
| # | School | City | District | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Star Academy Charter School | Newark | — | 6298 |
| 2 | Team Academy Charter School | Newark | TEAM Academy Charter School | 5263 |
| 3 | West Orange High School | West Orange | West Orange Public Schools | 2183 |
| 4 | Montclair High School | Montclair | Montclair Public School District | 2034 |
| 5 | East Side High School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 2024 |
| 6 | Columbia High School | Maplewood | South Orange-Maplewood School District | 1949 |
| 7 | Livingston High School | Livingston | Livingston Board of Education School District | 1947 |
| 8 | Bloomfield High School | Bloomfield | Bloomfield Township School District | 1909 |
| 9 | Great Oaks Legacy Charter School | Newark | — | 1880 |
| 10 | East Orange Campus High School | East Orange | East Orange School District | 1663 |
| 11 | Barringer High School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 1600 |
| 12 | Irvington High School | Irvington | Irvington Public School District | 1547 |
| 13 | Marion P. Thomas Charter School | Newark | — | 1481 |
| 14 | Belleville High School | Belleville | Belleville Public School District | 1358 |
| 15 | Millburn High School | Millburn | Millburn Township School District | 1319 |
| 16 | Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School Of Technology | Newark | Essex County Schools of Technology | 1291 |
| 17 | Ann Street School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 1243 |
| 18 | Lafayette Street School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 1202 |
| 19 | Millburn Middle School | Millburn | Millburn Township School District | 1197 |
| 20 | Nutley High School | Nutley | Nutley Public School District | 1143 |
| 21 | First Avenue School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 1139 |
| 22 | Wilson Avenue School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 1135 |
| 23 | Oliver Street School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 1080 |
| 24 | West Essex High School | North Caldwell | West Essex Regional School District | 1069 |
| 25 | Heritage Middle School | Livingston | Livingston Board of Education School District | 1029 |
| 26 | Bloomfield Middle School | Bloomfield | Bloomfield Township School District | 1025 |
| 27 | Elliott Street Elementary School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 945 |
| 28 | Abington Avenue School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 879 |
| 29 | Science Park High School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 868 |
| 30 | University Heights Charter School | Newark | — | 858 |
| 31 | Glen Ridge High School | Glen Ridge | Glen Ridge Public School District | 852 |
| 32 | Park Elementary School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 848 |
| 33 | Orange High School | Orange | ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District | 840 |
| 34 | James Caldwell High School | West Caldwell | Caldwell-West School District | 829 |
| 35 | Science Park High School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 820 |
| 36 | Mt Vernon Place School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 816 |
| 37 | Luis Mu?Oz Marin Elementary School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 802 |
| 38 | Maplewood Middle School | Maplewood | South Orange-Maplewood School District | 801 |
| 39 | South Street Elementary School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 798 |
| 40 | Mckinley Elementary School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 785 |
| 41 | South Orange Middle School | S Orange | South Orange-Maplewood School District | 783 |
| 42 | University Middle School | Irvington | Irvington Public School District | 778 |
| 43 | Union Avenue Middle School | Irvington | Irvington Public School District | 775 |
| 44 | Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High School | East Orange | East Orange School District | 742 |
| 45 | Dr William H. Horton Elementary School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 742 |
| 46 | Louise A. Spencer Elementary School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 738 |
| 47 | Belleville Middle School | Belleville | Belleville Public School District | 736 |
| 48 | Central High School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 729 |
| 49 | Peshine Avenue School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 728 |
| 50 | Essex County Newark Tech | Newark | Essex County Schools of Technology | 716 |
| 51 | Lincoln Avenue Elementary School | Orange | ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District | 708 |
| 52 | Rafael Hernandez School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 704 |
| 53 | Robert Treat Academy Charter School | Newark | — | 688 |
| 54 | Verona High School | Verona | Verona Public School District | 686 |
| 55 | Technology High School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 685 |
| 56 | Orange Preparatory Academy | Orange | ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District | 679 |
| 57 | Roberto Clemente Elementary School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 678 |
| 58 | Hawkins Street School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 675 |
| 59 | Buzz Aldrin Middle School | Upper Montclair | Montclair Public School District | 662 |
| 60 | Glenfield Middle School | Montclair | Montclair Public School District | 655 |
| 61 | John H. Walker Middle School | Nutley | Nutley Public School District | 651 |
| 62 | Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School | Verona | Verona Public School District | 643 |
| 63 | Peshine Avenue School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 642 |
| 64 | Ridge Street School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 637 |
| 65 | Florence Avenue Elementary School | Irvington | Irvington Public School District | 633 |
| 66 | East Orange Stem Academy High School | East Orange | East Orange School District | 632 |
| 67 | Grover Cleveland Middle School | Caldwell | Caldwell-West School District | 626 |
| 68 | West Side High School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 620 |
| 69 | Thirteenth Avenue School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 619 |
| 70 | Benjamin Franklin Elementary School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 616 |
| 71 | Arts High School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 614 |
| 72 | South Mountain Elementary School | S Orange | South Orange-Maplewood School District | 612 |
| 73 | Tuscan Elementary School | Maplewood | South Orange-Maplewood School District | 597 |
| 74 | Camden Street Elementary School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 596 |
| 75 | Clinton Elementary School | Maplewood | South Orange-Maplewood School District | 581 |
| 76 | Speedway Avenue School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 579 |
| 77 | Maria Varisco Rogers Charter School | Newark | Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School | 574 |
| 78 | Rosa Parks Community School | Orange | ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District | 569 |
| 79 | Liberty Middle School | West Orange | West Orange Public Schools | 560 |
| 80 | West Essex Middle School | North Caldwell | West Essex Regional School District | 558 |
| 81 | Avon Avenue School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 551 |
| 82 | Edison Middle School | W Orange | West Orange Public Schools | 551 |
| 83 | Quitman Street School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 546 |
| 84 | Philip'S Academy Charter School | Newark | Phillip's Academy Charter School | 540 |
| 85 | Ridgewood Avenue School | Glen Ridge | Glen Ridge Public School District | 536 |
| 86 | Washington School | Nutley | Nutley Public School District | 523 |
| 87 | Ivy Hill Elementary School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 517 |
| 88 | Edward T. Bowser Sr. School Of Excellence | East Orange | East Orange School District | 510 |
| 89 | George Washington Carver Elementary School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 508 |
| 90 | Cedar Grove High School | Cedar Grove | Cedar Grove Township School District | 507 |
| 91 | Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School | Irvington | Irvington Public School District | 507 |
| 92 | Langston Hughes Elementary School | East Orange | East Orange School District | 505 |
| 93 | Chancellor Avenue School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 500 |
| 94 | Benjamin Banneker Academy | East Orange | East Orange School District | 490 |
| 95 | Chancellor Avenue Elementary School | Irvington | Irvington Public School District | 489 |
| 96 | Hillside Elementary School | Montclair | Montclair Public School District | 489 |
| 97 | Mount Pleasant Middle School | Livingston | Livingston Board of Education School District | 486 |
| 98 | University High School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 486 |
| 99 | Demarest Elementary School | Bloomfield | Bloomfield Township School District | 480 |
| 100 | Roosevelt Middle School | W Orange | West Orange Public Schools | 476 |
| 101 | Sussex Avenue School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 475 |
| 102 | East Orange Community Charter School | East Orange | — | 472 |
| 103 | Fairview Elementary School | Bloomfield | Bloomfield Township School District | 469 |
| 104 | Redwood Elementary School | W Orange | West Orange Public Schools | 469 |
| 105 | Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary School | East Orange | East Orange School District | 468 |
| 106 | Jefferson Elementary School | Maplewood | South Orange-Maplewood School District | 468 |
| 107 | Belleville Ps4 | Belleville | Belleville Public School District | 466 |
| 108 | Hawthorne Avenue School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 466 |
| 109 | Belleville Ps8 | Belleville | Belleville Public School District | 464 |
| 110 | Yantacaw School | Nutley | Nutley Public School District | 461 |
| 111 | Kelly Elementary School | W Orange | West Orange Public Schools | 458 |
| 112 | Lester C Noecker | Roseland | Roseland School District | 457 |
| 113 | Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School | Maplewood | South Orange-Maplewood School District | 456 |
| 114 | Memorial Middle School | Cedar Grove | Cedar Grove Township School District | 454 |
| 115 | Harrison Elementary School | Livingston | Livingston Board of Education School District | 453 |
| 116 | Collins Elementary School | Livingston | Livingston Board of Education School District | 452 |
| 117 | Belmont Runyon Elementary School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 451 |
| 118 | New Horizons Community Charter School | Newark | — | 450 |
| 119 | John L. Costley Middle School | East Orange | East Orange School District | 449 |
| 120 | Lincoln School | Nutley | Nutley Public School District | 447 |
| 121 | American History High School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 445 |
| 122 | Berkeley Elementary School | Bloomfield | Bloomfield Township School District | 444 |
| 123 | Gregory Elementary School | W Orange | West Orange Public Schools | 443 |
| 124 | Marshall Elementary School | S Orange | South Orange-Maplewood School District | 441 |
| 125 | Charles H. Bullock School | Montclair | Montclair Public School District | 434 |
| 126 | Burnet Hill Elementary School | Livingston | Livingston Board of Education School District | 433 |
| 127 | Dr. E. Alma Flagg School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 433 |
| 128 | Patrick F. Healy Middle School | East Orange | East Orange School District | 432 |
| 129 | Nishuane Elementary School | Montclair | Montclair Public School District | 428 |
| 130 | Sussex Avenue School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 426 |
| 131 | Park Avenue Elementary School | Orange | ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District | 425 |
| 132 | Cleveland Avenue School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 418 |
| 133 | Spring Garden School | Nutley | Nutley Public School District | 416 |
| 134 | Mount Pleasant Elementary School | Livingston | Livingston Board of Education School District | 412 |
| 135 | Dionne Warwick Institute | East Orange | East Orange School District | 411 |
| 136 | Forest Street Elementary School | Orange | ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District | 410 |
| 137 | Bard Early College High School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 406 |
| 138 | Riker Hill Elementary School | Livingston | Livingston Board of Education School District | 405 |
| 139 | Belleville Ps7 | Belleville | Belleville Public School District | 404 |
| 140 | Peoples Preparatory Charter School | Newark | — | 403 |
| 141 | Madison Avenue | Irvington | Irvington Public School District | 402 |
| 142 | Deerfield School | Short Hills | Millburn Township School District | 400 |
| 143 | Washington Elementary School | W Orange | West Orange Public Schools | 400 |
| 144 | Watchung Elementary School | Montclair | Montclair Public School District | 400 |
| 145 | Washington School | Millburn | Millburn Township School District | 398 |
| 146 | Adlai E. Stevenson School | Fairfield | Fairfield Public School District | 396 |
| 147 | St. Cloud Elementary School | W Orange | West Orange Public Schools | 396 |
| 148 | St. Cloud Elementary School | W Orange | West Orange Public Schools | 395 |
| 149 | Lincoln Elementary School | Newark | Newark Public School District | 394 |
| 150 | Hartshorn School | Short Hills | Millburn Township School District | 393 |