Best Schools for Black Students in New Jersey (2026)

These are the New Jersey public schools where black students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested black students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.

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Elementary schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Mount Pleasant Elementary School West Orange	77%	72%	63	A
2	Tinc Rd. Elementary School Flanders	70%	70%	25	B
3	Radix Elementary Williamstown	70%	70%	27	B+
4	Hilltop School Lodi	70%	70%	23	C
5	Number 10 Linden	70%	70%	23	C
6	Thelma L. Sandmeier Elementary School Springfield	65%	65%	34	C+
7	St. Cloud Elementary School W Orange	65%	65%	51	A
8	Nellie K. Parker Hackensack	65%	55%	57	C+
9	Watchung Elementary School Montclair	55%	65%	39	C
10	School 1 Paterson	65%	55%	42	B
11	Chester M. Stephens Elementary School Budd Lake	70%	50%	30	B+
12	Gregory Elementary School W Orange	57%	62%	72	A
13	Redwood Elementary School W Orange	62%	57%	110	A
14	Livingston Elementary Union	57%	57%	64	B+
15	Perry L. Drew Elementary School East Windsor	55%	55%	44	C+
16	Logan Township Elementary School Logan Township	45%	65%	33	B+
17	Hannah Caldwell Elementary Union	57%	52%	76	C+
18	Connecticut Farms Elementary Union	65%	45%	53	C+
19	Washington Elementary Union	55%	55%	38	A
20	Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School Carteret	65%	45%	37	C+
21	Washington Elementary School W Orange	57%	47%	84	C
22	Number 5 Linden	62%	42%	95	B
23	Grace N. Rogers Elementary School Hightstown	57%	47%	62	D
24	Greenwich School Stewartsville	70%	30%	30	B
25	Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Academy East Orange	57%	42%	108	C+

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	School 28 Paterson	95%	95%	53	B+
2	William F. Halloran School No.22 Elizabeth	98%	72%	120	B
3	The Gray Charter School Newark	95%	75%	57	A
4	Jersey City Global Charter School Jersey City	90%	70%	23	C+
5	Terence C. Reilly School No 7 Elizabeth	92%	67%	96	A+
6	Robert Treat Academy Charter School Newark	82%	67%	148	A
7	Nicholas Oresko Community School Bayonne	70%	—	20	B
8	Soaring Heights Charter School Jersey City	85%	55%	54	A+
9	Ridgewood Avenue School Glen Ridge	70%	70%	26	A+
10	Academy I Jersey City	77%	57%	75	C+
11	Maywood Avenue School Maywood	85%	45%	49	B+
12	Pace Charter School of Hamilton Hamilton Twp	75%	55%	55	C+
13	Rosa International Middle School Cherry Hill	85%	45%	38	B
14	Norman S. Weir Paterson	72%	52%	109	B+
15	Thomas Jefferson Middle School Lodi	77%	45%	61	B
16	Explore Middle School Jersey City	90%	30%	20	A
17	Hatikvah International Academy Charter School East Brunswick	70%	50%	27	A+
18	Maria Varisco Rogers Charter School Newark	70%	50%	28	C
19	Honiss Elementary\Middle School Dumont	70%	50%	23	B
20	Memorial Middle School Fair Lawn	70%	50%	20	B
21	Ridgedale Middle School Florham Park	70%	50%	23	B
22	Stewartsville Middle School Stewartsville	70%	50%	30	C+
23	Hainesport Township School Hainesport	75%	45%	52	C
24	Alfred Zampella School Jersey City	75%	45%	42	C+
25	Heritage Middle School Livingston	70%	50%	30	A+

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Infinity Institute Jersey City	95%	95%	44	A+
2	Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro Teterboro	90%	—	23	A+
3	Union County Tech Scotch Plains	95%	75%	41	A+
4	Dr Ronald McNair High School Jersey City	90%	75%	27	A+
5	Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School Somerset	87%	72%	62	A+
6	Technology High School Newark	85%	75%	46	A+
7	Science Park High School Newark	87%	62%	164	A+
8	North Star Academy Charter School Newark	75%	65%	2835	B
9	Livingston High School Livingston	90%	50%	30	A+
10	Leonia High School Leonia	70%	—	20	B+
11	Cumberland County Technical Education Center Millville	85%	55%	42	A+
12	Liberty High School Jersey City	90%	30%	20	A
13	Central Jersey College Prep Charter School Somerset	67%	52%	110	A
14	High Tech High School Secaucus	85%	35%	43	A
15	County Prep High School Jersey City	85%	35%	44	A+
16	Roxbury High School Succasunna	70%	50%	25	B+
17	Gloucester County Institute of Technology Sewell	72%	45%	62	A
18	East Orange STEM Academy High School East Orange	83%	32%	415	A
19	Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy Elizabeth	87%	25%	67	B+
20	Moorestown High School Moorestown	65%	45%	44	A+
21	Hillsborough High School Hillsborough	65%	45%	48	A
22	Nutley High School Nutley	70%	30%	24	B+
23	Parsippany Hills High School Morris Plains	70%	30%	20	A+
24	The Queen City Academy Charter School Plainfield	62%	37%	97	B+
25	Camden Prep Inc. Camden	52%	47%	278	C+

Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology

Best Schools for Black Students in New Jersey (2026)

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