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2 Newark High Schools Make U.S. News ‘Best Of’ List
Life goes on despite the coronavirus, and so do the "best high school" rankings by U.S. News & World Report.
NEWARK, NJ — Attending high school in the age of the new coronavirus is an experience like no other in history, but U.S. News & World Report has kept up its rankings of the “best schools” in the nation.
The 2020 list ranked two Newark schools among the top 100 in New Jersey: Science Park High School and Technology High School.
U.S. News & World Report offers the following information about each school.
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SCIENCE PARK HS
- Ranking - 612th nationally, 27th in New Jersey
- Total Enrollment – 710
- Student to Teacher Ratio – 13 to 1
- AP Participation Rate – 61 percent
- Total Minority Enrollment – 83 percent
- Total Economically Disadvantaged Students – 76 percent
TECHNOLOGY HS
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- Ranking - 2,007th nationally, 89th in New Jersey
- Total Enrollment – 597
- Student to Teacher Ratio – 12 to 1
- AP Participation Rate – 38 percent
- Total Minority Enrollment – 87 percent
- Total Economically Disadvantaged Students – 87 percent
The publication ranked nearly 18,000 schools across the U.S. this year, using weighted criteria to come up with the rankings, the most important being college readiness. See the full methodology here.
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