page_title: Newark Public Schools
hierarchical_section_title: Newark Public Schools
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking west from Military Park at Newark Public Schools headquarters on a sunny morning. - 2 Cedar Street, Newark, NJ 07102 Español: La sede de las Escuelas Públicas de Newark - 2 Cedar Street, Newark, NJ 07102 Français&#160;: Siège des Écoles publiques de Newark - 2 Cedar Street, Newark, NJ 07102 Português: A sede das Escolas Públicas de Newark - 2 Cedar Street, Newark, NJ 07102
context_page_description: Newark Board of Education is a comprehensive community public school district that serves the entire city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The state took over the district in 1995 and returned control in 2018, after 22 years. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide, which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.
  As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising 64 schools, had an enrollment of 40,448 students and 2,794.0 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
  The total school enrollment in Newark city was 75,000 in 2003. Pre-primary school enrollment was 12,000 and elementary or high school enrollment was 46,000 children. College enrollment was 16,000. As of 2003, 64% of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 11% 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.
context_section_description: Newark Board of Education is a comprehensive community public school district that serves the entire city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The state took over the district in 1995 and returned control in 2018, after 22 years. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide, which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.
  As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising 64 schools, had an enrollment of 40,448 students and 2,794.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
  The total school enrollment in Newark city was 75,000 in 2003. Pre-primary school enrollment was 12,000 and elementary or high school enrollment was 46,000 children. College enrollment was 16,000. As of 2003, 64% of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 11% 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.
  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.
caption: Headquarters
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